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Lily Christine
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Stage Name

Real Name

(Lilly) Lilli "the Cat" Christine Martha Theresa Pompender
'Za Za' | The Cat Girl

Bio: Luscious Martha 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 Lilly (Lilli) Christine's moniker was "The Cat Girl" and ZAZA in the Burlesque world of dance. Lili was one of the most publicized Burlesque dancer / Strippers of all time. She gained her Cat Girl moniker from her unique muscle control and suppleness of a cat. Was famous for her scantily clad Voodoo (Mambo) dance, but did other themes as well such as French, African, Indian, Native Indian and others.

Lilli 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 Burlesque Striptease dancer and namely the "500 Club."

Lilly got into Burlesque around 1948 by dancing in various clubs in New 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.

Lilly is said to have never performed on-stage nude but considered herself "an interpretive dancer, not a stripper. .. Ok! lol" Lilly passed away in Broward County, Florida, USA. of peritonitis (a stomach line inflammation).

 

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Measurements

Dunkirk, New York 1928 (1924?)1/1965 Divorced 37C"-22"-35"
Lily Quote: "Men, Men ... the indispensable catus felis! ... I love them all!"
 

Dance Types / "Routines"

Dance Partners

Music Titles

African Dance n/a n/a
Ballet    
danse du ventre ("dance of the stomach") Belly Dance    
Exotic    
"Getting Gertie's Garter"    
"Harem Heat"    
Hawaiian    
Javanese    
Oriental Dance    
Strip Tease    
"Voodoo Love Potion Dance"    
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

500 Club 1950 - Winter Garden (Todd's Play) 1950 - 'Burlesque' (Lahr's)
El Rancho (Vegas)   1950 - 'Peep Show' (Todd's)
Sho Bar (New Orleans)   1956 - 'Strip for Action'
 

Films

Television

Publications

1944 - Irish Eyes Are Smiling [DVD] n/a Book: Queens of Burlesque
1946 - Two Guys from Milwaukee   5/1952 - Esquire Mag
1947 - My Wild Irish Rose [DVD]   10/1952 - Photo Arts Mag
1948 - Two Guys from Texas   11/1952 - Photo Arts Mag
    12/1952 - Photo Arts Mag
    6/1954 - Stare Magazine
    5/1956 - He Magazine
    7/1956 - Gala Magazine
    10/1960 - Gala Magazine
    1996 - Tease Magazine
 
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