The Resume

(March 8, 1872-August 12, 1918)
Born in Warsaw, Poland
Birth name was Helene Anna Held
Appeared on stage in shows produced by Florenz Ziegfeld including 'Papa's Wife' (1899), 'The Parisian Model' (1905) and 'Miss Innocence' (1908)
Appeared in the films 'The Comet' (1910) and 'Madame la Presidente' (1916)
Reported measurements of 36-18-36

Why she might be annoying:

She may have shaved up to seven years off her age.
She insisted she was a native Parisian even after her real birthplace was publicized.
She married just before giving birth to a daughter who she left to be raised in a convent.
She first gained fame in Paris by singing lewd songs.
As a publicity stunt, she claimed she bathed in fresh milk each day.

Why she might not be annoying:

When she was eight, anti-Semitic pogroms forced her family to flee to Paris.
She suggested to Ziegfeld the format for his famed Follies.
A year after she arrived in America, the New York World declared, 'The name of the young woman became as well known in this country as the name of the President.'
During World War I, she raised money for the Allied Relief Fund and traveled to the front to perform for French soldiers.
Luise Rainer won an Oscar for portraying her in 'The Great Ziegfeld' (1936).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Buried With Babe Ruth
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 10]
• Common Law Marriages
• Fashion Role Models
• I am a Jew who Converted to Christianity
• I am of Polish Extraction
• I Am Vaudeville [A-L]
• I Converted to Catholicism
• I Died in 1918 (Ranked: 46)
• I Have Malignant Multiple Myeloma
• I was a Ziegfeld Girl
• I was Estranged From My Child
• Known By a Middle Name
• Profiles 22251-22500 (Ranked: 22424)
• Someone Won an Oscar Portraying Me

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 29 Votes: 89.66% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 52 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 129 Votes: 52.71% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 58 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying