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Gypsy Rose Lee
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American burlesque performer, actress and author (1911–1970)
Film & TV
Seattle, Washington, USA
Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper and vedette famous for her striptease act. Also an actress, author, and playwright, her 1957 memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy which inspired the 1962 musical comedy-drama film Gypsy. From Wikipedia.
Known for
- Six by Sondheim — Self (archive footage)2013
- Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time — Herself (archive footage)2004
- Bogart: The Untold Story — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1997
- Gypsy — Self (archive footage)1994
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)1975
- The Over the Hill Gang — Cassie1969
- Around the World of Mike Todd — Self1968
- The Name of the Game — Rosetta Stewart1968
- The Trouble with Angels — Mrs. Mabel Dowling Phipps1966
- The Stripper — Madame Olga1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rose
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Seattle
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Alexander Kirkland
- Child
- Erik Lee Preminger
- Sibling
- June Havoc
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- crime literature
- Image
- GypsyRoseLeeStageDoorCanteen.jpg
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- place of burial
- Inglewood Park Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1914-01-08
- date of death
- 1970-04-26
- Commons category
- Gypsy Rose Lee
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Gypsy Rose Lee
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- dance style
- erotic dancing
- birth name
- Rose Lee Hovick
- pseudonym
- Gypsy Rose Lee
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