Blanche Satchel was an Australian dancer and model.

Biography

Satchel appeared in the

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and Earl Carroll's ''Vanities'' and was once '' Miss Australia''. She came from

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, with the Follies in 1925. Her height was 5'7", she weighed 123 pounds, and she had brown eyes. Her mother was an actress. She was linked romantically to aviator

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according to newspaper stories in 1928. Satchel was the subject of a number of nude paintings rendered by Howard Chandler Christy, who is famous for the ''Christy Girl''. She is noted for posing for a portrait of ''Juliet'' which was presented to the

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Foundation. She also modeled for a series of murals which were displayed in an elegant hotel in

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. Christy once described her as "the most beautiful Titian-blonde in the world". In 1927 Satchel posed for a

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cigarette advertisement with fellow Ziegfeld Girls Murrell Finley, Myrna Darby and Jean Ackerman.

Personal life

She was the second wife of millionaire broker Max Bamberger. They wed in

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on 20 June 1933. Satchel was awarded a divorce on a cruelty charge in September 1938. She died in New York in 2004.

References

Sources

* '' Elyria Chronicle Telegram'', "Rumor Lindy Is Interested In Show Girl", 27 September 1928, pg. 2. * ''Fresno Bee'', "Lindy Interested In Follies Beauty

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Hears", 27 September 1928, pg. 1. * '' Galveston Daily News'', 21 September 1927, pg. 4. * ''Lowell Sun'', Dorothy Kilgallen, Friday, 13 March 1942, pg. 33. * ''Nevada State Journal'', "Follies Dancer, Model Obtains Divorce", 8 September 1938, pg 3. * Syracuse Herald, "Lindy Reported Wooing Girl of Earl Carroll Vanities", 27 September 1928, pg 1. * Syracuse Herald, "Looks To His Models", 23 February 1929, pg. 55.

External links

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Profile
streetswing.com; accessed 11 March 2017.
News index on Satchel
trove.nla.gov.au; accessed 11 March 2017. Australian female dancers Australian female models Ziegfeld girls Place of birth missing Year of birth missing {{Australia-model-stub