Anna Held
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Helene Anna Held was a Polish-born French stage performer of Jewish origin on Broadway. While appearing in London, she was spotted by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, who brought her to America as his com
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Anna Held at the Scala (Paris), poster by Alfred Choubrac (1890).
Portrait of Held c. 1908, by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger
Held and her daughter, Lianne
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
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Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies, inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produced the musica
Anna Held
…1872 – 12 August 1918) was a Polish-born French stage performer of Jewish origin on Broadway. While appearing in London, she was spotted by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, who brought her to America as his common-law wife. From 1896 through 1910, she was one of Broadway's most celebrated leading ladies, presented in a…
Ziegfeld in 1928
The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles (poster), produced by Ziegfeld, (1894)
Caricature by Ralph Barton, 1925
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. in 1904