Margaret Carthew

Actress and burlesque dancer Margaret Carthew was born in Florida and grew up in Palm Beach. She began her career as a stage dancer as a teenager. In the early 1930s she moved to Hollywood with her parents, finding work as a dancer and dance instructor. She danced in films, appearing in nearly all of Busby Berkeley's 1930s productions. In 1934 she signed a long-term contract with Warner Bros., though she was limited to bit and extra parts. She made headlines in 1935 when actor George Brent called her one of the most beautiful women in the world. Margaret died of breast cancer at the age of 33 in 1942.