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Irene Castle and her husband Vernon Castle (born Vernon Blyth) were the best known ballroom dancers of the early 20th C. Begining about 1914 they operated several clubs and studios in the NYC area, toured the country danceng, and were able to charge as much as a thousand dollars an hour for lessons. They appeared in an Irving Berlin musical ("Watch Your Step") and in the film "The Whirl Of Life" as themselves. Irerne appeared in a number of films alone, notably the WWI drama "Patria". Vernon (as a military flying instructor) was killed in an airplane accident shortly before the war's end. Irene later married Robert Treman, an Ithaca NY businessman who stole her money and lost it on the stock market. In the 1930s she married Frederic McLaughlin, a man sixteen years older than her. She married him for his money, divorcing him when he proved to be posessive and physicaly violent. Her fourth and final husband was George Enzinger an adsvertising executive from Chicago. She spent the later years of her life championing animal rights.

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she has four grandchildren from daughter Barbara: Nicky, Gregg, Charlotte and Libby. She also has nine great grandchildren.

she has a daughter named Barbara McLaughlin Kreutz. She was born in January, 1925. She died on November 20, 2003. She had a Masters Degree in Comparative Literature and PHD in History. She was Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Bryn Mawr. Irene's son, William McLauglin, was born in July, 1929.

Irene Castle costumed by Lucile for ...

Irene \x26amp; Vernon Castle. 1914