Gypsy Rose Lee

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Gypsy Rose Lee 1956 photographed by Fred Palumbo

Gypsy Rose Lee (actually Rose Louise Hovick ) (born January 8, 1911 in Seattle , † April 26, 1970 in Los Angeles ) was an American actress, writer and famous actress in burlesque shows.

Life

Rose Louise Hovick, along with her sister Ellen, later known as June Havoc , was introduced to show business by her mother at an early age. The sisters appeared in vaudeville shows, always under the influence of the dominant mother. Rose initially stood in the shadow of her sister June. As vaudeville became old-fashioned and more crude forms of entertainment emerged, Rose made a name for herself in the genre of burlesque . Her at the same time vulgar and cultivated manner and her humor made her the star of the New York burlesque shows of the Minsky brothers.

After her marriage to the technician and film producer Michael Todd , she appeared in many of his films. As a writer, she wrote the novel The G-String Murders in 1941, which was filmed in 1943 as Lady of Burlesque with Barbara Stanwyck . A son emerged from her relationship with the film director Otto Preminger . In 1957, after her mother's death, Rose published her memoir under the title Gypsy , in which she portrayed the overpowering mother who was later also accused of murder. This served Jule Styne , Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents as a template for their musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable (1959), which was also successfully filmed in 1962 under the title Gypsy - Queen of the Night .

A living legend, Rose has appeared in television movies and talk shows in her final years. She died of cancer.

Works

Gypsy Rose Lee and Frank Rasky , 1955

Movie

  • You Can't Have Everything , 1937
  • Ali Baba Goes to Town , 1937
  • Sally, Irene and Mary , 1938
  • Battle of Broadway , 1938
  • My Lucky Star , 1938
  • Stage Door Canteen , 1943
  • Belle of the Yukon , 1944
  • Babes in Baghdad , 1952
  • The Screaming Mimi , 1958
  • Wind Across the Everglades , 1958
  • The Lost Rose ( The Stripper ), 1963
  • The Trouble with Angels , 1966
  • Around the World of Mike Todd , 1968

watch TV

  • Think Fast , 1949
  • The Gypsy Rose Lee Show , 1958
  • Who Has Seen the Wind? , 1965
  • Gypsy , 1965
  • Batman , 1966
  • The Pruitts of Southampton , 1966
  • The Over-the-Hill Gang , 1969

literature

  • The G-String Murders (novel), 1942
  • Mother Finds a Body (novel), 1942
  • The Naked Genius (play), 1943
  • Doll Face (play), 1945
  • Gypsy, A Memoir , 1957

Web links

Commons : Gypsy Rose Lee  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The date of birth on her death certificate is January 9, 1914; her birth certificate, however, states January 8, 1911.
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Gypsy Rose
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hovick, Rose Louise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American revue dancer, actress, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , Washington
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1970
Place of death Los Angeles , California