Marjorie Bentley | |
|---|---|
 Marjorie Bentley, from a 1915 publication | |
| Born | about 1895 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or Brooklyn, New York |
| Occupation | Dancer |
| Years active | 1913 to 1920 |
Marjorie Bentley (born 1890s) was an American dancer who appeared on Broadway in Oh, My Dear! (1918) and La La Lucille (1919).
Bentley was born in Philadelphia [1] or Brooklyn, [2] and raised Brooklyn. [3] She said that she began dancing when a doctor recommended more exercise. [4] She trained at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School, [5] [6] as the "favorite pupil" of ballet teacher Malvina Cavallazzi. [1]
Bentley was a professional dancer from her teen years. [5] [7] [8] Her roles on the New York stage included appearances in Chin-Chin (1914–1915), [9] [10] The Riviera Girl (1917), [11] Oh, My Dear! (1918) [12] and La La Lucille (1919). [13] She was premiere danseuse at the New York Hippodrome in 1915, when she appeared in Hip-Hip-Hooray. [14] She contributed a recipe for "welsh rarebit au gratin" to a charity cookbook compiled by Mabel Rowland during World War I. [15] She modeled a dress made of net flouncing for a garment industry magazine in 1916. [16] She toured in La La Lucille in 1919 and 1920. [17] [18]
Boston artist Louis Kronberg made a pastel portrait of Bentley in 1913. [19] Of her performance as "Mademoiselle Victorine" in the musical La La Lucille, Dorothy Parker wrote that "The comedy introduces a charming new dancer, Marjorie Bentley—you can stand even another bedroom farce for the sake of seeing her." [20]
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