*1927 US, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Carolyn Brown (born Carolyn Rice, Fitchburg, Mass., 26 Sept. 1927) is a US dancer, writer and choreographer, she is the wife of composer Earle Brown. She studied with Merce Cunningham and became one of the founding members of his company in the summer of 1953, she was the most important female dancer in Cunningham's company for the next twenty years and danced in 40 of his works, often collaborating with Cunningham and John Cage in the creative process.