1942Nominee
Best Performance
Dance of Shame
Faith Bacon
Actor
July 19, 1910
Biography
Showman Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. once billed her as "the most beautiful girl in the world". Burlesque dancer Faith Bacon, and not the much better known Sally Rand who worked for Bacon in the early 1930s, is genuinely considered the lady who originated the "fan dance" during "The Jazz Age".
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1942Nominee
Best Performance
A Lady with Fans
1938Nominee
Best Performance
Prison Train
Career Highlights
2005Highlight
Best Performance
Beauty and the Beef