Georgette Elise Bauerdorf (1924-1944) was a young, attractive, social woman living in Hollywood in the middle of WWII. Bauerdorf was an oil heiress with an older sister, Constance, who she lived with. She worked at the Los Angeles Times and volunteered at the Hollywood Canteen, a nightclub started by Bette Davis, John Garfield, and Jules Stein, which served servicemen and women and ran on the volunteer work of Hollywood employees. When the canteen first opened its doors, over three thousand stars, players, grips, directors, hair stylists, costumers, etc. had signed up to work in the canteen.
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Bauerdorf was one of the many women who worked the canteen dancing with servicemen as a Junior Hostess. One of the major rules of the Canteen was that men and women couldn’t get attached to their dance partners and they were advised to keep moving and not spend so much time with any one person. Junior Hostesses had to enter and exit through a certain door, and could not arrive or leave with any men. These rules were put in place to keep up with the high morality standards of Hollywood, but also to keep the young women safe.