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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...

FRENCH ACTRESS ANNA HELD EXPIRED  ON AUGUST 12,1918 Anna Held Anna Held, 1902 Born Helene Anna Held 19 March 1872 Warsaw ,  Congress Poland Died 12 August 1918 (aged 46) New York City, New York , U.S. Cause of death Multiple myeloma Resting place Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven Occupation Actress, singer Spouse(s) Maximo Carrera  ( m.  1894; div.  1908) Partner(s) Florenz Ziegfeld Children 1 Helene Anna Held (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918), known professionally as Anna Held, was a Polish-born French stage performer and singer, most often associated with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband. Early life[edit] Born in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, she was the daughter of a German-Jewish glove maker,  Shimmle (aka Maurice) Held, and his French-Jewish wife, Yvonne Pierre.[2] Sources of her year of birth range from 1865 to 1873, but 1872 has been accepted in general.  In...