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Stage Name

Real Name
Lili St. Cyr Willis Marie Van Schaak

            Burlesque star, stripper and erotic dancer who was raised by her Grandparents whose name was 'Klarquists', and had two sisters named Dardy Orlando and Barbara Moffett in the show business world. Took Ballet lessons as a child and started dancing in Hollywood as a chorus girl such as at the Florentine Gardens Nightclub.

      Realizing she could make more money nude she made the change. Lili's stripping debut was at the Music Box nightclub but was a fop. Got her big break in Hollywood in 1951 when she was charged with indecent exposure during a bubble bath performance at Ciro's nightclub. By the time she beat the charge in court, the publicity had made her a headliner and led to series of low-budget movies.

      Lili was featured in thousands of Men's magazines and was said to be married many, many times (well six anyway). One of her husbands even claimed that she and Marilyn Monroe were having an affair (reportedly not true, they were friends however).
Lili St. Cyr Autograph

      Later her fame rose above most in her field and Lili would even be on trial in 1951 for "lewd and lascivious" performances. The January, 1959 issue of Confidential magazine has an article about when Lili tried suicide, it includes 2 photos plus an additional one in a police arrest photo with prison number.

      She became a main headliner and made quite a few movies that she was either featured in or revolved solely around her. She finally retired from the burlesk business and focused all her attention to her new Lingerie shop on Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles called "The Undie World of Lili St. Cyr."

      Lili passed away in 1999 in Los Angeles, CA. at 81 years of age.
 

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Measurements
Minneapolis, Minnesota 6/3/1918-1/29/1999 Ted Jordan 5'6" | "36-24-36"
    Paul Valentine (plus 4 others) Blonde
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles
Ballet The Duncan Sisters n/a
Bubble Bath Dance Betty Page  
Burlesque Sheree (North)  
Dance of Love    
Dance Of The B-Girl    
Erotic / Exotic    
Striptease    
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage
El Rancho (1956 Las Vegas) (Clip) n/a n/a
Florentine Gardens (CA)    
Gayety    
Music Box    
     
 
Video Clips (pop-up)

Films

Publications
Video Clip not available at this time 1950 - B-Girl Rhapsody [DVD] 12/1949 - Laff Magazine (Cover)
Video Clip not available at this time 1952 - Love Moods ?? [DVD] (Bedroom Fantasy) 9/1950 - Beauties Magazine
Video Clip not available at this time 1952 - Lili's Wedding Night 1950 - Pin Up Mag (Bernard's)
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 1953 - Bedroom Fantasy [DVD] (Love Moods) 11/1952 - Cover Girls Models
Video Clip not available at this time 1953 - Strip O Rama [DVD] 4/1953 - Focus Magazine (also Monroe)
Video Clip not available at this time 1954 - the Miami Story 5/1953 - Cover Girls and Models Mag. (Lil's New Revival)
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 1954 - Varietease [DVD] 12/1953 - Photo Magazine
Video Clip not available at this time 1955 - Boudoir Secrets 1/1954 - Show Magazine (also Monroe)
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 1955 - Son of Sinbad [DVD] 3/1954 - Cover Point Mag (Nice Cover)
Video Clip not available at this time 1956 - Buxom Beautease [DVD] (Vol. I and 15) 1/1956 - Confidential Magazine
Video Clip not available at this time 1957 - Kiss Me Baby [ PAL] 7/1956 - Gala Magazine
Video Clip not available at this time 1958 - I Mobster - Life Of a Gangster [DVD] 11/17/1956 - Picturegoer Mag (also Monroe)
Video Clip not available at this time 1958 - The Naked and the Dead 9/1959 - Sir Magazine (cover)
Viewable thru a Youtube Video Pop-up window.
 1962 - Runaway Girl 1960 - The Jerry Geisler Story (Lili's Lawyer)
Video Clip not available at this time 1966 - Girls From Thunder Strip 8/1963 - Follies Mag (Lili's Lingerie Ad)
Video Clip not available at this time 1967 - Twisted Sex Cinema 6/1967 - Playboy Mag. (History of Sex in Cinema)
Video Clip not available at this time 1987 - Hollywood The Golden Years (RKO) 1982 - Ma Vie De Stripteasuse (Lili's Auto bio)
Video Clip not available at this time 1994 - Hollywood and the Strippers [DVD] $ 1995 - Va Va Voom! (Sullivan)
Video Clip not available at this time 1997 - Grind house Follies 15- Front Row Spcl. $ 1996 - City Unique (Weintraub)
Video Clip not available at this time Best of Burlesque 1996 - Tease Magazine
Video Clip not available at this time Roadshow (Shorts #13 & #14) $ 1997 - The Queens of Burlesque (Rothe)
Video Clip not available at this time StripOrama $ 1998 - The Bare Truth ..Stars of (Rothe)
Video Clip not available at this time StripOrama Vol2 $ 2000 - Glamour Girls - Illus.. Encyclopedia (Sullivan)
Video Clip not available at this time StripOrama Vol3 Lovelies Inc. (Klaws Publication)
Video Clip not available at this time ~ Bella Starr (Short) The Golden Age of Exotic Girls (Morrocchi)
Video Clip not available at this time ~ Bubble Bath Dance (Short)  
Video Clip not available at this time ~ Bath of Salome (Short)  
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 ~ Cinderella's Love Lesson (Short)  
Video Clip not available at this time ~ Dance of Love (Short)  
Video Clip not available at this time ~ Love for Sale (Short)  
Video Clip not available at this time ~ Madonna and Her Bubbles (Short)  
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 Striptease Revealed  
Video Clip not available at this time ~ Virgin in Hollywood (Short)  
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 ~ Ebb Tide Lounging on the Beach  
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