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The 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld starring William Powell and Myrna Loy is a fictionalized and sanitized tribute to Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., and his Follies. 1941 saw release of the film Ziegfeld Girl, starring Judy Garland and James Stewart. The movie tells the story of three women who become Follies performers.
Joseph Urban was the scenic designer for the Follies shows, starting in 1915, [4] and Edward Royce directed the Follies in 1920 and 1921, in addition to several other Ziegfeld productions. [ 5 ] After Ziegfeld's death his widow, actress Billie Burke , authorized use of his name for Ziegfeld Follies in 1934 and 1936 to Jake Shubert, who then ...
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.
Dancer with The White Sisters and later as a Ziegfeld girl. Paul Whiteman: March 28, 1890 December 29, 1967 American Bandleader. [331] Annabelle Whitford: 1878 November 30, 1961 American Modern dancer. [332] Whiting and Burt American Song and dance duo consisting of George Whiting (August 6, 1884 – December 18, 1943) and Sadie Burt ...
Frisco was a mainstay on the vaudeville circuit in the 1920s and 1930s. He made his Broadway debut in the Florenz Ziegfeld Follies in 1918. Chicho Frumboli, one of the most famous Argentine Tango dancers. He is best known for his improvisation skills, and is regarded as one of the founders of Tango nuevo.
Anna Rebecca Pennington (December 23, 1893 – November 4, 1971) was an American actress, dancer, and singer who starred on Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, notably in the Ziegfeld Follies and George White's Scandals.
Dancer who introduced the "Shimmy", a dance involving the shaking of the hips. Gray starred in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 and George White's Scandals. Later appeared at the Palace Theater as a headliner. [346] Gene Greene: June 9, 1881 April 5, 1930 American Singer and composer. Charlotte Greenwood: June 25, 1890 December 28, 1977 American