Marc Platt (dancer)
Marc Platt, born Marcel Emile Gaston LePlat (December 2, 1913 – March 29, 2014), was an American ballet dancer, musical theatre performer, and actor. He was born in Pasadena, California, and died in San Rafael, California, at age 100.
As a dancer, he was one of the original members of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, performing under the name Platoff. He choreographed Ghost Town in 1939, set to music by Richard Rodgers. On Broadway, he danced the roles of Chalmers and Dream Curly in the original 1943 production of Oklahoma!. He also appeared in the 1955 film version as one of Curly’s cowboy friends who buys Curly’s saddle at auction.
He later replaced Bill Calhoun/Lucent in Kiss Me, Kate, joining the show on Broadway in 1949. After his dancing career, he directed the Radio City Music Hall Ballet for several years and then became a full-time teacher. In 2000, he received the Nijinsky Award at the Ballets Russes Reunion, and he appeared in the 2005 documentary Ballets Russes.
Platt was married twice. His first wife was Eleanor Marra (1942–1947), with whom he had one child, Ted Le Plat. In 1951 he married dancer Jean Goodall; they had two children, Michael and Donna, before her death in 1994. Marc Platt died of pneumonia at a hospice in San Rafael, California, on March 29, 2014.
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