Back Vernon und Irene Castle German Vernon and Irene Castle English Vernon kaj Irene Castle Esperanto Vernon et Irene Castle French Vernon i Irene Castle Polish Vernon e Irene Castle Portuguese Вернон та Ірен Касл Ukrainian
 | This article needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone or spelling. (October 2024) |
Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers of the early 20th century. They were famous for developing and promoting dancing in the period of the First World War.
Vernon Castle (2 May 1887 – 15 February 1918) was born William Vernon Blyth in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Irene Castle (17 April 1893 – 25 January 1969) was born Irene Foote, the daughter of a prominent physician in New Rochelle, New York.
Vernon chose 'Castle' as a stage name when he first performed as a comic, because his sister (also on the stage) already used the family name, Blyth. He had already taken the name before Irene met him in 1910.[1]p33
- ↑ Castle, Irene 1958. Castles in the air. As told to Bob & Wanda Duncan. Doubleday, New York.