Jean Veloz Obituary

Jean Veloz is an American dancer and actress.

After winning a dance contest at the Hollywood Legion Stadium, Veloz earned herself a Screen Actors Guild card, and landed a role in the musical comedy, Swing Fever (1943), dancing opposite swing dancers portraying servicemen.

Other credits included Where Are Your Children? (1943), Jive Junction (1943), and The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945). Veloz also appeared with Arthur Walsh in Groovie Movie (1944), a short film depicting the History of Swing dance.

In 1947, Veloz married Harold Davi, but the two later divorced. In 1963, she married her dance partner, Frank Veloz. They remained together until he died in 1981.

She died at the age of 98 on January 15, 2023, at her home in Los Angeles, California.