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The Burlesque Hall of Fame does not have a formal induction process. The museum is dedicated to celebrating and honoring the entire history of burlesque. A "Living Legend of the Year" award is presented annually during the BHOF Weekender to a performer who has made a significant contribution to burlesque history.
Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette, famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir, Gypsy: A Memoir, was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy.
Throughout her career, April March worked with other burlesque legends such as Lili St. Cyr, Blaze Starr, Rose La Rose and Ann Corio as well as famous burlesque comics such as Billy "Cheese and Crackers" Hagen, Lenny Ross and Jimmy Matthews. In 1961, April March was given the title "The First Lady of Burlesque".
Within a year, Gypsy was a sensation at the top burlesque theater in New York. "Eleven thousand people a week came to see her at Minsky's Republic in the beginning," said Abbott. "Gangsters ...
The theater, built in 1887, stood as a burlesque house until 1968 when it was razed for an urban renewal project. [1] In May 1968, weeks before its demolition, La Rose auctioned off memorabilia from the theater, including trunk loads of her own personal costumes from her early years in burlesque. [3]
Burlesque on Ben-Hur, c. 1900. A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. [1] The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which, in turn, is derived from the Italian burla – a joke, ridicule or mockery. [2] [3]
Kitten Natividad, 'Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens' Star and Burlesque Legend, Dies at 74 “As a filmmaker, distributor and First Amendment warrior, Russ Meyer is one of the last great ...
Evelyn West (January 30, 1921 – November 14, 2004 [1]), a.k.a. Evelyn "$50,000 Treasure Chest" West, and "The Hubba-Hubba Girl", was a vedette and burlesque legend of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Early years