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Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls from Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway theatre impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Berg?res of Paris....
's theatrical spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies

The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway theatre in New York City from 1907 through 1931. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air....
 which were based on the Folies Bergères
Folies Bergères

The Folies Berg?re is a Parisian music hall which was at the height of its fame and popularity from the 1890s through the 1920s. the institution is still in business....
 of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
.

These showgirl
Showgirl

A showgirl is a dancer or performer in a stage entertainment show."Showgirl" is often used as a term for a promotional model in trade fairs and car shows, etc....
s, followed on the heels of the "Florodora girls
Florodora

Florodora was one of the first successful Broadway theatre musicals of the 20th century. The book was written by Jimmy Davis under the pseudonym Owen Hall, music was by Leslie Stuart with additional songs by Paul Rubens , and lyrics by Edward Boyd-Jones and Rubens....
" who had started to 'loosen the corset
Corset

A corset is a garment worn to mold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or medical purposes . Both men and women are known to wear corsets, though women are more common wearers....
' of the Gibson Girl
Gibson Girl

File:Gibson Girl.pngThe Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical pen and ink illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during a twenty year period spanning the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the United States....
 in the early years of the twentieth century. These were beauties, of similar size, decked out in Erté
Romain de Tirtoff

Romain de Tirtoff was a Russian-born France artist and designer known by the pseudonym Ert?, the French language pronunciation of his initials, R.T....
 designs gained many young male admirers and they became objects of popular adoration.






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Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls from Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway theatre impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Berg?res of Paris....
's theatrical spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies

The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway theatre in New York City from 1907 through 1931. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air....
 which were based on the Folies Bergères
Folies Bergères

The Folies Berg?re is a Parisian music hall which was at the height of its fame and popularity from the 1890s through the 1920s. the institution is still in business....
 of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
.

These showgirl
Showgirl

A showgirl is a dancer or performer in a stage entertainment show."Showgirl" is often used as a term for a promotional model in trade fairs and car shows, etc....
s, followed on the heels of the "Florodora girls
Florodora

Florodora was one of the first successful Broadway theatre musicals of the 20th century. The book was written by Jimmy Davis under the pseudonym Owen Hall, music was by Leslie Stuart with additional songs by Paul Rubens , and lyrics by Edward Boyd-Jones and Rubens....
" who had started to 'loosen the corset
Corset

A corset is a garment worn to mold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or medical purposes . Both men and women are known to wear corsets, though women are more common wearers....
' of the Gibson Girl
Gibson Girl

File:Gibson Girl.pngThe Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical pen and ink illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during a twenty year period spanning the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the United States....
 in the early years of the twentieth century. These were beauties, of similar size, decked out in Erté
Romain de Tirtoff

Romain de Tirtoff was a Russian-born France artist and designer known by the pseudonym Ert?, the French language pronunciation of his initials, R.T....
 designs gained many young male admirers and they became objects of popular adoration. Many were persuaded to leave the show to marry, some to men of substantial wealth. The Ziegfeld Ball in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 continued as a social event of the season for years after the last production of the Follies.

Over the years they included many future stars such as Marion Davies
Marion Davies

Marion Davies was an United States film actress.Davies is best remembered for her relationship with newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst....
, Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard

Paulette Goddard was an American film and theatre actress. A former child Model and in several Broadway theatre productions as Ziegfeld Follies, she was a major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s....
, Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell

Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, was an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Considered a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Production Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 film and television productions....
, Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck was an United States actor, a star of film and television, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors such as Cecil B....
, Billie Dove
Billie Dove

Billie Dove was an American actress....
, Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks

Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an Cinema of the United States dancer, model, showgirl, and silent film actress, famous for her fashionable bob cut haircut....
, Nita Naldi
Nita Naldi

Nita Naldi was an United States silent film actress. One of the most successful actresses in Hollywood during the "Roaring Twenties", she was often cast in the role of the "femme fatale"/"Vamp_", a Stock character first popularized by actress Theda Bara....
, Mae Murray
Mae Murray

Mae Murray was an United States actress and dancer, who became known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen"....
, Bessie Love
Bessie Love

Bessie Love was an United States motion picture actress who achieved fame largely in the silent and early talkie era. Petite and very pretty, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies....
, Dorothy Mackaill
Dorothy Mackaill

Dorothy Mackaill was a British people-born United States actress, most notably of the silent film era and into the early 1930s.Born in Kingston upon Hull, England, Dorothy Mackaill lived with her father after her parents separated when she was eleven....
, Claire Dodd
Claire Dodd

Claire Dodd was a successful American film actress.Born Dorothy Anne Dodd in Des Moines, Iowa, Dodd's father was a doctor who abandoned her and her mother before she was ten years old....
, Iris Adrian
Iris Adrian

Iris Adrian was an United States film actress.Born in Los Angeles, California as Iris Adrian Hofstadter, Adrian won a beauty pageant and worked with the Ziegfeld Follies, before she entered films at the end of the silent movies in Chasing Husbands ....
 and other society and business successes such as Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Peggy Hopkins Joyce

Peggy Hopkins Joyce was an American actress and celebrity, famed as much for her several marriages to wealthy men, colorful divorces, scandalous affairs, and generally lavish lifestyle as for her work on stage or screen....
, Helen Gallagher
Helen Gallagher (Solomon)

Helen Gallagher was a Ziegfeld girl and restaurateur who co-founded Gallagher's Steak House. She was the wife of Edward Gallagher .Something of a celebrity herself she knew how to lure other celebrities....
, Anastasia Reilly, and Irene Hayes
Irene Hayes

Irene Hayes was a Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman who owned Irene Hayes Wadley & Smythe, a leading Manhattan florist, and Gallagher's Steak House after the death of her husband, Jack Solomon....
.

Although many future stars started out as Ziegfeld girls, several others were turned down by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his revue. Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer

Edith Norma Shearer was an Academy Awards Canadian-American actor....
 (in 1919), Alice Faye
Alice Faye

Alice Faye was an United States actor and singer. She is remembered first for her stardom at 20th Century Fox and, later, as the radio comedy partner of her second husband, bandleader-comedian Phil Harris....
 (in 1927), Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford After an absence of nearly two years from the screen, Crawford staged a comeback by starring in Mildred Pierce , for which she won the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Actress....
 (in 1924), Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball was an United States comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model , film industry, and star of the landmark sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy....
 (in 1931), Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Torrey Powell was an United States film actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her exuberant solo tap dancing....
 (in 1927), Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper was an United States actor and gossip columnist, whose long-running feud with friend turned arch-rival Louella Parsons became at least as notorious as many of Hopper's columns....
 (in 1913), and June Havoc (in 1931) were among the many hopefuls that the master showman discarded after auditions. In 1957, the then-current members were featured as mystery guests on the television panel show "What's My Line?".

The survivors of these spectacular chorus line
Chorus line

A chorus line is a substantial group of dancers who together perform synchronized routines, usually in musical theatre. Sometimes, singing is also performed....
s of the last century are the Rockettes of Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city....
 and the aging Silver Belles, a troupe of dancers from the Apollo Theater
Apollo Theater

The Apollo Theater in New York City is one of the most famous music halls in the United States, and the most famous club associated almost exclusively with African-American performers....
's heyday. The last surviving Ziefield girl is Doris Eaton Travis
Doris Eaton Travis

Doris Eaton Travis is a retired Broadway theatre and film performer, dance instructor and author. She is also the last surviving Ziegfeld girl....
 who is now 104 years of age.

The San Francisco rock band has a song called Ziegfeld Girl, about Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford

Jack Pickford was a Canada-born United States actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top movie star of his day, and being of the famous Pickford acting family....
 and Olive Thomas
Olive Thomas

Olive Thomas was an United States silent film actress and socialite. She was a Ziegfeld girl and the original flapper. She is best remembered for her marriage to Jack Pickford and her untimely death....
.