Women in Music Posters “C...-”
for social studies and music education classrooms, home schoolers, and inspirational decor.

Sarah Caldwell
b. 3-6-1924; Maryville, MO
d. 3-23-2006; Maine

Sarah Caldwell, impresario and opera conductor, was a child prodigy, giving violin performances at 10 and graduating from high school at 14.

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Maria Callas
b. 12-27-1923; NYC, NY
d. 9-16-1977; Paris

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Kitty Carlisle
née Catherine Conn
b. 9-3-1910; New Orleans, LA
d. 4-17-2007; NYC

Opera singer and actress Kitty Carlisle is best remembered as a panelist on the To Tell the Truth television show and as a spokesperson for the arts. She was married to playwright and director Moss Hart.

Leslie Caron, 1955, Photographic Print

Leslie Caron
b. 7-1-1931; France

Leslie Caron, whose mother was a dancer, was first trained in ballet. She is best known for her musical films such as “An American in Paris” and for an Academy Award nomination for “Lili”.

She said of herself, “I am not a ballerina. I am a hoofer.”

Irene and Vernon Castle, in Dancing Position, 1916, Giclee Print

Vernon & Irene Castle
fl. early 20th century

The husband and wife dance team of Vernon (1887-1918) and Irene Castle (1893-1969) are credited with popularizing ballroom dancing.

Vernon Castle died of injuries suffered in a plane crash while serving as a flight instructor during WWI. Irene Castle went on star in silent movies, model, and to be called “the best dressed woman in America”.

Angelica Catalani
b. 1780; Italy
d. 6-12-1849; Paris (cholera)

Angelica Catalani, the daughter of a tradesman, was a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Her voice had power and flexibility that made her “one of the greatest bravura singers of all times”.

Catalani was also a teacher - after she retired from the stage she opened a free singing school for girls in Florence.

Lina Cavalieri
b. 12-25-1874; Italy
d. 2-7-1944, in Allied bombing raid, outside Florence, Italy

Lina Cavalieri was a soprano opera star noted for her great beauty and acting ability.

Fanny Cerrito Giclee Print

Fanny Cerrito
b. 5-11-1817; Naples, Italy
d. 5-6-1909

Ballet dancer and choreographer Fanny Cerrito's most notable roles included Ondine and a part in “Pas de Quatre”. She studied under Carlo Blasis and the French choreographers Jules Perrot and Arthur Saint-Léon; the latter was her husband from 1845 – 1851.

• Fanny Cerrito: The Life of a Romantic

Marge and Gower Champion, Photographic Print

Marge (b. 9-2-1919) & Gower (1921-1980) Champion
fl. mid 20th century

Marge and Gower Champion were a popular dance team in the late 1940s through the 1950s, appearing on TV and in movies.

After the couple divorced Marge continued working as a dance teacher and choreographer, last appearing in a 1982 segment of the TV program Fame. As a teen she was hired by Disney as a dance model for animated films such as Snow White, Pinocchio and the Dancing Hippo in Fantasia. Marge's half sister was actress Lina Basquette, and the step mother of Katey Sagal (Married with Children).

Cyd Charisse Photographic Print

Cyd Charisse
b. 3-8-1921; Amarillo, TX
d. 6-17-2008; Los Angeles, CA

Cyd Charisse, neé Tula Ellice Finklea, studied ballet and danced in the Ballet Russes under the stage name Siderova. She is noted for her movie dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in such musicals as The Band Wagon, Silk Stockings, Singin' in the Rain, and Brigadoon.

Cher, née Cherilyn Sarkisian
b. 5-20-1946; CA

Cher is recognized as one of the most successful recording artists and record producer, actress, and director, of the 20th century.

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Patsy Cline in Concert, 1961, Art Print

Patsy Cline
née Virginia Patterson Hensley
b. 9-8-1932; Winchester, VA
d. 3-5-1963; Tennessee (airplane crash)

Country music singer Patsy Cline crossed over to pop music, making her one of the most successful vocalists of the 20th century.

Singer Rosemary Clooney, Photographic Print

Rosemary Clooney
b. 5-23-1932; Maysville, KY
d. 6-29-2002; Beverly Hill, CA (lung cancer)

Rosemary Clooney, a singer and actress, is remembered for her role in the classic movie White Christmas and being the aunt of George Clooney.

Charlotte Louisa “Lottie” Collins
b. 1865; East End, London, England
d. 5-3-1910; London

Lottie Collins was a music hall entertainer best known for her skirt dancing while singing Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay! The tune is very familiar - think Howdy Doody. Collins’ sequined garters that flashed when her skirts flew up on the high kick of BOOM, were sold at a Sotheby's auction. Collins was sister-in-law to soprano Maggie Teyte.

Marie Anne de Cupis “La Camargo”
b. 4-15-1710; Brussels, Belgium
d. 1770

Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, known simply as “La Camargo”, was an innovative and popular ballet dancer who appeared in 78 ballets and operas over her career.

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