Last of the Follies girls
Doris Eaton Travis proved that you're never too old to tackle new ventures -- and in her case, too young, either.
Travis, who died May 11 at 106, was the last surviving Ziegfeld Follies girl. She joined the group when she was just 14.
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Post Mortem has a look at the story behind the story of the woman who grew up in Washington and kept dancing well into her 100s.
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Washington Post editors
| May 13, 2010; 12:57 PM ET
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Broadway theatre, Doris Eaton Travis, Theatre, Travis, Washington, Ziegfeld Follies
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