| Stage
Name |
Real
Name |
| Tempest
Storm |
Annie
Blanche Banks |
--
Miss
Storm
was known as the "The Fabulous 4D Girl" Tempest Storm,
who was one of the original classic Burlesque super stars, a red
headed queen of the burlesque stage. A couple years after leaving
her sharecropper home, she ended up in Los Angeles as a chorus
line dancer.
--
In
1952, only after a few shows was she offered the opportunity to
perform as a stripper in the 'French Peepshow' at the El Rey Theater
in Oakland, California. Later, performed with Betty Page in the
1955 film 'Teaserama' and legally changed her name in 1957.
-- Elvis Presly,
Sammy Davis Jr and Kennedy were all said to have been with her.
She continued her popularity of taking off her clothes for audeinces
well into her sixties and finally retired.
|