Which show was based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee?
Gypsy Rose Lee Gypsy Rose Lee Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer and vedette famous for her striptease act. Also an actress, author, and playwright, was adapted into the 1959 stage musical "". Gypsy Rose Lee was born in Seattle, Washington, on January 8, 1911; however, she always gave January 9 as her date of birth. She was known as Louise to her family. Her sister, actress June Havoc, was born in 1912. Their mother, Rose Thompson Hovick, forged various birth certificates for each of her daughters—older when needed to
Gypsy Rose Lee Broadway, opposite Gene Kelly. Lee performed an abbreviated version of her act (intellectual recitation and all) in the 1943 film "Stage Door Canteen". Her routine starts at about 1 hour 29 minutes into the film and lasts about six minutes. In 1941, Lee authored a mystery thriller called "The G-String Murders", which was made into the sanitized 1943 film, "Lady of Burlesque" starring Barbara Stanwyck. While some assert this was in fact ghost-written by Craig Rice, there are those who claim that there is more than sufficient written evidence in the form of manuscripts and Lee's own correspondence to prove