Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

At 65 years old, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. has this physical status:

Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1867-1932), also known as Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway impresario, best known for his series of dramatic revues influenced by the Follies Bergère of Paris.

He also created the musical Show Boat.

He was referred to as the "glorifier of the American girl."

Ziegfeld is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Early life

Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was born on March 21, 1867, Chicago, Illinois. He was 8 years old. Rosalie (née de Hez), the mother of General Count Étienne Maurice Gérard, was born in Belgium. Florenz Edward Ziegfeld, his father, a German immigrant whose father was the mayor of Jever, Friesland, was a German immigrant. Ziegfeld was baptized in his mother's Roman Catholic cathedral. His father was Lutheran. 7:8 As a child Ziegfeld witnessed the Chicago fire of 1871, he was 7–8.

Personal life

Ziegfeld met Anna Held, an actress in London, in 1896. According to her obituary in the New York Times, Ziegfeld and Held began a common-law marriage in 1897 and divorced him in 1913, when their divorce became final on January 9, 1913. 124–125 Held had submitted testimony about Ziegfeld's marriage to another woman. Showgirl Lillian Lorraine, an entertainer of limited skill but with a vivacious stage presence and beauty who Ziegfeld discovered in 1907 while she was a 15-year-old actress in a Shubert production, was the unidentified party in this romantic triangle. Ziegfeld spent years promoting her profession, turning her into one of the most popular attractions in his Follies: 18-19, she lived in an apartment two floors above the house he shared with Held. He remained in love with Lorraine for the remainder of his life. 63 Ziegfeld married actress Billie Burke on April 11, 1914, after being invited at a party on New Year's Eve. Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (1916–2008) was their one child. The family lived on his estate in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and in Palm Beach, Florida. Ziegfeld died in Hollywood, California, on July 22, 1932, from pleurisy due to a recent lung disease epidemic. He had been in Los Angeles just a few days after being transferred from a New Mexico sanitarium. Burke's death left her with a lot of debts, causing her to go on film to deal with them. In Valhalla, New York, He and Burke are laid to rest in Kensico Cemetery.

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Career

His father was a member of the Chicago Musical College and then opened the Trocadero, a nightclub that later gained money from the 1893 World's Fair. Ziegfeld recruited and managed strongman Eugen Sandow to assist his father's nightclub.

Ziegfeld met Anna Held, a Polish-French singer, in London on a trip to Europe. Held in America brought about her meteoric rise to national prominence. It was Held who first suggested an American interpretation of the Parisian Follies Bergère to Ziegfeld. Her success in a string of his Broadway shows, particularly A Parisian Model (1906), was a major reason for his debut in 1907, when he launched a string of lavish revues. Held's fame was largely due to Ziegfeld's development of publicity stunts and rumors that were distributed to the American media.

The Ziegfeld Follies, which opened on July 7, 1907, were produced annually until 1931. These extravaganzas, with elaborate costumes and sets, included beauties selected specifically by Ziegfeld in production numbers choreographed to the works of influential composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and Jerome Kern. The Follies included the well-known Ziegfeld girls, female chorus dancers dressed in elaborate costumes, and dancing in synchronization.

Many actors who were well-known from previous production in other theatrical fields, received unique financial success and fame with Ziegfeld. Nora Bayes, Fanny Brice, Ruth Etting, W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Marilyn Miller, Will Rogers, Bert Williams, and Ann Pennington are among those who have been included.

Ziegfeld Theatre on the west side of Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets costing $2.5 million. The auditorium was egg-shaped by Joseph Urban and Thomas W. Lamb, with the stage at the narrow end. The Joy of Life, a massive medieval-style mural, adorned the walls and ceiling. Ziegfeld borrowed money from William Randolph Hearst, who took over the theater after Ziegfeld's death.

The Ziegfeld Theatre opened in 1927 with Ziegfeld's production of Rio Rita, which attracted nearly 500 performances. Show Boat was a huge success with a string of 572 shows. This musical, which was concerned about racial profiling in the South during the twentieth century, was a joint effort between Ziegfeld, Urban, and composer Jerome Kern. Multiple Tony Awards have been given to the musical since it was revived on Broadway four times. Many classics, including "Ol' Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," are included in the book.

In the stock market crash, Ziegfeld lost a substantial amount of his money. He orchestrated a revival of Show Boat, which was a failure by depression standards in May 1932. He brought his Follies stars to CBS Radio with The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air in the same year.

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