#MYRNA DARBY

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Myrna Darby, American music hall actress in the famous Ziegfeld Follies revue, was dubbed by some critics as "The Most Beautiful Girl in Ziegfeld" (10 April 1908 - 26 September 1929). Photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston.

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Myrna Darby - For Rio Rita (1927)

Photo By Alfred Cheney Johnston

Pic Source: @EverydayCheney (Twitter)

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Myrna Darby

Photography by Alfred Cheney Johnston

Vintage gelatin silver, ca. 1928

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Remembering MYRNA DARBY today on her birthday

Darby had a short career in the theatre, and as a Ziegfeld Girl - she was in fact discovered by Flo Ziegfeld himself.

Her Broadway resume included:

* “No Foolin’” (1926); 108 performances at The Globe Theatre (now the Lunt-Fontanne).

* "Rio Rita" (1927/28); 494 performances at three different venues: Ziegfeld Theatre (demolished 1966); Lyric Theatre (renovated 1996); The Majestic (still open).

* "Rosalie" (1928); 335 performances at the New Amsterdam Theatre (still open).

* "Three Musketeers” (1928); 315 performances at the Lyric Theatre.

* "Whoopee" (1928/29); 407 performances at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

Darby appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1927.

She also modeled, and appeared with fellow Ziegfeld Girls Muriel Finlay, Blanche Satchel and Jean Ackerman in magazine ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes.

She was considered one of the sweetest and nicest young women in the business (she would bring homemade cookies to the theatre for the staff and crew), and her future looked bright. However, Darby was diagnosed with heart problems, and after swimming one day, it’s believed that she suffered a sunstroke-induced heart infection.

Sadly, Myrna Darby died on Sept. 28th in NY City in 1929. She was only 21.

(Photo of Myrna Darby by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1927)

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Myrna J. Darby was said to be one of the most beautiful girls ever to appear in the Ziegfeld Follies. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty, she was discovered while performing in Pittsburgh at age 17 by Florenz Ziegfeld himself.

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Myrna J Darby, 1925

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Myrna Darby (1908 - 1929) Myrna was a Ziegfeld girl and often called The Most Beautiful Girl in the World. Tragically, Myrna died at just twenty-one years of age. Her doctor said she died from an inflammation of the heart caused by over-exercising. Myrna is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.

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Alfred Cheney Johnston- Jean Ackerman, Myrna Darby, Jeanne Audree, Evelyn Groves

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Myrna Darby, circa 1920s

Photo: Alfred Cheney Johnston

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Myrna Darby 1920’s photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston

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Thanks to: @federer7

Myrna Darby, circa 1920s, by Alfred Cheney Johnston 

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Myrna Darby - By Hal Phyfe (1920)

Pic Source: @redhairedclara (Twitter)

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1) Aileen Pringle as Zara in The Mystic (1925). Costume designed by Erté.

2) Marchesa Luisa Casati in a costume representing light, for a party in 1922. Costume designed by House of Worth.

3) Myrna Darby of the Ziegfried Follies.