Walker (left) with fellow performers Helen Westley and Franchot Tone in the 1931 Broadway production Green Grow the Lilacs
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady is a 1925 comic novel written by American author Anita Loos. The story follows the dalliances of a young blonde gold-digger and flap
June Walker
…Lilacs, The Farmer Takes a Wife, and Twelfth Night. She was the first actress to portray the character of Lorelei Lee, in the 1926 Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Her obituary in The New York Times said the role "was as much her creation as that of Anita Loos who wrote the book that became the comedy ..." The…
Cover of the 1926 edition
Lorelei Lee (left) and Dorothy Shaw (right) arrive in 1920s Paris, where Lorelei spots a Coty's sign.
Lady Beekman (right) confronts Lorelei and Dorothy and demands the return of her tiara.
Illustration by Ralph Barton