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| Stage
Name |
Real
Name |
| Jennie
Lee |
Virginia
Lee Hicks |
| aka:
"Miss 44 & Plenty More," "The Bazoom Girl,"
"The Biggest Bust in Burlesque" |
--
Founder
of the League of Exotic Dancers in 1954 and former veteran burlesque
dancer. Was known for the ability to twirl tassels on both her
bosom and behind. Jennie was an entertainer, not just a stripper
who would even get acrobatic and do cartwheels across the stage
according to Dixie Evens. Miss Lee Co-owned the Sassy Lassy"
nightclub in San Pedro, California, with her husband, "The
Singing Cowboy" himself Mr. Charlie Arroyo.
--
Became afflicted with breast cancer and moved to a Mojave, California
farm in 1981 with her husband and started the "the Exotic
World Burlesque Museum and & Striptease Hall of Fame"
which still operates today (2005) under the guidance of Dixie
Evens. The group Jan and Dean wrote one of their first songs about
Jennie Lee. Jennie was also the President of the American Guild
of Variety Artists.
Jennie
Passed away from cancer at Helendale, San Bernardino County, California,
USA in
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