Katharine Sergava (July 30, 1910 in

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– November 26, 2005. Married name: Katharine Sergava Sznycer) was an actress and dancer. She was best known for portraying both Ellen and the dream-ballet version of Laurey, the heroine, in the premiere of ''

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''. She later performed in ''Look Ma, I'm Dancing,'' choreographed by Jerome Robbins. She had also appeared in several films and TV shows. In 2003 she was erroneously reported dead in ''

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''. She lived in retirement in

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. She was a teacher of the Stanislavski's system at Herbert Berghof Studio (HB Studio) in Bank Street Greenwich Village. Sznycer died on Saturday, November 26, 2005, in

from natural causes in her apartment home, after an extended stay in a nursing facility. She was 95.

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* * 1910 births 2005 deaths Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1910s-stub