pick my Beauties" and "Picking out pretty girls for the stage". Decades later, chorus lines of a more erotic flavor found huge success on America's west coast in Las Vegas, before declining again in the face of competition from burlesque and strip clubs. Some popular chorus lines found their way onto the golden screen. One group in particular was Samuel Goldwyn's dancers, the Goldwyn Girls. Popping up in numerous MGM productions, the famous Goldwyn Girls included stars who went on to find great success on-screen like Lucille Ball, Betty Grable, Virginia Mayo, and Jane Wyman. To this day, some live performance venues keep the traditional chorus line alive with groups like The Rockettes, but more frequently the term "chorus line" in modern terms is used to differentiate supporting singers and dancers of any gender in a musical or musical revue from the lead actors or performers. Famous chorus lines Gaiety Girls (started in England during the 1890s) The Rockettes (U.S. act founded in 1925) Tiller Girls (international act starting in the 1890s) Ziegfeld girls Famous performers Performers who started out dancing in chorus lines include: Louise Alexander June Allyson Carroll Baker Josephine Baker Lucille Ball Tallulah Bankhead Patricia Barry Constance Bennett Joan Blondell Karin Booth Betty Boothroyd Anise Boyer Louise Brooks Virginia Bruce Ruth Chatterton June Clyde Imogene Coca Ellen Corby Jeanne Crain Joan Crawford Marion Davies Bette Davis Yvonne De Carlo Frances Dee Myrna Dell Marlene Dietrich Caren Marsh Doll Ruth Donnelly Constance Dowling Doris Dowling Ja'Net DuBois Alice Faye Kay Francis Rhonda Fleming Paulette Goddard Betty Grable June Haver June Havoc Rita Hayworth Patricia Heaton Audrey Hepburn Miriam Hopkins Lena Horne Adele Jergens Dorothy Jordan Madeline Kahn Ruby Keeler Phyllis Kennedy Evelyn Keyes Dorothy Lamour Ruta Lee Myrna Loy Jeanette MacDonald Dorothy Mackaill Shirley MacLaine Dorothy Malone Marsha Mason Jessie Matthews Virginia Mayo Vera Miles Ann Miller Eve Miller Florence Mills Mistinguett Marilyn Monroe Dorothy Morris Nita Naldi Evelyn Nesbit Julie Newmar Sheree North Aida Pierce Jean Porter Marie Prevost Marjorie Reynolds Ginger Rogers Jean Rogers Ruth Roman Joan Shawlee Ann Sheridan Ada "Bricktop" Smith Barbara Stanwyck Inger Stevens Amzie Strickland Nita Talbot Tyra Vaughn Gwen Verdon Marie Windsor Toby Wing Shelley Winters Jane Wyman See also Can-can Friedrichstadt-Palast Showgirl Corps de ballet References External links Musical theatre Dance in the United States