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In 1936, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmed a biopic of Florenz Ziegfeld (The Great Ziegfeld), a film that won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress (Luise Rainer as Ziegfeld's common-law wife, Anna Held).
Not long after his divorce from Held, Ziegfeld married actress Billie Burke on April 11, 1914. They had met at a New Year's Eve party. [1] [24] They had one child, Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (1916–2008). The family lived on his estate in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, and in Palm Beach, Florida. [25]
DateTitleNotes18961898Herald Square Theatre18981898The TurtleManhattan TheatreIn 1914 Mr. Ziegfeld married Miss Billie Burke. The ceremony was a civil one, performed in Hoboken on April 11, the couple having met the previous New Year's Eve. Miss Burke on that evening...
Sep 14, 2009 · In 1914 Billie Burke and Flo Ziegfeld were married, and for a while they lived in New York City. Their daughter Patricia was born in 1916, and it was at that point that the family moved permanently to Burkeley Crest. They decorated the house with Italian and English antiques and Chinese hangings.
In 1903, she appeared on the stage as an actress and came to America in 1907 to star opposite John Drew in "My Wife". A red-haired beauty, she became the toast of Broadway and married promoter Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. in April 1914. Billie was signed in 1915 to make the film Peggy (1916).
- August 7, 1884
- May 14, 1970
Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson, the only daughter of legendary Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld and actress Billie Burke, died of congestive heart failure April 11 at her home in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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The Flo Ziegfeld-Billie Burke papers span 1907-1984, and consist of stage, radio, and film scripts, and a relatively small amount of clippings, photographs, and business papers.
