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

ISBN 978-0-7864-3800-6
49 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
245pp. hardcover (7 x 10) 2009

Description
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 in Glinda the Good Witch of the North, this richly illustrated book also provides a complete history of Burke’s stage, screen, and radio work.

About the Author
Biographer Grant Hayter-Menzies lives in Sidney, British Columbia. His works include biographies of Charlotte Greenwood, Princess Der Ling, and Billie Burke Ziegfeld.

Other Book(s) by Grant Hayter-Menzies Available from McFarland:

Charlotte Greenwood



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