Hope Clarke, Actress and ‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Choreographer, Dies at 85
The Tony nominee danced for Katherine Dunham and Alvin Ailey, worked often with George C. Wolfe and appeared on the big screen in ‘Basquiat.’
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