Dorothy Wegman Raphaelson

Dorothy Deborah Wegman Raphaelson (November 27, 1904 – November 7, 2005) was an American dancer, Ziegfeld Girl, vaudeville performer, and novelist.

Early life Dorothy Deborah Wegman was raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. Her parents were immigrants from Russia. She had a sister Esther and a brother Daniel; their father was Abraham Wegman and their mother was Pasha (Krynsky) Wegman, and their father was an engineer.

Career Dorothy Wegman left high school to work full-time after her father's death. She worked for a clothing manufacturer while auditioning for stage roles. She danced in The Whirl of New York (1921), Bombo (1922), The Dancing Girl (1923) Topics of 1923 (1924), Big Boy (1925), No Foolin''' (1926), and Rio Rita (1927–1928). She also appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1924, the Ziegfeld Follies of 1925, and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1926. Her last show was the 1928 Ziegfeld production Rosalie'', which she from which she "retired permanently, thanks to the stork and the increasing responsibilities of the domestic life she was eager to adapt.".

It is said that Marion Benda, "a well-known Ziegfeld beauty," nicknamed Wegman "Dorshka,"

Personal life Dorothy Wegman married writer Samson Raphaelson in late 1927. They had a son, Joel (1928–2021), and a daughter, Naomi (1930–2009). She was widowed when Samson Raphaelson died in 1983. She died in 2005, aged 100 years, in New York; at the time of her death, she was believed to be the second-to-last surviving Ziegfeld Girl.