Lucita Covera
American dancer
Lucita Covera (December 8, 1895 – July 1979), born Lucetta Reynolds, sometimes seen as Lucita Corvera Hall or Lucita Ward, was an American dancer in Broadway shows and other revues. She was described as the "Most Perfect Girl" in publicity.
Early life
Though she was billed as a "Famous Spanish Dancing Star", and said to be from Barcelona, or Madrid, or Mexico, or Argentina, Lucetta Reynolds was the daughter of Mrs. F. A. Goble of Crescent Mills, California. She danced at local events in childhood.
Career
Covera started her stage career in San Francisco. In her early years, she had a hula act, a nautch act, and played a Zuni character in 1921. Her stage credits as a dancer include appearances in Let's Go (1921), Sun-Kist (1921), Vogues of 1924, Artists and Models (1924), The Merry World (1926), and A Night in Paris (1926). "She is graceful and agile and has a pleasing personality," commented one reporter in 1922.
Covera's costumes were commented upon in print, her physique described as "the most perfect form", and she was said to have "the largest collection of jewels possessed by any actress on the stage today", including a set of "hair pendants" she wore for different dances.
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