Classic Beauty: Billie Dove

She was a Ziegfeld girl in her late teens, became a silent movie star at 19, made an effortless transition to the talkies, was a rival to “It Girl” Clara Bow, starred in movies which outgrossed actresses like Mary Pickford and Greta Garbo, and when asked to smoke a cigarette in a movie at age 23, had to be shown how to do it.  Then she quit Hollywood because she felt like it and learned how to fly a plane.

All that, and beauty.  Here’s Billie Dove:


Did I mention that she was a redhead?

2 comments

  1. “Did I mention that she was a redhead?” No, but you didn’t have too. A picture can tell a thousand words even if it’s in black and white.

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