# Last of the Ziegfeld Girls still alive & kicking at 102.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 2, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-of-the-ziegfeld-girls-still-alive-kicking-at-102/371194 "2006-09-02T11:11:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-of-the-ziegfeld-girls-still-alive-kicking-at-102/371194/1 "2006-09-02T11:11:36Z")

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[Doris Eaton Travis](http://www.canadaeast.com/cp/entertainment/article.php?articleID=39245)  
I thought Eve might be interested in this lovely story.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-of-the-ziegfeld-girls-still-alive-kicking-at-102/371194/2 "2006-09-02T14:07:36Z")

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That is an awesome story. Go Doris!

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-of-the-ziegfeld-girls-still-alive-kicking-at-102/371194/3 "2006-09-02T14:38:48Z")

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I’ve met her several times–she’s a delightful lady, still has all her marbles. I was lucky enough to meet a handful of Girls in the early '90s, when I covered a Ziegfeld Reunion for (now-defunct) _TheaterWeek_ magazine.

And thank you for not misspelling it as “Ziegf_i_eld!”

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-of-the-ziegfeld-girls-still-alive-kicking-at-102/371194/4 "2006-09-02T14:59:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Eve]  
And thank you for not misspelling it as “Ziegf_i_eld!”  
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_looks at title of the thread…_ Hmmm

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-of-the-ziegfeld-girls-still-alive-kicking-at-102/371194/5 "2006-09-02T16:23:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Sage Rat]  
_looks at title of the thread…_ Hmmm  
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Waitaminute: I could swear when I first looked at the thread this morning it was “Zieg_feld_ . . .”

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-of-the-ziegfeld-girls-still-alive-kicking-at-102/371194/6 "2006-09-03T05:13:35Z")

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She’s still a cutie!

In the article it mentions that she was in the chorus line of the movie **Whoopee** with Eddie Cantor. I used to have that on tape. Betty Grable was also in the chorus line. Dang. It would have been fun to try to pick Doris out. As best I remember, it had the Western setting that she apparently became used to.

I’m glad to know she’s alive and kicking.