Gwen Verdon's Birth Card: The Ace of Spades

In the record

Gwyneth Evelyn "Gwen" Verdon (January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000) was an American actress and dancer. The birth-card coordinate for January 13 is the Ace of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1956 Best Actress in a Musical (Damn Yankees); 1958 Best Actress in a Musical (Anna Christopherson); 1959 Best Actress in a Musical (Redhead) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1956 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical — Damn Yankees as Lola
• 1958 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical — Anna Christopherson
• 1959 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical — Redhead as Essie Whimple

The Ace of Spades coordinate

Gwen Verdon's birthday maps to the Ace of Spades (The Truth Pioneer). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Tony Award and not a verdict on Gwen Verdon. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You say the true thing early, before it has to become a crisis to be heard.

Live Ace of Spades meaning page

Gwen Verdon in the public record

She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and she served as an uncredited choreographer's assistant and specialty dance coach for theater and film. Verdon was a critically acclaimed performer on Broadway in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, having originated many roles in musicals, including Lola in Damn Yankees, the title character in Sweet Charity, and Roxie Hart in Chicago. Her second husband was director-choreographer Bob Fosse, with whom she worked on a number of theater and film projects. After Fosse's death, she worked to preserve his legacy. Verdon was born in Culver City, California, the second child of Gertrude Lilian (née Standring) and Joseph William Verdon, who were both English immigrants to the United States by way of Canada. Her brother was William Farrell Verdon, her father was an electrician at MGM Studios, and her mother was a former vaudevillian of the Denishawn dance troupe, as well as a dance teacher. As a toddler, she suffered from rickets, which led to her being called "Gimpy" by other children and spent her early years in orthopedic boots and rigid leg braces. At age three, her mother enrolled her in dance classes.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Gwen Verdon (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 2 of Clubs

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Gwen Verdon, and not a forecast of a Tony.

Natural partnership and team-building ability

She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and she served as an uncredited choreographer's assistant and specialty dance coach for theater and film.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: coach.

Also on the record

1. Further ballet training strengthened her legs and improved her carriage.
2. By age six, she was dancing on stage.
3. She went on to study multiple dance forms, ranging from tap, jazz, ballroom and flamenco to Balinese.
4. She also studied juggling.

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Colleen Dewhurst — 1974 Best Actress in a Play (A Moon for the Misbegotten)
• Roger Rees — 1982 Best Actor in a Play (The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby)

FAQ

What is Gwen Verdon's birth card?

The Ace of Spades. January 13 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Gwen Verdon's dates come from?

Birth date 1925-01-13 is the day-precision date on Gwen Verdon's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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