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Mitzi Mayfair (June 6, 1914/1915〔〔〔(''Juanita E. Pique'' is name given on travel manifest, dated April 25, 1934, S.S. ILE DE FRANCE sailing from Plymouth, England – arriving at Port of New York City, May 1, 1934 (NOTE: year of birth given as June 6, 1915) ), familysearch.org; accessed July 18, 2015.〕〔 ( S.S. Columbus Sailing from Nassau (Baham), January 1, 1938, Arriving at Port of New York, January 3, 1938, age given as 21, and date of birth as June 6, 1916 )〕〔(Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004 Washington State Marriage Certificate #34364, dated June 27, 1963 (and executed the following day) ) to Fred S. Cook, appears to give her age (as of her last birthday) as 48, which would make her year of birth 1915〕〔(The Social Security Death Index gives her year of birth as 1914 )〕〔(''Juanita E. Pique'' is name given on travel manifest, dated April 25, 1934, S.S. ILE DE FRANCE sailing from Plymouth, England – arriving at Port of New York City, May 1, 1934 (NOTE: year of birth given as June 6, 1915) ), familysearch.org; accessed July 18, 2015.〕 – May 1976〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mitzi Mayfair profile )〕) was an American dancer and stage and film actress. ==Life and career== Born Juanita Emylyn Pique in Fulton, Kentucky, she grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1936, she told a ''Harvard Crimson'' interviewer, "I guess I'm just a natural dancer". She recalled performing professionally albeit underage at age 11 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 1930s, including the last edition of Flo Ziegfeld's ''Follies'' in 1931.〔 She joined the cast of ''At Home Abroad'' when star Eleanor Powell, also an acolyte of 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, her manager, forgot her name and made one up. During World War II, Mayfair embarked on a USO tour of Europe and North Africa with the likes of Kay Francis, Carole Landis and Martha Raye. All four performers played themselves in the film recreation of the tour, ''Four Jills in a Jeep'' (1944). Mayfair appeared in a number of shorts, but this and ''Paramount on Parade'' (1930) were her only feature film credits. The celebrated dancer Irene Castle considered having Mayfair (among others) play her in the film ''The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle'', but decided she was not a big enough star. As Fred Astaire was already cast as Vernon, the part went to Ginger Rogers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitzi Mayfair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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