#friedamierse

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Frieda Mierse, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1932 da trialsanderrors Tramite Flickr: Ziegfeld girl, Miss New York 1927 and the later Mrs. Ed Wynn, Frieda Mierse (listed as "Freida Miease"), full length, seated, facing slightly left; nude except for fur stole draped over shoulders and front of body. Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1932. From TIME, 1938: In Manhattan, 23-year-old Frieda Mierse, onetime Follies showgirl, onetime "Miss New York" (1927) discussed the problems of her married life with 51-year-old Comedian Ed Wynn. Highlights: She is recuperating from one of "all sorts of breakdowns" she says she has suffered since she married Wynn 14 months ago; she is forced to hire a $20-a-night gigolo to take her out because "everybody's afraid to dance with me on account of my husband." Explained Miss Mierse: "Ed's elderly and I'm young. It's making a wreck out of me. I'm losing weight awfully." Her age sounds a bit off -- was she twelve when she won the Miss New York pageant? From the Alfred Cheney Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress More pictures by Alfred Cheney Johnston | More black & white portraits [PD] This picture is assumed to be in the public domain.

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<strong>Frieda Mierse, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1932 <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/trialsanderrors/">by trialsanderrors</a></strong> <br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Ziegfeld girl, Miss New York 1927 and the later Mrs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Wynn" rel="nofollow">Ed Wynn</a>, <a href="http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=52990" rel="nofollow">Frieda Mierse</a> (listed as "Freida Miease"), full length, seated, facing slightly left; nude except for fur stole draped over shoulders and front of body. Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1932.

From TIME, 1938: In Manhattan, 23-year-old Frieda Mierse, onetime Follies showgirl, onetime "Miss New York" (1927) discussed the problems of her married life with 51-year-old Comedian Ed Wynn. Highlights: She is recuperating from one of "all sorts of breakdowns" she says she has suffered since she married Wynn 14 months ago; she is forced to hire a $20-a-night gigolo to take her out because "everybody's afraid to dance with me on account of my husband." Explained Miss Mierse: "Ed's elderly and I'm young. It's making a wreck out of me. I'm losing weight awfully."

Her age sounds a bit off -- was she twelve when she won the Miss New York pageant?

From the Alfred Cheney Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress More pictures by Alfred Cheney Johnston | More black & white portraits [PD] This picture is assumed to be in the public domain.