Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls from Florenz Ziegfeld's theatrical spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies which were based on the Folies Bergères of Paris. 1928 Time cover featuring Ziegfeld Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. ... The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. ... Costume, c. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

These showgirls, followed on the heels of the "Florodora girls" who had started to 'loosen the corset' of the Gibson Girl in the early years of the twentieth century. These were beauties, of similar size, decked out in Erté designs which led them to become objects of both popular adoration and young male admirers. Many were persuaded to leave the show to marry, some to men of substantial wealth. The Ziegfeld Ball in New York City continued as a social event of the season for years after the last production of the Follies. Florodora was one of the first successful Broadway musicals of the 20th century. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... A USPS stamp depicting a Gibson girl. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Romain de Tirtoff (pseudonym Erté, a French pronunciation of initials ) (November 23, 1892 - 1990) was a French artist and designer. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Over the years they included many future stars such as Marion Davies, Paulette Goddard, Joan Blondell, Barbara Stanwyck, Louise Brooks, Nita Naldi, Mae Murray, Bessie Love, Dorothy Mackaill, Iris Adrian and other society and business successes such as Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Helen Gallagher, Anastasia Reilly Buhl and Irene Hayes. Marion Davies illustrated by Hamilton King, 1920 Marion Davies Marion Davies (January 3, 1897 – September 23, 1961) was an American comedic actress. ... Paulette Goddard (June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990), an Oscar-nominated American film and theatre actress. ... Blondell in Nightmare Alley (1947) Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 - December 25, 1979) was an Oscar-nominated American actress. ... Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress of film, stage, and screen . ... Louise Brooks (14 November 1906 – 8 August 1985) was an American dancer, showgirl, and silent film actress. ... Nita Naldi Nita Naldi (April 1, 1897 - February 17, 1961) was one of the most successful silent film actresses of the Roaring Twenties. ... Mae Murray Mae Murray (May 10, 1889 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress and dancer, who became known as The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips [1] and The Gardenia of the Screen. ... Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) was an American motion picture actress. ... Dorothy Mackaill Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 - August 12, 1990) was an British-born American actress, most notably of the silent film era and into the early 1930s. ... Iris Adrian (May 29, 1912 – September 17, 1994) was an American film actress. ... Peggy Hopkins Joyce was an American actress and celebrity, famed as much for her several marriages, colorful divorces, scandalous affairs, and generally lavish lifestyle as for her work on stage or screen. ... Helen Gallagher (died 1943) was a Ziegfeld girl and restaurateur who co-founded Gallaghers Steak House was the wife of Ed Gallagher (1873-1929). ... Irene Hayes (1896 – September 16, 1975) was a Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman who owned Irene Hayes Wadley & Smythe, a leading Manhattan florist and Gallaghers 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, Alice Faye, Joan Crawford, Lucille Ball, Hedda Hopper, and June Havoc were among the many hopefuls that the master showman discarded after auditions. Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 (some sources indicate 1900) - June 12, 1983) was an Academy Award-winning Canadian-born Hollywood actress. ... Alice Faye, from her official Website, http://www. ... Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977),[1] was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s through 1940s. ... Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actor, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. ... Hedda Hopper on the July 28, 1947 cover of Time Magazine Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 – February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist, whose long-running feud with friend turned arch-rival Louella Parsons became at least as notorious as many of Hoppers columns. ... June Havoc (born November 8, 1916) is an American actress, dancer, writer, and theater director. ...

The survivors of these spectacular chorus lines of the last century are the Rockettes of Radio City Music Hall and the aging Silver Belles, a troupe of dancers from the Apollo Theater's heyday. The Rockettes are the best known precision dance company in the world, stationed out of the Radio City Music Hall. ... Radio City Music Hall at Christmas 2005 Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Apollo Theater marquee, c. ...