Martha Lorber

Martha Caroline Theresa Lorber (June 11, 1900 – July 2, 1983) was an American dancer, actress, singer, model, and Ziegfeld Girl.

She studied dance with Alexis Kosloff,[1] Ekaterina Galanta,[2] and Michel Fokine.

In the Ziegfeld Follies she played opposite W. C. Fields in some sketches, showing some comedic talent.

[17] Lorber was also a model, posing for works by photographers Edward Steichen,[18][19][20] Nickolas Muray,[21][22] and Arnold Genthe, pin-up artist Alberto Vargas, and sculptor Harriet Whitney Frishmuth,[23] among others.

Martha Lorber died at her home in Lebanon Township, New Jersey, in 1983, aged 83 years.

Young woman posing with arms and legs extended, near stairs.
Martha Lorber in the 1920s, from the George Grantham Bain collection, Library of Congress .