Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke
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. Following Ziegfeld's death, the threats of financial ruin and encroaching age forced Burke to recreate herself as a Hollywood character actress.

This biography benefits from the cooperation of the daughter and grandchildren of Burke and Ziegfeld, as well as from anecdotes provided by actors who performed with Burke on the stage and screen. In addition to studying the character and significance of Burke's greatest screen role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North, this richly illustrated book also provides a complete history of Burke's stage, screen, and radio work.

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Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke
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. Following Ziegfeld's death, the threats of financial ruin and encroaching age forced Burke to recreate herself as a Hollywood character actress.

This biography benefits from the cooperation of the daughter and grandchildren of Burke and Ziegfeld, as well as from anecdotes provided by actors who performed with Burke on the stage and screen. In addition to studying the character and significance of Burke's greatest screen role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North, this richly illustrated book also provides a complete history of Burke's stage, screen, and radio work.

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Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke

Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke

by Grant Hayter-Menzies
Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke

Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke

by Grant Hayter-Menzies

Overview

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. Following Ziegfeld's death, the threats of financial ruin and encroaching age forced Burke to recreate herself as a Hollywood character actress.

This biography benefits from the cooperation of the daughter and grandchildren of Burke and Ziegfeld, as well as from anecdotes provided by actors who performed with Burke on the stage and screen. In addition to studying the character and significance of Burke's greatest screen role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North, this richly illustrated book also provides a complete history of Burke's stage, screen, and radio work.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476665962
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 02/09/2016
Edition description: Reprint ed.
Pages: 245
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

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 Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
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 Curtain     

Appendix: Billie Burke’s Performance History     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index     
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