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Gypsy: A Musical Fable is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. It is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee , and focuses on her mother, Rose , whose name has become synonymous with "the ultimate show business mother ."
Natalie Wood as Gypsy Rose Lee Rosalind Russell as "Mama Rose" Hovick. Gypsy is a 1962 American musical film produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.The screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass is based on the book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable by Arthur Laurents, which was adapted from the 1957 autobiography Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee.
June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American actress. [2] She began her career by making her Broadway debut in the musical Gypsy (1959). Her film debut was in the Woody Allen romantic comedy Alice (1990).
Sandra Church (born January 13, 1937) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance as the original Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy (1959), [1] for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Early in her career, (when she was still known as Merle Letowt), she played "Thelma" in the original cast of Gypsy (1959). Eventually, she moved up to the lead role of "Dainty June", playing it for much of the Broadway run and on the first national tour. [1] Louise returned to Broadway in Company (1970) as "Susan".
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 .
[2] [3] He received some attention in Broadway musicals for his roles in West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). [4] [5] In the film adaptation of West Side Story (1961) he was cast as A-rab. [6] It became the highest grossing motion picture of that year, and won 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. [7] [8]
Gypsy is a 1993 American made-for-television biographical musical comedy-drama film directed by Emile Ardolino. The teleplay by Arthur Laurents is an adaptation of his book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy , which was based on the 1957 autobiography Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee .