Onna White (March 24, 1922 – April 8, 2005) was a Canadian choreographer and dancer, nominated for eight Tony Awards.
By 1950, in the long-running Broadway production of Guys and Dolls, she both performed and assisted the choreographer, Michael Kidd, beginning an association that lasted through Silk Stockings various productions until, in 1956, she choreographed her first Broadway show, Carmen Jones.
[3] She married actor Larry Douglas in 1948, who was an understudy to Robert Preston in The Music Man; they divorced in 1959.
In 1964, Douglas married Susan Luckey, who played the role of Zaneeta in the film of The Music Man.
[5] Other recipients include Gene Kelly for "career achievements", Jerome Robbins for "choreographic achievement on film", Michael Kidd (White's mentor) for "services to the art of dance in the art of the screen" and Stanley Donen for "body of work".