![Actor, dancer and dance teacher, Dr. Jeni LeGon, born in Chicago, Illinois, leads a tap dance at the Waterfront Hotel during her 90th birthday party in Vancouver, British Columbia, October 29, 2006. Actor, dancer and dance teacher, Dr. Jeni LeGon, born in Chicago, Illinois, leads a tap dance at the Waterfront Hotel during her 90th birthday party in Vancouver, British Columbia, October 29, 2006.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W0B52G/actor-dancer-and-dance-teacher-dr-jeni-legon-born-in-chicago-illinois-leads-a-tap-dance-at-the-waterfront-hotel-during-her-90th-birthday-party-in-vancouver-british-columbia-october-29-2006-rediscovered-after-the-release-of-a-national-film-board-documentary-living-in-a-great-big-way-legon-whos-dancing-shoes-among-other-things-are-featured-in-the-smithsonian-institution-was-the-first-black-performer-to-sign-a-contract-with-mgm-acting-and-dancing-with-some-of-the-biggest-stars-of-the-20th-century-upi-photoheinz-ruckemann-W0B52G.jpg)
Actor, dancer and dance teacher, Dr. Jeni LeGon, born in Chicago, Illinois, leads a tap dance at the Waterfront Hotel during her 90th birthday party in Vancouver, British Columbia, October 29, 2006.
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