Born as Elsie Kirk in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, she enrolled as a law student at the University of Pittsburgh but abandoned her studies when she was offered a spot in the chorus line at the Versailles nightclub in Manhattan.
She was born as Elsie Kirk in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. She enrolled as a law student at the University of Pittsburgh. She abandoned her studies. She was offered a spot in the chorus line at the Versailles nightclub in Manhattan.