Carmen De Lavallade
Carmen De Lavallade

Carmen De Lavallade. Actress: Odds Against Tomorrow. Lithe, graceful American dancer, actress and choreographer Carmen Paula de Lavallade was born in Los Angeles of Hispanic/Creole parentage to Grace Grenot and Leo Paul De Lavallade. She grew up in a predominantly Mexican neighbourhood in East L.A., raised by her aunt Adele who strongly encouraged her ambition to become a dancer. Her idol and role model was her older cousin Janet Collins,...