Freddie Franklin
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Frederic Franklin CBE or Freddie Franklin is a ballet dancer born in Liverpool on 13 June 1914.
He claimed that from seeing Peter Pan his only thought was to go on the stage. He began his career in 1931 at the Casino de Paris with Josephine Baker. He co-found the Slavenska-Franklin Ballet and was founder director of the National Ballet in Washington.
On November 16, 2004 he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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