Mrs. Ziegfeld

Biographer Grant Hayter-Menzies lives in British Columbia. His works include biographies of Charlotte Greenwood, Princess Der Ling, Sarah Pike Conger, Pauline Benton, and Lillian Carter, along with the life of a dog, military mascot Rags of the First Division in World War I. He is the literary executor of playwright William Luce.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword by Eric Myers      Preface      PART I : SAWDUST, STARDUST1. “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 WOMAN15. Crash      16. Death, Then Life      17. “A small, bewildered comedienne...”      18. The Great Ziegfeld      19. Good Witch      20. “Oma”      21. Final Curtain      Appendix: Billie Burke’s Performance History      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

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