Mary Lewis and Follies Fame Reach London Stage
Mary Lewis, once Arkansas village choir, rose to fame as a Ziegfeld Follies star and operatic sensation in Britain. The piece traces her rise from small-town beginnings to mainstage acclaim, with notes on colleagues Imogene Wilson, Hilda Ferguson, Geneva Mitchell, Peggy Udell, and others, and hints at personal life gossip surrounding the Follies troupe.