When Vaudeville died, they moved over to the Burlesque Stage and when a stripper didn't show up, Gypsy took the part and the rest becomes history. Gypsy learned her craft from Burlesque dancer "Tessie the Tassel Twirler" and made her debut on October 6th in Kansas City, MO. It is said that Gypsy never fully stripped , but rather refined the art of the 'Tease' like no one else could.

     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 ( And also dated) Michael Todd's "Streets of Paris," along with "Theater Cafe, Gay New Orleans and Todd's Star and Garter."

     Gypsy's mother (Rose Hovick) was also a Burlesque dancer as well, and her little sister June Hovac (stage Spelling) was part of the prior Vaudeville act but at the age of 15 in December of 1928 June would elope with Bobby Reed, a dancer in the act, much to her mother's displeasure. June went on to became a succesful Movie Actress.

    Gypsy had a son by the name of Erik Lee Kirkland who later Preminger adopted and is believed to be his natural father. In 1945 Erik 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. Gypsy passed away in Los Angeles, Ca. in 1970 due to Lung Cancer. She is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery In Inglewood, California.