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Dolores
1892–1975
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- model
Dolores or Rose Dolores (born Kathleen Mary Rose; 26 September 1893 â 7 November 1975) was an English model.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Vittel internment campDates unknown
Biography
Dolores or Rose Dolores (born Kathleen Mary Rose; 26 September 1893 â 7 November 1975) was an English model. She is recognised as the first celebrity clothes model and has been credited with inventing the blank hauteur of the modern fashion model. Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. called her "the loveliest showgirl in the world". She was known for her commanding stage presence and became the star of the Ziegfeld Follies from 1917 until her retirement in 1923. She lived the rest of her life in Paris and during the Second World War helped Allied airmen escape the German occupation.
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