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  ANNA HELD ,POLISH-AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN  1872 MARCH 19 - 1918 AUGUST 12 Anna Held  (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918) was a Polish stage performer and singer on Broadway. While appearing in London, she had been spotted by impresario  Florenz Ziegfeld , who brought her to America as his  common-law  wife. Her fame seems to have owed more to Ziegfeld's promotional flair than to any intrinsic talent, and she did not gain critical acclaim. But her uninhibited style inspired the long-running series of popular revues, the  Ziegfeld Follies . Early life [ edit ] Born in  Warsaw ,  Congress Poland ,  Russian Empire , Held was named Helene Anna Held, daughter of a  German Jewish  glove maker, Shimmle (aka Maurice) Held, and his  French-Jewish  wife, Yvonne Pierre. [1] Sources of her year of birth range from 1865–73, but 1872 has been accepted in general. In 1881,  anti-Semitic   pogroms  forced the family to fle...

  ANNA PAVLOVA BIOGRAPHY  1881 FEBRUARY 12- 1931 JANUARY 23 Hollywood When touring the United States, a favorite stop for Pavlova was Hollywood, where she was fascinated with the fledgling film industry. In 1915, Universal Studios contracted her to star in a major new cinematic undertaking, “La Muette de Portici,” a silent film directed by Lois Weber. While in Hollywood, Pavlova became friends with fellow superstars Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford. In later visits she became interested in the medium of film as a way to record her dancing, and recognized its potential as a teaching tool. Pavlova had always felt that her direct connection with her live audience was fundamental to her art, and something difficult to capture on film. We are fortunate that she did make a few short clips of some of her most famous roles, which you can watch on YouTube. La Muette de Portici, 1915 Historical Information Pavlova was already familiar with Daniel Auber’s Opera, “The Dumb Girl of Portic...

ANNA NEAGLE ,BRITISH ACTRESS  HAIR STYLIST IN 1940`S BORN 1904 OCTOBER 20 Dame Anna Neagle, DBE (20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), born Florence Marjorie Robertson, was a popular English stage and film actress and singer and dancer Dame Anna Neagle DBE Anna Neagle with  Ray Bolger  (right) in  Sunny (1941) Born Florence Marjorie Robertson 20 October 1904 Forest Gate , then in  Essex , now London, England Died 3 June 1986 (aged 81) West Byfleet ,  Surrey , England Cause of death Complications of renal disease and cancer Resting place City of London Cemetery, Ilford, London, England Occupation Actress , singer Years active 1917–1986 Spouse(s) Herbert Wilcox  (1943–1977) Neagle was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema for 20 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949. She was known for providing glamour and sophistication to war-torn London audiences with her lightweight m...