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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_Rose_Lee" title="Gypsy Rose Lee – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gypsy Rose Lee" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_Rose_Lee" title="Gypsy Rose Lee – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gypsy Rose Lee" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_%D9%84%DB%8C" title="جیپسی روز لی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جیپسی روز لی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Gypsy Rose Lee</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_1_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_1_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_1_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_1_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="756" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Lee in 1956</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Rose Louise Hovick</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1911-01-08</span>)</span>January 8, 1911<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 26, 1970<span style="display:none">(1970-04-26)</span> (aged 59)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Los Angeles, California, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Inglewood_Park_Cemetery" title="Inglewood Park Cemetery">Inglewood Park Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Actress</li><li>writer</li><li><a href="/wiki/Vedette_(cabaret)" title="Vedette (cabaret)">vedette</a></li><li>dancer</li><li>entertainer</li><li>stripper</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1928–1970</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Robert Mizzy</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1937; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1941)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Kirkland" title="Alexander Kirkland">Alexander Kirkland</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1942; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1944)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Julio_de_Diego" title="Julio de Diego">Julio de Diego</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1948; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1955)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Erik_Lee_Preminger" title="Erik Lee Preminger">Erik Lee Preminger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rose_Thompson_Hovick" title="Rose Thompson Hovick">Rose Thompson Hovick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/June_Havoc" title="June Havoc">June Havoc</a> (sister)</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GR_Lee,_1937.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/GR_Lee%2C_1937.jpg/220px-GR_Lee%2C_1937.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/GR_Lee%2C_1937.jpg/330px-GR_Lee%2C_1937.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/GR_Lee%2C_1937.jpg/440px-GR_Lee%2C_1937.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4557" data-file-height="4396" /></a><figcaption>Gypsy Rose Lee in Los Angeles, c. 1937</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Gypsy Rose Lee</b> (born <b>Rose Louise Hovick</b>, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an <a href="/wiki/American_burlesque" title="American burlesque">American burlesque</a> entertainer, <a href="/wiki/Stripper" title="Stripper">stripper</a>, actress, author, playwright and <a href="/wiki/Vedette_(cabaret)" title="Vedette (cabaret)">vedette</a>, famous for her <a href="/wiki/Striptease" title="Striptease">striptease</a> act. Her 1957 memoir, <i><a href="/wiki/Gypsy:_A_Memoir" title="Gypsy: A Memoir">Gypsy: A Memoir</a></i>, was adapted into the 1959 stage musical <i><a href="/wiki/Gypsy_(musical)" title="Gypsy (musical)">Gypsy</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rose Louise Hovick was born in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington, on January 8, 1911;<sup id="cite_ref-Abbott1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abbott1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abbott2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abbott2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, she always gave January 9 as her date of birth.<sup id="cite_ref-Abbott1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abbott1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abbott2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abbott2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was known as Louise to her family. Her sister, actress <a href="/wiki/June_Havoc" title="June Havoc">June Havoc</a>, was born in 1912. Their mother, <a href="/wiki/Rose_Thompson_Hovick" title="Rose Thompson Hovick">Rose Thompson Hovick</a>, forged various birth certificates for each of her daughters—older when needed to evade varying state child labor laws, and younger for reduced or free train fares. The girls were unsure until later in life what their years of birth were.<sup id="cite_ref-Abbott1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abbott1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vanity_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanity-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Their mother had married <a href="/wiki/Norwegian-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian-American">Norwegian-American</a> John Olaf Hovick, a newspaper-advertising salesman and a reporter at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Times" title="The Seattle Times">The Seattle Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married on May 28, 1910, in Seattle.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They divorced on August 20, 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rose Thompson married her second husband, Judson Brennerman, a traveling salesman, on May 26, 1916, at a Unitarian church in Seattle, with the Rev. J. D. A. Powers officiating.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Hovick and Brennerman divorced, June supported the family by appearing in <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a>, being billed "Tiniest Toe Dancer in the World" when she was only <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-vanity_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanity-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rose and June went to Hollywood for two years where June appeared in short films directed by <a href="/wiki/Hal_Roach" title="Hal Roach">Hal Roach</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vanity_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanity-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Louise was left behind while June and her mother were on the road. She had an elementary education, unlike June who was taught to read by <a href="/wiki/Stagehand" title="Stagehand">stagehands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vanity_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanity-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much to her mother's displeasure, June eloped with Bobby Reed, a dancer in their act, in December 1928, after a performance in <a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka, Kansas</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Jayhawk_Theatre" title="Jayhawk Theatre">Jayhawk Theatre</a> and went on to pursue a brief career in <a href="/wiki/Marathon_dancing" class="mw-redirect" title="Marathon dancing">marathon dancing</a>, a more profitable vocation than <a href="/wiki/Tap_dance" title="Tap dance">tap dancing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vanity_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanity-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Louise's singing and dancing talents were insufficient to sustain the act without June. Eventually, it became apparent that Louise could make money in <a href="/wiki/American_burlesque" title="American burlesque">burlesque</a>, which earned her legendary status as an elegant and witty striptease artist. Initially, her act was propelled forward when a shoulder strap on one of her gowns gave way, causing her dress to fall to her feet despite her efforts to cover herself; encouraged by the audience's response, she went on to make the trick the focus of her performance.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her innovations were an almost casual stripping style compared to bump & grind styles of most burlesque strippers (she emphasized the "tease" in "striptease"), and she brought a sharp sense of humor into her act as well. She became as famous for her onstage wit as for her stripping style, and—changing her stage name to Gypsy Rose Lee—she became one of the biggest stars of <a href="/wiki/Minsky%27s_Burlesque" title="Minsky's Burlesque">Minsky's Burlesque</a>, where she performed for four years. She was frequently arrested in raids on the Minsky brothers' shows. During the Great Depression, Lee spoke at various union meetings in support of New York laborers. According to activist Harry Fisher, her talks were among those that attracted the largest audiences.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1937 and 1938, billed as Louise Hovick, she made five films in Hollywood.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But her acting was generally panned, so she returned to New York City where she had an affair with film producer <a href="/wiki/Mike_Todd" title="Mike Todd">Michael Todd</a> and co-produced and appeared in his 1942 musical revue, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_and_Garter" title="Star and Garter">Star and Garter</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee viewed herself as a "high-class" stripper, and she approved of <a href="/wiki/H._L._Mencken" title="H. L. Mencken">H. L. Mencken</a>'s term <i>"<a href="/wiki/Ecdysiast" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecdysiast">ecdysiast</a>"</i>, which he coined as a more "dignified" way of referring to the profession. Her style of intellectual recitation while stripping was spoofed in the number "Zip!" in <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Rodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lorenz_Hart" title="Lorenz Hart">Hart</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Pal_Joey_(musical)" title="Pal Joey (musical)">Pal Joey</a></i>, a musical in which <a href="/wiki/June_Havoc" title="June Havoc">June Havoc</a> had appeared on Broadway, opposite <a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a>. Lee performed an abbreviated version of her act (intellectual recitation and all) in the 1943 film <i><a href="/wiki/Stage_Door_Canteen_(film)" title="Stage Door Canteen (film)">Stage Door Canteen</a></i>. </p><p>In 1941, Lee wrote a mystery thriller called <i><a href="/wiki/The_G-String_Murders" title="The G-String Murders">The G-String Murders</a></i>, which was made into the sanitized 1943 film, <i><a href="/wiki/Lady_of_Burlesque" title="Lady of Burlesque">Lady of Burlesque</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stanwyck" title="Barbara Stanwyck">Barbara Stanwyck</a>. While some assert this was in fact ghost-written by <a href="/wiki/Craig_Rice_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Craig Rice (author)">Craig Rice</a>, there are those who claim that there is more than sufficient written evidence in the form of manuscripts and Lee's own correspondence to prove that she wrote a large part of the novel herself under the guidance of Rice and others, including her editor <a href="/wiki/George_Davis_(editor)" title="George Davis (editor)">George Davis</a>, a friend and mentor.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee's second murder mystery, <i>Mother Finds a Body</i>, was published in 1942. In December 1942, preliminary papers alleging breach of contract were filed in the Supreme Court against Lee by Dorothy Wheelock, associate editor of <i><a href="/wiki/Harper%27s_Bazaar" title="Harper's Bazaar">Harper's Bazaar</a></i> magazine,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> alleging that in August 1940 she and Gypsy entered into what Wheelock described as "an oral agreement to collaborate on a joint venture involving the conception, construction, development, writing and exploitation of a literary work with a burlesque background. The agreement, Miss Wheelock went on, called for a 50:50 split on all income from sale of the book. She charged that she had lined up a publisher for the book when, in November 1940, Gypsy called off the collaboration… Lee said she turned over notes and other material to Miss Wheelock and that the latter had then written 'a sample book'. However this sample book is not the book that was published, Gypsy declared. She denied any resemblance between Miss Wheelock's book and the book published under her own name, except such similarities as might stem from the notes Gypsy turned over to Miss Wheelock. Simon & Schuster agreed to publish the book, Gypsy said, after the first three chapters were shown to them by <a href="/wiki/Janet_Flanner" title="Janet Flanner">Janet Flanner</a>, a New York writer".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The case was settled out of court. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationships">Relationships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Relationships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Hollywood, Lee married Arnold "Bob" Mizzy on August 25, 1937, at the insistence of the film studio. She obtained a divorce in 1941, claiming cruelty, although biographer Noralee Frankel suggests the couple agreed that Lee could bring false charges so the divorce could go through uncontested.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1942, she married <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Kirkland" title="Alexander Kirkland">William Alexander Kirkland</a>; they divorced in 1944. While married to Kirkland, she gave birth on December 11, 1944, to a son fathered by <a href="/wiki/Otto_Preminger" title="Otto Preminger">Otto Preminger</a>. Her son was named Erik Lee, but has since been known successively as Erik Kirkland, Erik de Diego, and <a href="/wiki/Erik_Lee_Preminger" title="Erik Lee Preminger">Erik Lee Preminger</a>. </p><p>Gypsy married a third time in 1948, to <a href="/wiki/Julio_de_Diego" title="Julio de Diego">Julio de Diego</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-life.com/photos-gypsy-rose-lee_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-life.com/photos-gypsy-rose-lee-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but that union also ended in divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1940, she purchased a townhouse on East <a href="/wiki/63rd_Street_(Manhattan)" class="mw-redirect" title="63rd Street (Manhattan)">63rd Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> with a private courtyard, 26 rooms and seven baths.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mother Rose continued to demand money from Lee and Havoc. Lee rented a ten-room apartment on <a href="/wiki/West_End_Avenue" class="mw-redirect" title="West End Avenue">West End Avenue</a> in Manhattan for Rose, who opened a boardinghouse for women there. </p><p>On one occasion in the 1930s, Rose Thompson Hovick allegedly shot and killed a woman who was either a guest at the boardinghouse or a guest on the farm in <a href="/wiki/Highland_Mills" class="mw-redirect" title="Highland Mills">Highland Mills</a> in <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_New_York" title="Orange County, New York">Orange County, New York</a>, that Rose owned. A historical website cites varying reports of which place was the scene of the crime.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Gypsy's son, Erik Lee Preminger, who is the author of several books, the murder victim was Mother Rose's female lover, who had allegedly made a pass at Gypsy. The violent incident was investigated and reportedly explained away as a suicide. Mother Rose was not prosecuted.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mother Rose's biographer strongly rejects the possibility that this woman, Genevieve Augustine, was Rose's lover, and doubts Rose's complicity in her death in light of Augustine's previous suicide attempts.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rose Thompson Hovick died in 1954 of <a href="/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colon cancer</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years">Later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_2.jpg/220px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_2.jpg/330px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_2.jpg/440px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee_NYWTS_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2059" data-file-height="2666" /></a><figcaption>Gypsy Rose Lee in 1956</figcaption></figure> <p>After the death of their mother, the sisters felt free to write about her without risking a lawsuit. <i><a href="/wiki/Gypsy:_A_Memoir" title="Gypsy: A Memoir">Gypsy: A Memoir</a></i> was published in 1957 and served as inspiration for the <a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Laurents" title="Arthur Laurents">Arthur Laurents</a> 1959 musical <i><a href="/wiki/Gypsy_(musical)" title="Gypsy (musical)">Gypsy</a></i>. June did not like the way she was portrayed in the piece, but she was eventually persuaded not to oppose it for her sister's sake.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show and the <a href="/wiki/Gypsy_(1962_film)" title="Gypsy (1962 film)">1962 movie adaptation</a> assured Gypsy a steady income. The sisters became estranged for a period of time but reconciled. June, in turn, wrote <i>Early Havoc</i> and <i>More Havoc</i>, to tell her version of their history. </p><p>Gypsy Rose Lee went on to host a daytime San Francisco <a href="/wiki/KGO-TV" title="KGO-TV">KGO-TV</a> television talk show, <i> The Gypsy Rose Lee Show</i> (754 episodes, aired 1965–1968).<sup id="cite_ref-nypl/research/b15809423_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nypl/research/b15809423-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nypl/research/b15454072_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nypl/research/b15454072-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The popular afternoon show featured such guests as <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead" title="Agnes Moorehead">Agnes Moorehead</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a>, showcasing her love of people, pets and knitting among other interests. </p><p>Like well-known artists such as <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Picasso" title="Pablo Picasso">Pablo Picasso</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a>, Gypsy Rose Lee was a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_(Spain)" title="Popular Front (Spain)">Popular Front</a> movement in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> and raised money for charity to alleviate the suffering of Spanish children during the conflict. "She became politically active, and supported Spanish Loyalists during Spain's Civil War. She also became a fixture at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Communist_United_Front&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Communist United Front (page does not exist)">Communist United Front</a> meetings, and was investigated by the <a href="/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee" title="House Un-American Activities Committee">House Committee on un-American activities</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee was a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> who supported the campaign of <a href="/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson_II" title="Adlai Stevenson II">Adlai Stevenson</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election" title="1952 United States presidential election">1952 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The walls of her Los Angeles home were adorned with pictures by <a href="/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3" title="Joan Miró">Joan Miró</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Picasso" title="Pablo Picasso">Pablo Picasso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Chagall" title="Marc Chagall">Marc Chagall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_Ernst" title="Max Ernst">Max Ernst</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dorothea_Tanning" title="Dorothea Tanning">Dorothea Tanning</a>, all reportedly given to her by the artists themselves.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gypsy_Rose_Lee_Grave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Gypsy_Rose_Lee_Grave.jpg/220px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee_Grave.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Gypsy_Rose_Lee_Grave.jpg/330px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee_Grave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Gypsy_Rose_Lee_Grave.jpg/440px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee_Grave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Grave of Gypsy Rose Lee at Inglewood Park Cemetery (with wrong year of birth)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1969, she performed for American troops in Vietnam, who, she said, "considered her their sexy grandmother".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee died of <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a> in Los Angeles in 1970, aged 59. Upon her death, she left an estate valued at US$575,000 (US$4,678,486 in 2024).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is buried in <a href="/wiki/Inglewood_Park_Cemetery" title="Inglewood Park Cemetery">Inglewood Park Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Inglewood,_California" title="Inglewood, California">Inglewood, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gypsy_Rose_Lee%27s_star_on_Hollywood_walk_of_fame_(15992401828).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Gypsy_Rose_Lee%27s_star_on_Hollywood_walk_of_fame_%2815992401828%29.jpg/220px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee%27s_star_on_Hollywood_walk_of_fame_%2815992401828%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Gypsy_Rose_Lee%27s_star_on_Hollywood_walk_of_fame_%2815992401828%29.jpg/330px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee%27s_star_on_Hollywood_walk_of_fame_%2815992401828%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Gypsy_Rose_Lee%27s_star_on_Hollywood_walk_of_fame_%2815992401828%29.jpg/440px-Gypsy_Rose_Lee%27s_star_on_Hollywood_walk_of_fame_%2815992401828%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Lee's star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The song "Zip" from the musical <i><a href="/wiki/Pal_Joey_(musical)" title="Pal Joey (musical)">Pal Joey</a></i>, written by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lorenz_Hart" title="Lorenz Hart">Lorenz Hart</a>, imagines the thoughts and musings that go through Gypsy Rose Lee's mind while she strips onstage, as recounted by a newspaper reporter who sings of her interview with Miss Lee as having been "my greatest achievement" in a career full of notable celebrity interviews. <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Stritch" title="Elaine Stritch">Elaine Stritch</a> regularly performed this song (as the interviewer) for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Punk band <a href="/wiki/The_Distillers" title="The Distillers">The Distillers</a> wrote "Gypsy Rose Lee", a song for their <a href="/wiki/The_Distillers_(album)" title="The Distillers (album)">debut album</a> in 2000.</li> <li>In 1973, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Orlando_and_Dawn" title="Tony Orlando and Dawn">Tony Orlando and Dawn</a> recorded "<a href="/wiki/Say,_Has_Anybody_Seen_My_Sweet_Gypsy_Rose" title="Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose">Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose</a>" by W. M. Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown. (The song refers to Lee's profession, but is about a fictional character with a similar name.)</li> <li>In January 2012, Seattle Theater Writers (a group of arts critics for various publications) awarded the first Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, celebrating excellence in local theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Academy_Film_Archive" title="Academy Film Archive">Academy Film Archive</a> has preserved a number of Lee's home movies, including behind-the-scenes footage from films in which she appeared.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_stage_work">Selected stage work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Selected stage work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;">Stage </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1933</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_White%E2%80%99s_Melody&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George White’s Melody (page does not exist)">George White’s Melody</a></i></td> <td>herself under the name Rose Louise</td> <td>Casino Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ziegfeld_Follies" title="Ziegfeld Follies">Ziegfeld Follies</a></i></td> <td>herself</td> <td>Winter Garden Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=I_Must_Love_Someone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="I Must Love Someone (page does not exist)">I Must Love Someone</a></i></td> <td>Birdie Carr</td> <td>Vanderbilt Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Du_Barry_Was_a_Lady" title="Du Barry Was a Lady">Du Barry Was a Lady</a></i></td> <td>May Daly</td> <td>46th Street Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Panama_Hattie" title="Panama Hattie">Panama Hattie</a></i></td> <td>Panama Hattie substituting for Ethel Merman</td> <td>46th Street Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1943</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Star_And_Garter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Star And Garter (page does not exist)">Star And Garter</a></i></td> <td>herself</td> <td>The Music Box Theatre </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Genius" title="The Naked Genius">The Naked Genius</a></i></td> <td>Honey Bee Carroll</td> <td>New Parsons Theatre, Hartford, CT </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fancy_Meeting_You&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fancy Meeting You (page does not exist)">Fancy Meeting You</a></i></td> <td>Amanda Phipps</td> <td>Casino Theatre, Newport, RI </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Hunting_(musical)" title="Happy Hunting (musical)">Happy Hunting</a></i></td> <td>Liz Livingstone</td> <td>Westbury Music Fair </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Threepenny_Opera" title="The Threepenny Opera">The Threepenny Opera</a></i></td> <td>Jenny</td> <td>Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Auntie_Mame" title="Auntie Mame">Auntie Mame</a></i></td> <td>Auntie Mame</td> <td>Kenley Players, Columbus, OH </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Curious_Evening_with_Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A Curious Evening with Gypsy Rose Lee (page does not exist)">A Curious Evening with Gypsy Rose Lee</a></i></td> <td>herself</td> <td>Las Palmas Theatre, Hollywood, CA </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="background: LightSteelBlue;">Film </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th></tr> <tr> <td>1937</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Have_Everything" title="You Can't Have Everything">You Can't Have Everything</a></i></td> <td>Lulu Riley </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ali_Baba_Goes_to_Town" title="Ali Baba Goes to Town">Ali Baba Goes to Town</a></i></td> <td>Sultana / Louise Hovick </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sally,_Irene_and_Mary_(1938_film)" title="Sally, Irene and Mary (1938 film)">Sally, Irene and Mary</a></i></td> <td>Joyce Taylor </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Broadway" title="Battle of Broadway">Battle of Broadway</a></i></td> <td>Linda Lee </td></tr> <tr> <td>1938</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Lucky_Star_(1938_film)" title="My Lucky Star (1938 film)">My Lucky Star</a></i></td> <td>Marcelle La Verne </td></tr> <tr> <td>1943</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stage_Door_Canteen_(film)" title="Stage Door Canteen (film)">Stage Door Canteen</a></i></td> <td>Gypsy Rose Lee </td></tr> <tr> <td>1944</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Belle_of_the_Yukon" title="Belle of the Yukon">Belle of the Yukon</a></i></td> <td>Belle De Valle </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Babes_in_Bagdad" title="Babes in Bagdad">Babes in Bagdad</a></i></td> <td>Zohara </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Screaming_Mimi_(film)" title="Screaming Mimi (film)">Screaming Mimi</a></i></td> <td>Joann 'Gypsy' Masters </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wind_Across_the_Everglades" title="Wind Across the Everglades">Wind Across the Everglades</a></i></td> <td>Mrs. Bradford </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stripper_(film)" title="The Stripper (film)">The Stripper</a></i></td> <td>Madame Olga </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trouble_with_Angels_(film)" title="The Trouble with Angels (film)">The Trouble with Angels</a></i></td> <td>Mrs. Phipps </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Over-the-Hill_Gang" title="The Over-the-Hill Gang">The Over-the-Hill Gang</a></i></td> <td>Cassie </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;">Television </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1949</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Think_Fast_(game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Think Fast (game show)">Think Fast</a></i></td> <td>Herself - Host</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1950</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line%3F" title="What's My Line?">What's My Line?</a></i></td> <td></td> <td>lost episode #4, Season 1<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td><i>The Gypsy Rose Lee Show</i></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="What's My Line">What's My Line</a>?</i></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963</td> <td><i>Fractured Flickers</i></td> <td>Herself</td> <td>episode 3—interview </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Object_Is" class="mw-redirect" title="The Object Is">The Object Is</a></i></td> <td>Herself</td> <td>game show - 5 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Burke%27s_Law_(1963_TV_series)" title="Burke's Law (1963 TV series)">Burke's Law</a></i></td> <td>Miss Bumpsy Cathcart</td> <td>Who Killed Vaudeville </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Has_Seen_the_Wind%3F_(1965_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Who Has Seen the Wind? (1965 film)">Who Has Seen the Wind?</a></i></td> <td>Proprietress</td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965-1967</td> <td><i>Gypsy</i></td> <td>Herself - Hostess</td> <td>26 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pruitts_of_Southampton" title="The Pruitts of Southampton">The Pruitts of Southampton</a></i></td> <td>Regina</td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(TV_series)" title="Batman (TV series)">Batman</a></i></td> <td>Newscaster</td> <td>1 episode, Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967</td> <td><i>Around the World of Mike Todd</i></td> <td>Herself</td> <td>TV movie documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Over-the-Hill_Gang" title="The Over-the-Hill Gang">The Over-the-Hill Gang</a></i></td> <td>Cassie</td> <td>TV movie, (final film role) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Squares" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hollywood Squares">The Hollywood Squares</a></i></td> <td>Herself - Panelist</td> <td>114 episodes </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recordings">Recordings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;">Recordings </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1960</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=An_Evening_with_Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="An Evening with Gypsy Rose Lee (page does not exist)">An Evening with Gypsy Rose Lee</a></i></td> <td>LP record</td> <td>AEI Records </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962</td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee_Remembers_Burlesque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gypsy Rose Lee Remembers Burlesque (page does not exist)">Gypsy Rose Lee Remembers Burlesque</a></i></td> <td>LP record</td> <td>Stereoddities </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_G-String_Murders" title="The G-String Murders">The G-String Murders</a></i> (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1941).</li> <li><i>Mother Finds a Body</i> (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memoir">Memoir</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Memoir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Gypsy:_A_Memoir" title="Gypsy: A Memoir">Gypsy: A Memoir</a></i> (New York: Harper & Bros., 1957)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plays">Plays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Plays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Genius" title="The Naked Genius">The Naked Genius</a></i> (1943) (filmed and released as <i><a href="/wiki/Doll_Face" title="Doll Face">Doll Face</a></i> in 1946). Her original title for the play was <i>The Ghost in the Woodpile</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Abbott (2012) presents a photocopy of an apparently non-certified certificate of live birth with some handwritten parts, from the King County Health Department, Record# 193, File # 1388, indicates January 8, 1911, although Lee always gave January 9 as her date of birth.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Abbott1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Abbott1_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Abbott1_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Abbott1_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Karen Abbott (2010) <i>American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare, The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee</i>, New York: Random House; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4000-6691-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-4000-6691-3">1-4000-6691-3</a>; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/608296594">608296594</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.legacy.com/news/legends-and-legacies/the-untalented-gypsy-rose-lee/430/">Birthdate given as January 8</a>, legacy.com; accessed September 16, 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Abbott2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Abbott2_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Abbott2_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAbbott2012" class="citation book cs1">Abbott, Karen (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZjUYn60itMYC&pg=PA405"><i>American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee</i></a>. Random House. p. 405. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8129-7851-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8129-7851-3"><bdi>978-0-8129-7851-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Rose%3A+A+Nation+Laid+Bare%3A+The+Life+and+Times+of+Gypsy+Rose+Lee&rft.pages=405&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-8129-7851-3&rft.aulast=Abbott&rft.aufirst=Karen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZjUYn60itMYC%26pg%3DPA405&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGypsy+Rose+Lee" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vanity-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-vanity_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vanity_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vanity_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vanity_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vanity_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Laura_Jacobs" title="Laura Jacobs">Laura Jacobs</a> (March 2003) "Taking it all off", <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i>, Vol. 511, p. 198.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"This is a story of three women whose dreams clashed" (July 16, 1980), <i>Boston Globe</i>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Noralee Frankel (2009) <i>Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee</i>, Oxford University Press US; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-536803-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-536803-1">978-0-19-536803-1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Erik Lee Preminger (2004) <i>My G-string mother: and home and backstage with Gypsy Rose Lee</i>, Frog Books; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58394-096-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58394-096-9">978-1-58394-096-9</a>, p. 186.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">King County Department of Executive Services, Records and Licensing Division, Marriage Returns, 1891–1947, Marriage Certificates, 1855–1990, Office of the Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/">Digital Archives</a>, Source: King County Auditor, Marriage Certificates, 1855–1969; Marriage Returns, 1891–1947. King County Archives, Seattle, WA.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 – March 31, 1925; Roll #: 2708; Volume #: Roll 2708 - Certificates: 513300-513899, February 12–14, 1925; Ancestry.com (U.S. Passport Applications, 1795–1925).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ancestry.com. Washington, Marriage Records, 1865–2004 from Washington State Archives. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Archives.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Helen Welshimer (February 14, 1937) "Burlesque's strippers graduate to Broadway", <i>Laredo Times</i>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">TX</a>, p. 13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fisher, Harry (1998) <i>Comrades: Tales of a Brigadista in the Spanish Civil War</i>, p. 10, University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-80322-006-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-80322-006-5">978-0-80322-006-5</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497346/">"Gypsy Rose Lee"</a>, IMDb.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=5686">Profile</a>, historylink.org; accessed August 7, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tippins, Sherill. <i>February House: The Story of W. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 28,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TV.com&rft.atitle=What%27s+My+Line%3F%3A+EPISODE+%234&rft.au=TV.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tv.com%2Fshows%2Fwhats-my-line%2Fepisode-4-92409%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGypsy+Rose+Lee" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Oakland Tribune, 4 November 1943</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gypsy_Rose_Lee&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPreminger1984" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Erik_Lee_Preminger" title="Erik Lee Preminger">Preminger, Erik Lee</a> (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/gypsymeathome00prem"><i>Gypsy & Me: At Home and on the Road with Gypsy Rose Lee</i></a>. Boston: Little, Brown. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-316-71776-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-316-71776-2"><bdi>978-0-316-71776-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/10877424">10877424</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gypsy+%26+Me%3A+At+Home+and+on+the+Road+with+Gypsy+Rose+Lee&rft.place=Boston&rft.pub=Little%2C+Brown&rft.date=1984&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F10877424&rft.isbn=978-0-316-71776-2&rft.aulast=Preminger&rft.aufirst=Erik+Lee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgypsymeathome00prem&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGypsy+Rose+Lee" class="Z3988"></span> Reprinted as <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZwKTFdIE5sC"><i>My G-String Mother: At Home and Backstage with Gypsy Rose Lee</i></a>. Berkeley, Calif.: Frog. 2003. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58394-096-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58394-096-9"><bdi>978-1-58394-096-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/671810568">671810568</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=My+G-String+Mother%3A+At+Home+and+Backstage+with+Gypsy+Rose+Lee&rft.place=Berkeley%2C+Calif.&rft.pub=Frog&rft.date=2003&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F671810568&rft.isbn=978-1-58394-096-9&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7ZwKTFdIE5sC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGypsy+Rose+Lee" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrankel2009" class="citation book cs1">Frankel, Noralee (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=O2xxhFcOXfwC"><i>Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee</i></a>. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-536803-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-536803-1"><bdi>978-0-19-536803-1</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/223876642">223876642</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Stripping+Gypsy%3A+The+Life+of+Gypsy+Rose+Lee&rft.place=Oxford%3B+New+York&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F223876642&rft.isbn=978-0-19-536803-1&rft.aulast=Frankel&rft.aufirst=Noralee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DO2xxhFcOXfwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGypsy+Rose+Lee" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAbbott2010" class="citation book cs1">Abbott, Karen (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/americanrosenati0000abbo"><i>American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee</i></a>. New York: Random House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4000-6691-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4000-6691-9"><bdi>978-1-4000-6691-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/608296594">608296594</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Rose%3A+A+Nation+Laid+Bare%3A+The+Life+and+Times+of+Gypsy+Rose+Lee&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=2010&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F608296594&rft.isbn=978-1-4000-6691-9&rft.aulast=Abbott&rft.aufirst=Karen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Famericanrosenati0000abbo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGypsy+Rose+Lee" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrom2010" class="citation book cs1">Strom, Robert (2010). <i>Lady of Burlesque: The Career of Gypsy Rose Lee</i>. 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