Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson
| Patricia Burke Ziegfeld Stephenson | |
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| Born | Patricia Burke Ziegfeld October 23, 1916 New York City, New York |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Los Angeles, California |
| Cause of death | Congestive heart failure |
| Spouse(s) | William Robert Stephenson (m.1939–2007; his death) |
| Children | William Robert Stephenson Jr. Cecilia Duncan Florenz Crossley Susan Plemons |
| Parent(s) | Florenz Ziegfeld Billie Burke |
Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (October 23, 1916 – April 11, 2008) was an American author.[1][2]
Biography
Patricia Ziegfeld was born in New York City in 1916 to Florenz Ziegfeld and Billie Burke.[2] She grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester County, New York. She also lived at the family's home in Palm Beach, Florida.[1]
Her father died in 1932 and she moved to California with her mother. She attended UCLA then did some acting and writing for newspapers.[1][2]
She married William Robert Stephenson, Sr. (1912-2007) on June 11, 1939.[3][4][5] She met Stephenson while he was working as a dance instructor at the Beverly Hills Hotel.[1] He designed homes including the General Electric show home for Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan.[1] They had four children: Cecilia Duncan Stephenson, Florenz Crossley Stephenson, Susan Plemons Stephenson, and William Robert Stephenson, Jr.[1][2]
In 1963 she published an autobiography, The Ziegfeld's Girl: Confessions of an Abnormally Happy Childhood. She also wrote the introduction for a biography of her father, The Ziegfeld Touch: The Life and Times of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr, which was written by her cousins, Richard and Paulette Ziegfeld.[1]
She died of congestive heart failure at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 91. She had nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, at the time of her death.[2]
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