Peggy Spencer, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peggy Spencer

British dancer and choreographer

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1920

Date of Death: 25-May-2016

Profession: choreographer, dancer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Peggy Spencer

  • Margaret Ann "Peggy" Spencer MBE (née Hull; 24 September 1920 – 25 May 2016) was a British professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, competition adjudicator, and organizer.
  • Peggy married Jack Spencer in 1940, and had two children, Helena and Michael.
  • The marriage was not successful and they divorced in 1947.
  • Peggy formed a close relationship with her brother-in-law Frank, whom she eventually married in the late 1960s.For many years, she and Frank (a musician and a dancer before the Second World War) ran the Royston Ballroom in Penge, South London.
  • Peggy was a regular TV dance commentator.
  • She was a leading coach for competitive Latin dancers, and was influential in both Ballroom and Latin American branches of the ISTD.
  • Her ballroom formation team was twice invited to dance for the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
  • For 40 years, her teams appeared in the Come Dancing TV programme.Peggy choreographed a dance sequence for a Beatles video ("Your Mother Should Know"), and the tango for Rudolph Nureyev in the film Valentino (1977).
  • She was a choreographer for the Burn the Floor dance show, which combined ballroom dances with modern ideas.
  • More than most things she enjoyed appearing on the BBC's children's show Blue Peter, where she brought young dancers from her classes to demonstrate.
  • She was the subject of the TV show This Is Your Life in 1993.In 2004.
  • Peggy Spencer became President of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.
  • She received multiple awards for her work in teaching and adjudicating in ballroom dancing, including eight Carl Alan Awards.
  • She and Frank were both appointed MBE in 1977.

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