Marilyn Miller was a Broadway actress and Ziegfeld Follies star who died tragically young She was born Mary Ellen Reynolds on September 1, 1898 in Evansville, Indiana. Her parents divorced when she a child. Marilyn began performing in vaudeville with her family when she was just four years old. In 1914 she was discovered by […]

Pauline Brooks was a starlet who had a brief film career in the 1930s She was born on October 1, 1912 in New York City. Her father, Marty Brooks, was a vaudeville actor and producer. At the age of sixteen she made her stage debut in the George White’s Scandals. Then she was offered a […]

Ann Pennington was a Ziegfeld Follies star known for her sexy dancing and dimpled knees She was born was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 23, 1893. Her family, who were Quakers, moved to Camden, New Jersey when she was a child. Ann took dancing lessons from ballerina Catherine Littlefield. At the age of seventeen […]