Lois Bewley, 78, A Comedian Onstage, An Arts Omnivore Off

“Dark-haired and lithe, self-confident, opinionated, and witty — ‘Above all, Miss Bewley might be regarded as one of dance’s finest comediennes,’ Anna Kisselgoff wrote in The New York Times in 1976 — she became a soloist with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the mid-1950s and subsequently toured Europe with the American Ballet Theater”