Doris Eaton Travis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Doris Eaton Travis

Dancer, actress, rancher

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1904

Place of Birth: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 11-May-2010

Profession: actor, singer, stage actor, model, dancer, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Doris Eaton Travis

  • Doris Eaton Travis (March 14, 1904 – May 11, 2010) was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, owner and manager, writer, and rancher, who was the last surviving Ziegfeld girl a trope of acclaimed chorus girls who performed as members in the Broadway theatrical revue's of the Ziegfeld Follies She began performing onstage as a young child and along with her siblings she was one of The Seven Little Eatons, an extended family of show-business performers, she made her Broadway debut in stage production at the age of 13 and a year later she was cast as a member of the famed Ziegfeld Follies as the youngest 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 dance instructor for the Arthur Murray and was a 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.
  • She died at the age of 106 in 2010, a month after her last performance.

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