Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?

Self-proclaimed prude becomes Queen of Burlesque

Dry, deodorant, dry!

On January 9, 1911, legendary striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee was born as Rose Louise Hovick in Seattle, Washington. One of the most popular performers of the 1940s and 1950s, Gypsy was much more than a pretty girl who provocatively removed clothing. She was a brainy businesswoman who created a winning persona…