Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer and vedette famous for her striptease act. Also an actress, author, and playwright, her 1957 memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy.
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| Full name at birth | Rose Louise Hovick
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| Claim to fame | Terpsichorean ecdysiast
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| Date of birth | 8 January 1911
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| Place of birth | Seattle, Washington USA
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| Date of death | 26 April 1970
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| Age | 59 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Los Angeles, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Lung Cancer
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| Occupation | Exotic Dancer, Actress, Author, and Playwright
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- In the 1940s, Gypsy Rose Lee was in love with the theatrical impresario Michael Todd, who produced two Broadway shows starring Lee ("Star and Garter" and "The Naked Genius"). She married William Kirkland in 1942 in an attempt to make the already-married Todd jealous. They divorced in 1944. While married to Kirkland, she had a brief fling with Otto Preminger. The fruit of their affair was a boy named Erik Lee, who has been known successively as Erik Kirkland, Erik de Diego, and Erik Lee Preminger.
- Her mother Rose died from colon cancer in 1954.
- Parents: John Hovick and Rose Thompson Hovick.
- Measurements: 37-23-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
- Like her mother, Lee was married three times.
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