Grew up in the home where her father was a physical education instructor and instilled a proper diet and exercise regiment and later would become a vegetarian. Her body was fit as a fiddle and had Blonde hair, but occasionally went red.

     Beautiful Lily Christine's moniker was "The Cat Girl" and ZAZA in the Burlesque world. Lily was one of the most publicized Burlesque dancer / Strippers of all time. Gained her Cat Girl moniker from her unique muscle control and suppleness of a cat. Famous for her scantily clad Voodoo dance.

 Lily started her career in legitimate films such as Irish Eyes are Smiling, but these films took her nowhere fast. Lily also did a few Broadway plays but her main gigs were on Bourbon Street as a dancer and namely the 500 Club.

   Lily got into Burlesque around 1948 by dancing in various clubs in Nw Orleans and later was by Bert Lahr, whom he cast in the stage play "Burlesque in 1950. By this time she was making a name for herself and started to put together her Nightclub act which had her moving on stage as a stalking feline cat, exuberating male dominance with every move of her Pelvis and Hips with the highlight being her beautiful stomach movements that were akin to a Belly Dancer. Lily is said to have never performed on-stage nude but considered herself "an interpretive dancer, not a stripper. "

    Lily passed away in Broward County, Florida, USA. of peritonitis (a stomach line inflammation).