Carol Haney(1924-1964)
- Choreography
- Actress
- Additional Crew
She was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts and went to New Bedford High
School. Even before graduating in 1942, she had opened a dance studio
where she taught dancing. Dancing was in her blood from an early age,
and she performed often at high school festivities, the Mexican Hat
Dance being one of her favorites. During the WWII years, she came to
Hollywood and became the protégé of
Gene Kelly, whom she admired a great
deal. She had fine timing and was indefatigable. Unfortunately, she was
a diabetic, and this may have been the cause of her demise. She married
Larry Blyden in Hollywood (purportedly on
the stage of a theatre), and had two children. After her death, her
husband took the children to Texas, where they had relatives, and was
soon, thereafter, killed in an auto accident.
