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Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970

LC control no.n 82260605
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LC classificationPS3523.E3324
Personal name headingLee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970
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Variant(s)Hovick, Rose Louise, 1914-1970
Birth date[1911-01-08,1914]
Death date1970-04-26
Place of birthSeattle (Wash.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Profession or occupationEntertainers
Found inHer The G-string murders, 1984: CIP t.p. (Gypsy Rose Lee) data sheet (1914-1970) prelim. p. (b. Rose Louise Hovick)
American rose, 2011: ECIP t.p. (Gypsy Rose Lee; b. 1914; d. 1970; Rose Louise Hovick (name at birth); worked in vaudeville and burlesque, starred in five Hollywood movies, wrote for the New Yorker, published two novels, headlined at the 1940 New York World's Fair, performed as a stripper best known for keeping her clothes on)
Wikipedia, viewed 17 May 2021: Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911, Seattle; always gave January 9 as her date of birth; died April 26, 1970, Los Angeles; 1957 memoir adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy)
New York Public Library. Archives and Manuscripts web site, viewed 17 May 2021: Gypsy Rose Lee papers (Gypsy Rose Lee; burlesque star, actress, author, and television personality; born Rose Louise Hovick, January 9, 1914, Seattle; died of lung cancer, April 26, 1970, at the age of 56)