Gypsy Rose Lee

Today is February 9, 2010 and the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days left in the year 2010. According the Mayan calendar, there are 1046 days till the end of the current cycle. On this date, in 1964, the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. Here are five people that share a birthday on this day: In the 1930s, Gypsy Rose Lee made a name for herself by becoming the striptease artist who never really took off her clothes. Combining musical performances and a wry sense of humor, Lee became one of the biggest burlesque stars ... Read Full Story

Gypsy Rose Lee was an American burlesque entertainer, famous for her striptease act. She was also an actress and writer, whose 1957 memoir, written as a monument to her mother, was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy . Gypsy Rose Lee was born Rose Louise Hovick in Seattle, Washington in 1911, although her mother later shaved three years off both of her daughters’ ages. She was initially known by her middle name, Louise. Her mother, Rose Hovick (née Rose Evangeline Thompson), married Norwegian-American John Olaf Hovick, who was a newspaper advertising salesman. Her sister, Ellen Evangeline Hovick (better known as actress June ... Read Full Story

"Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly" ~Gypsy Rose Lee Full Name: Rose Louise Hovick DOB/DOD: Feb. 9, 1914-Apr. 26, 1970 Burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood Los Angeles County California, USA Plot: Pinecrest Plot, Lot 1087, Grave 8. Across from Utopia Plot Claim to Fame: She was an American actress, burlesque entertainer, and writer whose 1957 memoir, which included a scathing portrait of her domineering mother, was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy.Gypsy Rose Lee died of cancer in Los Angeles in 1970. Read Full Story

(click any photo to enlarge) Wowza.  Did somebody say WOOF?!!  That's one lucky Dachshund!  We're honored to feature a second installment of photographer John Schultz's fine Dachshund pinup-inspired photos.  His handsome black and tan smooth boy 'Oscar' writes: My HUMAN has been at it again?! That is - recreating those darn "retro" images again! This time It's Gypsy Rose Lee. The book by Noralee Frankel image that you posted he re-did tonight. The model was SUPER nice and she was WARM! (it's cold here) Enjoy the picture - even tho that HUMAN is in it! Sincerely, Oscar and John. p.s. My human let me have the ... Read Full Story

(click image to enlarge) Woof, WOOF!   We've got a very special Dachshunds in Pop Culture  series to share today.  Certainly you remember the video we featured a few weeks ago called Play?, where a Dachshund and his tennis ball take a trip around Richmond VA?  As it turns out, Elizabeth Kost, the videographer, informed us that her mother, author Noralee Frankel, had recently penned a new book titled  Stripping Gypsy ,  a biography on the glamorous American burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee, and that yes,  Gypsy was a Dachshund Lover!  We asked the author if she would write a short synopsis of Gypsy Rose Lee, including any information she had about her ... Read Full Story