Olive Thomas, one of the beautiful chorus girls of The Ziegfeld Follies died in 1920 of mercury poising, and whether her death was an accident, suicide, or even murder remains a mystery.

Ziegfeld Girl, and radio icon Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) from a girl determined to break out of the chorus to the most ...

Over the years, many Ziegfeld Girls graduated to become major motion picture stars, such as Marion Davies, Paulette Goddard, Joan Blondell, Olive Thomas, Barbara Stanwyck, Billie Dove, Louise ...