Darcel Leonard Wynne

Darcel Leonard-Wynne (born June 13, 1951, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), sometimes credited as simply Darcel, is an American dancer, choreographer, author and producer, best known for heading the "Solid Gold Dancers" on the syndicated 1980s music series Solid Gold.

Early life and career Darcel was born into a steelworking family. She started dancing at the age of 3 and then continued her dancing lessons in Los Angeles when her family moved there in the 1960s. There, she performed at first at a local variety show, and later joined Carol Burnett Show and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Darcel danced and toured with The Temptations as well as with Pearl Bailey in Hello, Dolly!. She has three grown children.

Darcel lives in Los Angeles, where she teaches dance and choreography to mature women; she's coined as her "Seasoned Beauties." She is also active on social media though Facebook and Instagram.

Darcel has written an autobiography: Darcel: Solid Gold. The book reveals a gamut of topics in the dancer's life: her rise to fame, trials and tribulations of fame, marriage and abuse, behind the scenes of Solid Gold; her struggle to establish dance as a ministry in the black church and her return to Hollywood.