appointed a Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. In 2011, Franklin was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame. References External links Jacob's Pillow 1948 archive film with Alexandra Danilova in Gaîté Parisienne Commentary by Sally Bliss Bio at Cincinnati Ballet Queen honours TV and dance stars 1914 births 2013 deaths English male ballet dancers Musicians from Liverpool Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English LGBT entertainers LGBT dancers Deaths from pneumonia in New York City National Ballet of Washington, D.C. British emigrants to the United States