Yvonne Helen "Patsy" Swayze (nee Karnes ; 7 February 1927 - 16 September 2013) is an American dance and dance choreographer, dance choreographer. Credits include choreography for Urban Cowboy , Wild Moon and Harpoon Expectations . His five children include actor Patrick Swayze and Don Swayze. He has been credited for having trained Patrick in dancing, leading to a lead role in Dirty Dancing in 1987.
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Life and career
Swayze is the daughter of Gladys Mae (Snell) and Victor Elliott Karnes. She married Jesse Wayne Swayze, an engineering designer. The couple has five children. The family lives on Wakefield Street in the Garden Oaks neighborhood of Houston. They then moved to another house on Del Norte Street.
Patsy Swayze's interest in Patsy Swayze's career began after a car accident when he was a child. His mother told him to take dance classes as part of his recovery.
Swayze founded the Houston Jazz Ballet Company and served as director of ballet. He also opened a Houston dance studio, Swayze School of Dance. His son, actor Patrick Swayze, meets his future wife, film director and actress Lisa Niemi, when they are enrolled as students at the Swayze School of Dance. (The couple married in 1975). In addition to his own dance studio, Swayze teaches dance and choreography at the University of Houston for eighteen years. Former Patsy Swayze students include future Emmy Award winners Debbie Allen, Randy Quaid, Jaclyn Smith, and ten-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune.
Patsy Swayze turned to film with her first movie choreography, Urban Cowboy , starring John Travolta and Debra Winger. The success of Urban Cowboy basically launched his career as a film choreographer. In 1980, Patsy Swayze moved from Houston to southern California. He made numerous film choreographies over the next three decades including the Wild Balls in 1982 and Floating Hope, directed by Forest Whitaker, in 1998. He teamed up with his son-in-law, director Lisa Niemi, for the 2003 movie choreography One Last Dance , starring Niemi, Patrick Swayze and George de la PeÃÆ' Â ± a.
In addition to the film, Swayze also directed a dance studio in Simi Valley, California, for over twenty years.
Patsy Swayze suffered a stroke in September 2013. She died of a stroke complication at her home in Simi Valley, California, on September 16, 2013, at the age of 86. She lives longer than her son, Patrick, who died in 2009 of pancreatic cancer.
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References
External links
- Patsy Swayze on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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