Gwen Verdon ~ The Sign of Leo ~ Mexican Breakfast

It's the "Empire G, The Sign of Leo" version of Gwen Verdon's dance, Mexican Breakfast. Choreographed by Bob Fosse. The dance was filmed for the Ed Sullivan Show in the late 60's. Ms Verdon was in her 40's... and I must say DAMN she looked good!

Gwyneth Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000) was an acclaimed Tony Award-winning American dancer and actress, known professionally as Gwen Verdon. Gwen Verdon was considered Broadway's best dancer in the 1950s and '60s. Known especially for her impudent verve and flaming red hair, Verdon won four Tony awards during the 1950s and was nominated twice more after that. Among her best-known roles were the seductive Lola in Damn Yankees (1955) and the title role in Sweet Charity (1966). Verdon had a lengthy, stormy marriage to director and choreographer Bob Fosse; their relationship was depicted in part in his movie All That Jazz (1979). Her last major Broadway role was that of Roxie Hart in Fosse's 1975 musical Chicago. In later years Verdon had roles in various movies and made guest appearances on many TV series.

Click the title and you can find Gwen Verdon performing the Bob Fosse-choreographed routine on the Ed Sullivan show, to Unk’s 2006 crunkular odyssey, “Walk it Out.” And also the routine with the original music.