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Marc Wilder (aka Marcello Miarani, name at birth; May 1, 1929, Italy - 18 April 1983, Los Angeles (USC County General Hospital), age 53) danced in over twenty-five films, partnering such glamorous leading ladies as Cyd Charisse and Shirley MacLaine, but he was also a prominent commercial choreographer in his own right. He assisted Gene Kelly on a 1959 TV special and Jack Cole on the 1962 revival of Kismet. (Picture: Marc Wilder with Chita Rivera)Born in Italy, he came to the U.S. at the age of seven and, at ten, began studying tap in Hollywood with Ethel Meglin and, at eighteen, ballet with Eugene Loring at the American School of Dance. He was known as a Jack Cole dancer. The films in which he performed include With a Song in My Heart (1951), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Kismet (1955), and Mame (1972).
He was one of the first in the film industry to die of AIDS.
Larri Thomas, a friend, doesn't know what happened to Wilder's estate. He died in County Hospital. He was an only child; his mother had already died. She recalls his ashes were strewn in Maui. She recalls that Wilder was "a great collector of videotapes...before Blockbuster," but she doesn't know who would have claimed them after his death.
Marc was an amazingly talented and versatile dancer and choreographer. Thanks to a personal friend of Marc's, Lars Bonner, who pointed films and dances he was featured in, somefavs on Youtube made a Tribute:
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Source: http://www.artistswithaids.org/artforms/dance/catalogue/wilder.html
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Marc Wilder (aka Marcello Miarani, name at birth; May 1, 1929, Italy - 18 April 1983, Los Angeles (USC County General Hospital), age 53) danced in over twenty-five films, partnering such glamorous leading ladies as Cyd Charisse and Shirley MacLaine, but he was also a prominent commercial choreographer in his own right. He assisted Gene Kelly on a 1959 TV special and Jack Cole on the 1962 revival of Kismet. (Picture: Marc Wilder with Chita Rivera)
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