Who dated Anna Held?
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. dated Anna Held from until . The age gap was 2 years, 0 months and 3 days.
Anna Held
Helene Anna Held (19 March 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 succession of musicals as a charming, coquettish Parisian singer and comedienne, with an hourglass figure and an off-stage reputation for exotic behavior, such as bathing in 40 gallons of milk a day to maintain her complexion. Detractors implied that her fame owed more to Ziegfeld's promotional flair than to any intrinsic talent, but her audience allure was undeniable for over a decade, with several of her shows setting house attendance records for their time. Her uninhibited style also inspired the long-running series of popular revues, the Ziegfeld Follies.
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Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., allmänt känd som "Flo" Ziegfeld, född 21 mars 1867 i Chicago, Illinois, död 22 juli 1932 i Hollywood, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, var en amerikansk teaterproducent och impressario som blev banbrytande inom teaterrevyn och musikalen.
Tre filmer har gjorts om hans liv: Den store Ziegfeld (1936) och Ziegfeld Follies (1945) (i båda filmerna spelades Ziegfeld av William Powell) samt Funny Girl (1968; med Walter Pidgeon i rollen som Ziegfeld).
Åren 1914-1932 var Ziegfeld gift med skådespelerskan och scenartisten Billie Burke.
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