Gypsy Rose Lee
January 8, 1911 (113 years old) in Seattle, Washington, USA
Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper and vedette famous for her striptease act. Also an actress, author, and playwright, her 1957 memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy which inspired the 1962 musical comedy-drama film Gypsy. From Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2013 · Six by Sondheim as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time as Herself (archive footage)
- 1997 · Bogart: The Untold Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1993 · Gypsy as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 · The Over the Hill Gang as Cassie
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Rosetta Stewart
- 1968 · Around the World of Mike Todd as Self
- 1966 · The Trouble with Angels as Mrs. Mabel Dowling Phipps
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Miss Bumpsy Cathcart
- 1963 · The Stripper as Madame Olga
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Hostess
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1959 · The Big Party as Self
- 1958 · Wind Across the Everglades as Mrs. Bradford
- 1958 · Screaming Mimi as Joann 'Gypsy' Masters
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self
- 1952 · Babes in Bagdad as Zohara
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- 1944 · Belle of the Yukon as Belle De Valle
- 1943 · Stage Door Canteen as Gypsy Rose Lee
- 1938 · My Lucky Star as Marcelle La Verne (as Louise Hovick)
- 1938 · Battle of Broadway as Linda Lee
- 1938 · Sally, Irene and Mary as Joyce Taylor
- 1937 · Ali Baba Goes to Town as Sultana/Louise Hovick (billed as Louise Hovick)
- 1937 · You Can't Have Everything as Lulu Riley