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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

1990 and her Urn resides in the Museum above.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Measurements

Kansas City, Jackson County
Missouri 
10/23/1928-3/24/1990 Danny Wanick 42D"-26"-37"
      Charlie Arroyo      
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles

Erotic n/a $ Jennie Lee    1958 (Jan & Arnie)
Striptease       Medley: Louie Louie, Farmer John, Jennie Lee (Bobby Fuller)
        Pity Miss Kitty (1958 - has a Jennie Lee lyric) (B.Darin)
        Sweet Jennie Lee! -1954 (Merrill Moore)
             
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

Sassy Lassy, CA. (co-owner) n/a 1954 - Canadian National Exhibition
     
         
         
             
 

Films

Publications

1951 - The French Follies 6/1954 - Stare Magazine (Feature)
1953 - Peek-A-Boo 7/1955 - Modern Man (Jennie Lee wrote the article)
1958 - Abandon 1957 - Cabaret Quarterly Magazine,Vol 4
1959 - Ding, Dong ... A Night at the Follies 3/1957 - Risk Magazine
1961 - Cold Wind in August 2/1958 - Frolic Magazine
1962 - Hollywood Bustout 1959 - Knight Magazine - vol. 1 issue # 9
1962 - Moon Pilot 12/1964 - Modern Man (the Jennie Lee Story)
1964 - Three Nuts in search of a Bolt 8/1967 - Best For Men Magazine (Article)
1967 - I, Marquis de Sade Jennie Lee: Program Cover (1950s)
1985 - Big Busty 3 Jennie Lee: Program Cover (1960s)
$ Grindhouse Follies, Vol. 1 (aka Chicks and Chuckles)      
$ Grindhouse Follies Vol. 4 (Sleepy Time Gal)      
$ Grindhouse Follies, Vol. 7 (Sugar Daddy Stomp)      
$ Strip-O-Rama Vol. 3 (Sugar Daddy and Sleepy Time)      
NOTE: Visit Jennie Lee's / Dixie Evens Museum Online: Exotic World USA
EXOTIC WORLD is asking for help and is in dire need of repairs. The Museum is free, but donations and gift shop purchases support the collection.
You can make a tax deductible donation today. EXOTIC WORLD 29053 Wild Road Helendale, CA. 92342 or by visiting
EXOTIC WORLD'S official web site
to check status and/or to make an online donation.
 
December 25, 2009
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