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Gypsy Rose Lee

ジプシー・ローズ・リー　/　じぷしー・ろーず・りー

American actor

January 9, 1911 – April 26, 1970　・　Seattle, Washington, United States

Washington
actor
screenwriter
stripper

My Take

Gypsy Rose Lee fascinates me because she turned striptease into something closer to theater. Born Rose Louise Hovick in Seattle in 1911, she made burlesque witty and self-aware at a time when that took real intelligence and nerve. But the part I keep coming back to is her writing, her 1957 memoir Gypsy became the 1959 stage musical that outlived her and made her a permanent fixture in American culture. A Hollywood Walk of Fame star and screen credits round out a career that refused easy categories. To me she's proof that reinvention and a sharp mind can outlast any single act.

Overview

Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette, famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir, Gypsy: A Memoir, was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Gypsy Rose Lee
Name (Japanese): ジプシー・ローズ・リー
Reading: じぷしー・ろーず・りー
Born: January 9, 1911 – April 26, 1970
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Boar
Origin: Seattle, Washington, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / screenwriter / stripper / television actor / film actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%97%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

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