- Doris Eaton Travis was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, writer, and rancher, who was the last of the acclaimed Ziegfeld girls
| When did Doris Eaton Travis die? / Died | 11 May 2010 |
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Doris Eaton Travis facts
- She began performing onstage as a young child, and made her Broadway debut at the age of 13
- A year later, in 1918, she joined the famed Ziegfeld Follies as the youngest Ziegfeld girl ever cast in the show
- She continued to perform in stage productions and silent films throughout the 1920s and early 1930s
- When her career in stage and screen declined, Travis started a second career as an Arthur Murray dance instructor and local television personality in Detroit
- Her association with Arthur Murray lasted for three decades, during which time she rose through the ranks to own and manage a chain of nearly twenty schools
- After retiring from her career with Arthur Murray, she went on to manage a horse ranch with her husband and returned to school, eventually earning several degrees
- As the last surviving Ziegfeld girl, Travis was featured in several books and documentaries about the Ziegfeld Follies years and her other stage endeavors
- Travis had also returned to the stage as a featured performer in benefit performances
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