Gypsy Rose Lee
Noun
Meaning
United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
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A play by Gypsy Rose Lee entitled The Naked Genius (1943) was the inspiration for Doll Face (1945), a musical about a burlesque star ( Vivian Blaine ) who wants to become a legitimate actress.
In effect, he lived like a bachelor, as was the case when he met burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee and began an open relationship with her.
Natalie Wood as Gypsy Rose Lee in the film version of the stage musical Gypsy 1960s-1970s In 1960, the film Beat Girl cast Christopher Lee as a sleazy Soho strip club owner who gets stabbed to death by a stripper.
I.) STAR AND GARTER-Bobby Clark and Gypsy Rose Lee in a strange mixture of authentic burlesque and a high-class parody of it.
The P-40L was sometimes nicknamed " Gypsy Rose Lee ", after a famous stripper of the era, due to its stripped-down condition.
The Stripper (1963) featured Gypsy Rose Lee, herself, giving a trademark performance in the title role.