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The Oldest Living Ziegfeld Girl At the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street, once home to the Ziegfeld Follies, the oldest living Ziegfeld girl recently took the stage for a charity event. Doris Eaton Travis is 101. She tells Jeff Lunden about her long life and career.

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At the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street, once home to the Ziegfeld Follies, the oldest living Ziegfeld girl recently took the stage for a charity event. Doris Eaton Travis is 101. She tells Jeff Lunden about her long life and career.

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Days We Danced
Days We Danced

The Story of My Theatrical Family from Florenz Ziegfeld to Arthur Murray

by Doris Eaton Travis, Joseph Eaton, Charles Eaton and J. R. Morris

Hardcover, 279 pages |

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Days We Danced
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The Story of My Theatrical Family from Florenz Ziegfeld to Arthur Murray
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