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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Biographies Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Hayter-Menzies, Grant, 1964- Mrs. Ziegfeld. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2009 (DLC) 2008052173 (OCoLC)270109659 |
Named Person: | Billie Burke; Billie Burke |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Grant Hayter-Menzies |
ISBN: | 9780786453085 0786453087 |
OCLC Number: | 404937923 |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 235 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword by Eric Myers; Preface; Part I. Sawdust, Stardust; 1. "A shy, wistful sort of moppet"; 2. The Education of an Actress; 3. Toast of Broadway; 4. Halcyon Hour; 5. "There is only one Billie Burke ... "; 6. Soubrette; 7. Burkeley Crest; 8. Mr. Ziegfeld; 9. Mrs. Ziegfeld; 10. Movie Star; 11." ... you love others so much, too ... "; 12. "The fine days"; 13. Flickering Star; 14. A Beginning, and an End; Part II. Silly Woman; 15. Crash; 16. Death, Then Life; 17. "A small, bewildered comedienne ... "; 18. The Great Ziegfeld; 19. Good Witch; 20. "Oma." 21. Final CurtainAppendix; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
Responsibility: | Grant Hayter-Menzies ; foreword by Eric Myers. |
Abstract:
Broadway actress Billie Burke was one of the most sought after young stage beauties of her time, stealing the hearts of Enrico Caruso, Mark Twain, and, most importantly, famed Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, who became her husband. This book provides the history of Burke's stage, screen, and radio work.
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