To Peggy Upton Archer Hopkins Joyce Morner Easton Meyer, born Emma Marguerite Upton on May 26, 1893, this #JazzAge #femmefatale notorious for marrying millionaires (at least 4!), ''true love was a heavy diamond bracelet, preferably one that arrived with its price tag intact.'' A barber's daughter from #Berkley #Virginia now #Norfolk, the blonde was determined not to have ''a dull and dreary life". She ran away at the age of 15 or 16 with a vaudeville cyclist, who was potentially performing at Norfolk’s #GranbyStreet vaudeville theater, which still stands today. She began acquiring a personal history the tabloid press would soon find irresistible, for more reasons than one. Arguably more successful than any tabloid girl today, #PeggyHopkinsJoyce (1893-1957) has been called the original gold digger.
Sources:
Jonathan Bing, "Gold Digger: The Outrageous Life", Variety, variety.com/20...
Dancy Mason, "Shameless Facts About #PeggyJoyce ", Factinate, www.factinate....
Constance Rosenblum, "Gold Digger: The Outrageous Life" (2000).
Callie Freed, "The Norfolk County Chancery Case", The Uncommon Wealth, uncommonwealth...
Living Places, "Berkley North Historic District", www.livingplac...
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29 сен 2024
