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Also Known As Agnes DeMille • Agnes George de Mille
Born September 18, 1905 • New York City • New York
Died October 7, 1993 (aged 88) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (1980)
Notable Works “110 in the Shade” • “Brigadoon” • “Carousel” • “Lizzie Borden: A Dance of Death” • “The Girl in Pink Tights”

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