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{{short description|American dancer}}{{Infobox person
| name = Ernestine Myers
| image = Ernestine Myers in "Follow the Girl".jpg
| alt = A young white woman with dark hair, seated, wearing a hat with a wide trim and a white gown
| caption = Ernestine Myers
| other_names = Ernestine Myers Morrissey
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|01|07}}
| birth_place = Terre Haute, Indiana
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|06|29|1900|01|07}}
| death_place = Terre Haute, Indiana
| occupation = Dancer, vaudeville performer, dance educator
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| spouse(s) =
| parents = [[Al Myers]]
| relatives =
}}

'''Ernestine Myers Morrissey''' (January 7, 1900 – June 29, 1991), sometimes credited as '''Ernestine Meyers''', was an American dancer, [[Ziegfeld girl]], and dance educator.

== Early life ==
Myers was born in [[Terre Haute, Indiana]], the daughter of professional baseball player [[Al Myers]] and Flora LaTart Myers. She trained as a dancer at the [[Chicago Musical College]], then pursued further dance studies with [[Ruth St. Denis]] and [[Ted Shawn]] in Los Angeles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Dipa |date=June 5, 2011 |title=Historical Treasure: An outstanding woman of the American stage |url=https://www.tribstar.com/news/lifestyles/historical-treasure-an-outstanding-woman-of-the-american-stage/article_9533daca-c318-5a24-b372-11b8c4541193.html |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Terre Haute Tribune-Star |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Ernestine_Myers_-_Jan_1920_Shadowland.jpg|thumb|Ernestine Myers - Jan 1920 Shadowland]]

== Career ==
Myers appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and on [[vaudeville]] stages.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=May 7, 1921 |title=Ernestine Myers in Vaudeville |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BmxDAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ernestine+Myers&pg=PA773 |journal=Dramatic Mirror and Theatre World |volume=33 |pages=773}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=May 7, 1921 |title=Good Bill at 81st Street; Eddie Ross and Ernestine Myers are Features |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BmxDAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ernestine+Myers&pg=PA772 |journal=Dramatic Mirror and Theatre World |volume=83 |pages=772}}</ref> She toured with Ruth St. Denis's dance company, which also featured [[Martha Graham]], [[Florence O'Denishawn]], and [[Doris Humphrey]] at the time. In 1917 she toured in a singing and dancing act with Carl Randall,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 30, 1917 |title=Orpheum |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3U9AQAAMAAJ&dq=Ernestine+Myers&pg=RA12-PA6 |journal=Pacific Coast Musical Review |volume=32 |issue=13 |pages=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nunan |first=Thomas |date=1917-07-02 |title=Fox-Trot Tickles Audience; Ernestine Myers Does It |pages=7 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108714489/fox-trot-tickles-audience-ernestine/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> including "a pseudo Egyptian [[Foxtrot|fox trot]] in costume with just enough [[burlesque]] in it to give it pep," noted reviewer Giles P. Cain.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cain |first=Giles P. |date=September 8, 1917 |title=Little Stories of Plays and Players |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0RJAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ernestine+Myers&pg=RA29-PA3 |journal=The Independent |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=3}}</ref> She wore a purple wig while performing in 1921, creating a "weirdly beautiful" effect, according to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Marcie |date=November 19, 1921 |title=The Missing Rib |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_billboard_1921-11-19_33_47/page/22/mode/2up?q=%22Ernestine+Myers%22 |magazine=Billboard |volume=33 |issue=47 |pages=22 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Her credits included roles in the shows ''Sinbad'' (1918), ''[[Follow the Girl (musical)|Follow the Girl]]'' (1918),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dietz |first=Dan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LecZEAAAQBAJ&dq=Ernestine+Myers&pg=PA419 |title=The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals |date=2021-06-15 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-5028-3 |pages=419 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Silks and Satins]]'' (1920),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hornblow |date=September 1920 |title=Mr. Hornblow Goes to the Play |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BKdOAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ernestine+Myers&pg=PA105 |journal=Theatre Magazine |volume=32 |pages=105}}</ref> and ''[[Ziegfeld Follies]]''. "Miss Myers is a splendid dancer, and works hard to put her selections over," commented one reviewer in 1921.<ref name=":1" />

From 1923 to 1978, Myers ran a dance school in her hometown.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roznowski |first=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKKHkdXpD58C&dq=Ernestine+Myers&pg=PA166 |title=An American Hometown: Terre Haute, Indiana, 1927 |date=2009-11-17 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-00503-8 |pages=166 |language=en}}</ref> She produced, choreographed, and designed costumes and lighting for the school's biennial revue,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1966-05-13 |title=Ernestine Myers Revue to be Presented June 2 |pages=9 |work=The Terre Haute Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108712971/ernestine-myers-revue-to-be-presented/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Slover |first=Euleta |date=1962-08-22 |title=Ernestine Myers Morrissey to be Honored by Pupils |pages=17 |work=The Terre Haute Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108713208/ernestine-myers-morrissey-to-be-honored/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1968-06-12 |title=Ernestine Myers Dance Recital Well Received |pages=11 |work=The Terre Haute Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108713720/ernestine-myers-dance-recital-well/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> which included over two hundred performers in some years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perry |first=Marian |date=1954-05-30 |title=Two Hundred and Fifty Dancers Appear in Ernestine Myers Revue |pages=12 |work=The Terre Haute Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108714673/two-hundred-and-fifty-dancers-appear-in/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> [[Elise Reiman]], a teacher at the [[School of American Ballet]], was one of Myers' many students.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nattkemper |first=Jane |date=1965-09-26 |title=Dancing Lessons are Fun to Girls Studying Ballet |pages=42 |work=The Terre Haute Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108713547/dancing-lessons-are-fun-to-girls/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1993-08-28 |title=Elise Reiman, Teacher Of Ballet, Dies at 79 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/28/obituaries/elise-reiman-teacher-of-ballet-dies-at-79.html |access-date=2022-09-01 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1976, her photo was part of a [[United States Bicentennial|Bicentennial]] salute to American theatre at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1976-03-16 |title=Ernestine Myers Photo Showing at JFK Center |pages=3 |work=The Terre Haute Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108714113/ernestine-myers-photo-showing-at-jfk/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1980 she gave an oral history interview for the [[Vigo County, Indiana|Vigo County]] Oral History Project.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2016-10-18 |title=Interview with Ernestine Myers Morrissey |url=https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/vcpl/id/5252 |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Vigo County Public Library |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Myers married Chicago businessman Daniel E. Morrissey in 1948.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1948-08-31 |title=Ernestine Myers Becomes Bride of Daniel E. Morrissey of Chicago |pages=1 |work=The Terre Haute Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108714304/ernestine-myers-becomes-bride-of-daniel/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Her husband died in 1949,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1949-10-29 |title=Morrissey Burial in Chicago Today |pages=2 |work=The Terre Haute Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108714978/morrissey-burial-in-chicago-today/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and she died in 1991, in Terre Haute, aged 91 years.<ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*{{IBDB name|id=460065}}

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[[Category:1900 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Terre Haute, Indiana]]
[[Category:American dancers]]
[[Category:Vaudeville performers]]
[[Category:Ziegfeld girls]]
[[Category:Chicago Musical College alumni]]

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