Celebrated american ecdysiast and writer who turned the striptease into an art form, was accepted as a legitimate actress, and whose memoirs of growing up in show business were turned into the musical gypsy. Gypsy rose lee, née rose louise hovick le 8 janvier 1911 et morte le 26 avril 1970, est une artiste de burlesque américaine et une vedette célèbre pour son numéro de striptease A memoir is a 1957 autobiography of renowned striptease artist gypsy rose lee, which inspired the 1959 broadway musical gypsy
The book tells lee's true life story in three acts beginning with her early childhood days in theatre when she toured with her sister, june havoc.
Gypsy rose lee (rose louise hovick), who was born on february 9 in seattle, was a successful burlesque performer whose life and relationship with her domineering stage mother, rose hovick, became the story for the musical gypsy.
As gypsy rose lee, she became famous in burlesque as a classy and witty strip tease artist.
