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Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Gypsy
Rose Lee |
Rose Louise
Hovick |
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Gypsy Rose Lee, the legendary woman who told the police
during a raid at the famous Minsky's burlesque house,
"I wasn't naked. I was completely covered by a
blue spotlight." was known as "The most publicized
women in the world." Gypsy Rose Lee was one of
the most famous strippers of all time. She received
more free press than anyone in the business. Was also
a movie actress and Author.
She first came on the scene as a child when she and
her sister June
Hovick in a small time
act called "Dainty June and her newsboy songsters."
and later "Madame Rose and her dancing daughters."
Later Gypsy would have her own dancing act called "Rose
Louise and Her Hollywood Blondes." |
Gypsy learned her craft from Burlesque
dancer "Tessie the Tassle Twirler" and made
her debut on October 6th in Kansas City, MO.
H.K. Minsky would spot her and make
her a featured performer at his famous New York club.
While in New York she became the toast of the town while
working at the Irving Place Theater, eventually working
her way uptown to become a
Ziegfeld girl in "Hot Cha." The last Ziegfeld
Follies had her as a featured performer. Her first legitimate
role was in "I Must Love Someone" and a summer
theater tour of the play "Burlesque." She
was the star of Michael Todd's "Streets of Paris,"
along with "Theater Cafe, Gay New Orleans and Todd's
Star and Garter."
When she started her Movie career,
she was urged to use her real name Louis Hovick. Gypsy
also an accomplished writer wrote books such as "The
G-string Murders" and "Mother Finds a Body
(1944.)" Gypsy's mother (Rose Hovick) was also
a Burlesque dancer as well, and her sister June
Hovac (stage spelling) became a World Champion
Marathon
dancer, who eventually turned into a successful movie
actress and author.
Gypsy
had a son by the name of Erik Lee Priminger in 1945
who was twelve years of age when she retired as a stripper
at the young age of 42. However she still wrote and
appeared in plays and Films under the name of Rose Louise
Hovick.
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