Actor, and Dancer. She was a Star of Stage and Screen in the 1930s and 1940s, she appeared alongside such luminaries as Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. She made over 30 movies, 8 with The Three Stooges. Her legs were known as the "Toast of Broadway" and were insured for $1 million during her heyday. She held the world's record for the standing high jump in the early 1930s. She was known in later life for her battles with Donald Trump over her Central Park South apartment, which she and her husband bought in the 1940s. Wife of Sidney Blackmer from 1943 to 1973 (his death).
Actor, and Dancer. She was a Star of Stage and Screen in the 1930s and 1940s, she appeared alongside such luminaries as Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. She made over 30 movies, 8 with The Three Stooges. Her legs were known as the "Toast of Broadway" and were insured for $1 million during her heyday. She held the world's record for the standing high jump in the early 1930s. She was known in later life for her battles with Donald Trump over her Central Park South apartment, which she and her husband bought in the 1940s. Wife of Sidney Blackmer from 1943 to 1973 (his death).
Bio by: S. Donaldson
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