Gypsy Rose Lee Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Gypsy Rose Lee (February 9, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer famous for her striptease act. She was also an actress, author, and playwright whose 1957 memoir was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy.
Full Name
Gypsy Rose Lee
Net Worth
$13 Million
Date Of Birth
January 8, 1911
Died
April 26, 1970, Los Angeles, California, United States
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TV Shows
The Pruitts of Southampton, Think Fast
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Quote
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If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly... very slowly.
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Men aren't attracted to me by my mind. They're attracted by what I don't mind.
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I have everything I had twenty years ago--except now it's all lower.
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Fact
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After she was diagnosed with lung cancer she reconciled with her sister June.
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Her father was of Norwegian descent. Her mother was of British Isles and German ancestry.
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Portrayed by Natalie Wood in Gypsy (1962) and even appeared on set to give Wood advice on how to perform the stripper dance routines. In real life Wood was actually eight inches shorter than the real Gypsy Rose Lee.
In the 1940s, Gypsy Rose Lee was in love with the theatrical impresario Michael Todd, who produced two Broadway shows starring Lee ("Star and Garter" and "The Naked Genius"). She married Alexander Kirkland in 1942 in an attempt to make the already-married Todd jealous. They divorced in 1944. While married to Kirkland, she had a brief fling with Otto Preminger. The fruit of their affair was a boy named Erik Lee, who has been known successively as Erik Kirkland, Erik de Diego, and Erik Lee Preminger.
Gypsy Rose started dancing and stripping at burlesque houses at the age of 15 with the assistance of fellow dancer "Tessie The Tassel Twirler." She retired from burlesque 8 years later to appear in films but documented her rise to fame and adventurous relationship with her mother in the autobiographical book, "Gypsy."
