Dorothy Kloss

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Ms. Kloss performing at the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies.
Ms. Kloss performing at the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies.
Dorothy performing at the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies.
Dorothy performing at the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies.

Dorothy Dale Kloss, (b. October 27, 1923), began dancing when she was 3 years old. While working with a young Bob Fosse in a Chicago class, she won a tap contest and catapulted to stardom doing her own act at the Empire Room in Chicago. She toured the country from New York to California, and played Mexico City with the legendary Cantinflas.

She toured with Eddy Duchin until his orchestra was drafted during World War II, and then performed for the USO. In 1946 she became the hostess and dance instructor of television shows, broadcasting out of Chicago on WBKB.

She has performed with Liberace, The Mills Brothers, Mel Tormé, Harry Richman, Howard Keel, Kay Starr, Frankie Laine and Chico Marx. She was accompanied by such bands as Ray Noble, Skinnay Ennis, Shep Fields and his “Rippling Rhythm,” to name a few.

Dorothy has one son and two granddaughters, and in December 2006 was awarded the title of “World’s Oldest ‘Still Performing’ Showgirl” by Guinness World Records.

Ms. Kloss is currently performing at The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, a vaudeville revue that takes place in the Plaza Theatre, (built in 1936) in Palm Springs, California where she is a regular "long-legged lovely", performing in ten shows weekly.