Mitzi Mayfair (née Juanita Emylyn Pique; June , â€" May ) was an
American dancer and stage and film actress.Born in Fulton, Kentucky,
she grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. In , she told a Harvard Crimson
interviewer, "I guess I'm just a natural dancer". She recalled
performing professionally albeit underage at age in a "Kids Act". She
was seen and hired by vaudevillian Gus Edwards and taken on tour; at
one stop, "child labor authorities hauled her ... off the stage".She
continued to work in vaudeville and on stage. Mayfair was in at least
four Broadway productions in the s, including the last edition of Flo
Ziegfeld's Follies in . She joined the cast of At Home Abroad when
star Eleanor Powell, also discovered by Gus Edwards, had to leave the
show.According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "the manager of the
Main Street Theater in Kansas City" did not like her name, and changed
it to Mitzi Mayfair without her knowledge; when she first saw the name
on the marquee, she thought she had been replaced. However, the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle had a different story, stating that Gus Edwards
forgot her name and made one up.
American dancer and stage and film actress.Born in Fulton, Kentucky,
she grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. In , she told a Harvard Crimson
interviewer, "I guess I'm just a natural dancer". She recalled
performing professionally albeit underage at age in a "Kids Act". She
was seen and hired by vaudevillian Gus Edwards and taken on tour; at
one stop, "child labor authorities hauled her ... off the stage".She
continued to work in vaudeville and on stage. Mayfair was in at least
four Broadway productions in the s, including the last edition of Flo
Ziegfeld's Follies in . She joined the cast of At Home Abroad when
star Eleanor Powell, also discovered by Gus Edwards, had to leave the
show.According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "the manager of the
Main Street Theater in Kansas City" did not like her name, and changed
it to Mitzi Mayfair without her knowledge; when she first saw the name
on the marquee, she thought she had been replaced. However, the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle had a different story, stating that Gus Edwards
forgot her name and made one up.
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