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Here she is, world. GYPSY ROSE LEE! A blog of photos and quotes from Louise Hovick. Louise began her work in Vaudeville at the age of five with her sister June Hovick (later, June Havoc) and her Mother Rose. She rose up as an American Burlesque star and was also an author, playwright, and actress. The musical Gypsy is based on her well-known memoir. She is widely known as The Queen of Burlesque.

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Gypsy Rose Lee Remembers Burlesque (StereODDITIES, 1962)

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Wow!

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Barbara Stanwyck star of Lady of Burlesque, based on the novel by Gypsy Rose Lee.

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Patti LuPone as Momma Rose and Laura Benanti as Gypsy Rose Lee in GYPSY

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Rare Pre-Broadway Chicago Promo Picture of Angela Lansbury in Gypsy.

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With Gypsy Rose Lee in a publicity still for “Babes In Baghdad”

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Elsa Schiaparelli dress for Gypsy Rose Lee ca. 1938 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Eddie Cantor and Gypsy Rose Lee in 1937’s Ali Baba Goes to Town.

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“You like it?! Well, I’ve got it.”

More to come on FYGRL.

Keep reblogging and spreading the strip. Fuck Yeah Gypsy Rose Lee

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