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Stage Name |
Real Name |
| Jennie Lee
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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 |