Gilda Gray, nascuda Marianna Michalska (Cracòvia, 24 d'octubre de 1901 - Hollywood, 22 de desembre de 1959), fou una actriu i ballarina de nacionalitat nord-americana, coneguda com The Shimmy Queen (La Reina Shimmy) per popularitzar un ball anomenat "shimmy", el qual es va posar de moda en produccions teatrals i cinematogràfiques dels anys 1920.

Gilda Gray (born Marianna Michalska; October 25, 1895 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions. Between 1919 and 1936, Gray made several movies, in all of which she performed her famous shimmy.

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