Gypsy Rose Lee (1911 - 1970)

American burlesque entertainer, stripper and vedette famous for her striptease act

* February 8, 1911 Seattle, Washington, USA
 as Rose Louise Hovick
 April 26, 1970 Los Angeles, California, USA


Books on Gypsy Rose Lee

Rachel Shteir
Gypsy, The art of the tease
New Haven, 2009

Noralee Frankel
Stripping Gypsy, The life of Gypsy Rose Lee
Oxford; New York, 2009

Books with an entry on Gypsy Rose Lee

Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors) Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors)
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs, 361 Portraits from the 1860s to 1950
New York, 1981

Films

1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town
You Can't Have Everything

1938
Sally, Irene and Mary
Battle of Broadway
My Lucky Star

1943
Stage Door Canteen
Lady of Burlesque

1944
Belle of the Yukon

1952
Babes in Bagdad

1958
Screaming Mimi
Wind Across the Everglades

1965
Who Has Seen the Wind?

1966
The Trouble with Angels

1966-1967
The Pruitts of Southampton

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1993
Gypsy

IMDb: 0497346