| Stage
Name |
Real
Name |
| Blaze
Starr |
Fannie
Belle Fleming |
-- Blaze
Starr was one of ten children born in Twelevepole West Virginia.
Left home to pursue a singing career heading for Washington D.C.,
while working as a hat check girl she was 'discovered' (38DD-24-37,
5'/6" - 112 Lbs) by a friend and she suggested a stripping
career, thus ended up in Burlesque house's instead. Billed as
'the Hottest Blaze in Burlesque' and' Miss Spontaneous Combustion'
due to due to her bright red hair and the audience roar when she
would remove her top.
--
She had a infamous affair (1958-1960) with the Governor Earl Long,
who was the governor of Louisiana during their relationship, they
were making plans to marry when his wife had him committed to
an asylum, he died before any nuptials took place to Blaze, she
was heart broken.
--
Miss Starr had a couch that was rigged to flame and smolder as
she would sit and perform her act. Another of Miss Starr's acts
included a large black panther that would eat his dinner of tasty
morsels of raw meat strung about her bikini and body as she lay
on the stage in an acted ecstasy but when the panther died, Blaze
would change the act and portray a panther to the audience while
dancing. Blaze only made one movie during her career as a Burlesque
star entitled 'Blaze Starr Goes Nudist' in 1962. Blaze had a cousin
who made it famous as a country western star named Molly O' Day.
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