| Alta King | |
| Birth Date: | March 21, 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Barnesville, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Death Date: | March 1981 (aged 81 - 82) |
| Death Place: | Troy, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Dancer, singer |
Alta L. King (March 21, 1899 – March 1981) was an American dancer, singer, and Ziegfeld girl in musical theatre.
King was born in Barnesville, Minnesota,[1] the daughter of John F. King (1866 - 1939) and Alta Mae Kimpton King (1876 - 1956), who had both been born in Wisconsin. She had a younger brother named Kenneth.[2] She left school after completing 10th grade.[3]
King's stage career began in a stock company in Minneapolis.[4] Her Broadway credits included appearances in Ziegfeld Follies of 1919, Ziegfeld Follies of 1920, Sally (1920 - 1922), Orange Blossoms (1922), and Cinders (1923).[5] She was also in the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic,[6] and performed on the roof of the New Amsterdam Theatre.[7] She was considered to have the "stage's most beautiful legs", along with Ann Pennington and Mistinguett.[8] She was in the same sextet of Ziegfeld dancers as Elizabeth Meehan and Billie Dove.[9]
After her marriage, she gave recitals as a soprano singer.[10]
King married English-born theatrical producer and director James Edward Royce (1870-1964)[11] in 1925.[12] In 1940, her occupation was listed as model.[13]