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THE FAMILY ACT.(Theater Review)
By the end of "Gypsy"(now in revival at the Shubert), the show's heroine, Louise (Tammy Blanchard), has triumphed over the odds that appeared to be stacked against her--lack of money, lack of encouragement, and the blind fidelity of her mother, Rose, to her other, seemingly more talented daughter, June (Kate Reinders). Under the stage name Gypsy Rose Lee, Louise has metamorphosed from a sweet, timid little girl into the most popular draw in burlesque. She has invented and perfected the strip-as-tease--turning it into an early form of performance art--and in doing so she has catapulted herself beyond the fading glitz of vaudeville, her mother's world, and beyond her mother ...
- Gypsy Rose Lee
- Reference information from: The New York Public Library Book of Popular Americana Tad Tuleja January 1, 1994 700+ words
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- Golly, that's Gypsy Rose Lee's 15-pound gown! (Hollywood Costume Museum)
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Glover, Kara July 29, 1991 700+ words
Golly, that's Gypsy Rose Lee's 15-pound gown! The costume consists of a beige frock covered...that it would fall to the ground when the stripper wearing it, Gypsy Rose Lee, disrobed. At the far end of the room is a case filled with accessories...
- It happened in Brooklyn.(February House: The Story of W.H. Auden, Carson...
- Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Stone, Martha E. July 1, 2005 700+ words
...McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof in Wartime America by Sherill Tippins...wife of the automobile manufacturer). And, yes, Gypsy Rose Lee, who added a great deal of vivacity to the house and...
- Son of Gypsy Rose Lee living the quiet life after tumultuous youth.
- Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) June 6, 2004 700+ words
...archives, a testament to his movie-making genius. Erik Lee Preminger, 59, the illegitimate son of flamboyant parents Gypsy Rose Lee and director Otto Preminger, leads a quiet life in Contra Costa, Calif. It's a far cry from his boyhood, when...
- Son of Gypsy Rose Lee living the quiet life after tumultuous youth.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Davis, Linda June 6, 2004 700+ words
...archives, a testament to his movie-making genius. Erik Lee Preminger, 59, the illegitimate son of flamboyant parents Gypsy Rose Lee and director Otto Preminger, leads a quiet life in Contra Costa, Calif. It's a far cry from his boyhood, when...
- The house on Middagh Street.(The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane...
- Magazine article from: New Criterion Allen, Brooke June 1, 2005 700+ words
...Auden, Carson McCullers, Paul and Jane Bowles, Benjamin Britten, Richard Wright, and, amazing as it may seem, Gypsy Rose Lee. On my first day at Middagh Street I made a little pilgrimage to the site--they had lived, I remembered, in a...
- Gypsy Rose Lee.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery Vandamm Studio--Photographer January 1, 1934 700+ words
