Margot and Norton were a black ballroom dance couple who found fame in America and Europe during the 1930’s & 40’s.
Margot Webb and Harold Norton danced the Waltz, Tango and Bolero at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York 1933-39 and in London, Paris and Germany before WWII.
Although Margot and Norton found fame to an extent, because they didn’t perform the stereotypical dances white audiences expected of blacks dancers such as tap dancing, exotic jungle dances, shaking, jitterbugging, and the Lindy hop, they didn’t make much money.
Margot Webb born March 18, 1910 and trained in ballet, waltz, tango, and bolero together with Norton toured the East and Midwest United States and parts of Europe with the Cotton Club Revue and the Continental Variety show in 1937.
Margot Webb born Marjorie Smith grew up in Harlem attending Hunter College until she dropped out to pursue dancing full-time and became a headline dancer in the Cotton Club from 1933-1939.
