Gypsy Rose Lee

★ Acting #85,300

1911 - 1970 (age 59) • Acting

Born: 1/8/1911 in Seattle, Washington, USA

Died: 4/26/1970 (age 59)

Known for: Acting

Gypsy Rose Lee

★ Acting #85,300

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.

Known For

Gypsy

63%

Novel

1962

Lady of Burlesque

54%

Novel

1943

Gypsy

62%

Novel

1994

Wind Across the Everglades

62%

Mrs. Bradford

1958

Screaming Mimi

50%

Joann 'Gypsy' Masters

1958

What's My Line?

70%

Self / Self - Panelist

1950

Ali Baba Goes to Town

60%

Sultana/Louise Hovick (billed as Louise Hovick)

1937

Doll Face

46%

Theatre Play

1945

Gypsy

78%

Novel

2015

Six by Sondheim

71%

Self (archive footage)

2013

Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time

43%

Herself (archive footage)

2004

Bogart: The Untold Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1997

Gypsy

62%

Self (archive footage)

1994

Gypsy

62%

Novel

1994

Gypsy: Live from the Southern Arizona Light Opera Company

Book

1992

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

63%

Self (archive footage)

1975

The Over the Hill Gang

58%

Cassie

1969

The Name of the Game

70%

Rosetta Stewart

1968

Around the World of Mike Todd

63%

Self

1968

The Trouble with Angels

67%

Mrs. Mabel Dowling Phipps

1966

Burke's Law

63%

Miss Bumpsy Cathcart

1963

The Stripper

46%

Madame Olga

1963

Gypsy

63%

Novel

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

58%

Self - Co-Host / Self - Co-Hostess

1961

The Big Party

Self

1959

Wind Across the Everglades

62%

Mrs. Bradford

1958

Screaming Mimi

50%

Joann 'Gypsy' Masters

1958

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

75%

Self

1957

The Steve Allen Show

62%

Self

1956

Babes in Bagdad

58%

Zohara

1952

What's My Line?

70%

Self / Self - Panelist

1950

Doll Face

46%

Theatre Play

1945

Belle of the Yukon

58%

Belle De Valle

1944

Stage Door Canteen

63%

Gypsy Rose Lee

1943

Lady of Burlesque

54%

Novel

1943

My Lucky Star

59%

Marcelle La Verne (as Louise Hovick)

1938