Violet Romer Explained

Violet Romer
Birth Name:	Violet Romer Shawhan
Birth Date:	1886
Birth Place:	San Francisco, California, United States
Death Place:	Port Jefferson, New York, United States
Parents:	James McCune Shawhan Ada Romer Shawhan
Occupation:	Actress, dancer, flapper

Violet Romer (1886–1970) was an American dancer.

Biography

She was born in 1886 in San Francisco, California, and became notable as an American actress, dancer, and flapper.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

In addition to being a performer, Romer founded her own dance school.^{[7] [8]}

Romer died in Port Jefferson, New York in 1970.

External links

• Broadwayworld.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: The New York Times. 1913-02-12. Violet Romer Dances.
2. Web site: The New York Times. 1912-05-03. Matinee of Dancing.
3. Web site: A Chat with Lewis Waller. 1912-01-28. The New York Times.
4. Web site: Ancestry.com.
5. Web site: The Cosmopolitan. September 26, 1912. Schlicht & Field. Google Books.
6. http://www.sopassevintage.com/2011/06/flapper-friday-violet-romer.html Sopassevintage.com
7. Book: Warren, Beth Gates. Artful Lives: Edward Weston, Margrethe Mather, and the Bohemians of Los Angeles. September 26, 2011. Getty Publications. 9781606060704. Google Books.
8. Book: Studlar, Gaylyn. Visions of the East: Orientalism in Film. Gaylyn Studlar. "Out-Salomeing Salome": Dance, the New Woman, and Fan Magazine Orintalism. Matthew. Bernstein. Gaylyn. Studlar. September 26, 1997. Rutgers University Press. 113. 9780813522951. Google Books.