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Ziegfeld Girl (or Girls) can also refer to the hierarchy of performers in Ziegfeld productions, particularly those staged by choreographer Ned Wayburn. Described as atop this hierarchy were the showgirls, tall women who modeled extravagant costumes; below them were the chorus girls, also known as "ponies" or "chickens," who danced and sang in ...
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The Ziegfeld Follies were known for displaying beautiful chorus girls, commonly called Ziegfeld Girls, who "paraded up and down flights of stairs as anything from birds to battleships." [ 3 ] They usually wore elaborate costumes by designers such as Erté , Lady Duff-Gordon and Ben Ali Haggin .
Lillian Lorraine (née Jacques; 1892/1894 – April 17, 1955) was an American stage and screen actress of the 1910s and 1920s, and a prominent Ziegfeld Girl in the Broadway revues Ziegfeld Follies during the 1910s.
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, and Philip Dorn. Set in the 1920s, it tells the parallel stories of three women who become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies.
Doris Eaton Travis (March 14, 1904 – May 11, 2010) was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, owner and manager, writer, and rancher, who was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl, a troupe of acclaimed chorus girls who performed as members in the Broadway theatrical revues of the Ziegfeld Follies.
Dolores' first appearance for Ziegfeld was in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 in which she played the Empress of Fashion in the "Ladies of Fashion, An Episode in Chiffon". [12] As the tallest and most stately, Dolores came on last in a parade of nine girls in chiffon gowns of varying degrees of transparency. [14]
She participated in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1923, 1924, and 1925. Her last major show was the musical Yours Truly, which ran in 1927. Ferguson's primary claim to fame in entertainment was as a Ziegfeld girl, renowned for her "Great Shimmy Dance," reportedly performed in an elaborate feathered headdress. [3]