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Beryl Halley : The Life and Follies of a Ziegfeld Beauty, 1897-1988

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Born in rural Ohio in 1897, Beryl Halley was educated at a strict Freewill Baptist school. After briefly teaching in a one-room schoolhouse, she joined the navy in 1918 before her unlikely path led her to Broadway, then to the Ziegfeld Follies (1923-1925). She also appeared in Earl Carroll's Vanities and other revues, as well as in films, and had a widely publicized brush with the law (over alleged nudity) in 1926.

She retired from show business in 1930, married an insurance executive and had a family, later reappearing in the public eye as an officer in the Ziegfeld Girls' Club. Making her home in Houston in the 1950s, she worked as legal secretary for a large law firm. Her death at age 90 was unpublicized. Her story is told here for the first time.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781476676432
  • ISBN-10: 1476676437
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company
  • Publish Date: August 2019
  • Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
  • Page Count: 217
  • Reading Level: Ages 18-UP

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