Born to a circus clown father and a mother with great ambitions for the stage, Broadway actress Billie Burke was one of the most sought after young stage beauties of her time, stealing the hearts of Enrico Caruso, Mark Twain, and, most importantly, famed Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, who became her husband. Following Ziegfelds death, the threats of financial ruin and encroaching age forced Burke to recreate herself as a Hollywood character actress. From being the powerful Mrs. Ziegfeld whose word in her husbands ear ...
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Born to a circus clown father and a mother with great ambitions for the stage, Broadway actress Billie Burke was one of the most sought after young stage beauties of her time, stealing the hearts of Enrico Caruso, Mark Twain, and, most importantly, famed Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, who became her husband. Following Ziegfelds death, the threats of financial ruin and encroaching age forced Burke to recreate herself as a Hollywood character actress. From being the powerful Mrs. Ziegfeld whose word in her husbands ear could get opposing critics fired, shoe would soon go to playing the part of a dithering clown in diamonds and lace, twittering her way through a few classics and a lot of mediocrity.
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