Gypsy Rose Lee

AKA: Louise Hovick, Rose Louise, Rose Louise Hovick
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1911-01-08

Seattle, Washington, USA

Biography

Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper and vedette famous for her striptease act. Also an actress, author, and playwright, her 1957 memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy which inspired the 1962 musical comedy-drama film Gypsy. From Wikipedia.

Crew Roles

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Lady of Burlesque
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Doll Face
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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {28}

Joann 'Gypsy' Masters

1958-06-25 5.042

Screaming Mimi

A blonde night club dancer is being stalked. Will anyone believe her? ...
Genre :Thriller

Belle De Valle

1944-12-27 4.7

Belle of the Yukon

Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall. ...
Genre :Western, Comedy

Mrs. Mabel Dowling Phipps

1966-03-29 6.75

The Trouble with Angels

Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsu ...
Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Bradford

1958-09-11 6.1

Wind Across the Everglades

Set in the early 20th century, the film follows a game warden who arrives in Florida to enforce conservation laws. He soon finds himself pitted against Cottonmouth, the leader of a fierce group of bir ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Cassie

1969-07-06 5.6

The Over the Hill Gang

A retired Texas Ranger and three aged pals help to clean up a town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken judge and a trigger-happy sheriff. ...
Genre :Western, Comedy, TV Movie

Sultana/Louise Hovick (billed as Louise Hovick)

1937-10-29 5.895

Ali Baba Goes to Town

While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland ...
Genre :Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music

Linda Lee

1938-04-22 4.2

Battle of Broadway

The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance with a showgirl. Director George Marshall's 1938 comedy stars Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Comedy

Zohara

1952-12-07 5

Babes in Bagdad

The Kadi of Bagdad has harem troubles in this low budget comedy from Edgar Ulmer. ...
Genre :Comedy

Madame Olga

1963-06-19 4.7

The Stripper

An aging former movie starlet whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a small town where she's courted by an infatuated an ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Joyce Taylor

1938-03-04 6

Sally, Irene and Mary

Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Marcelle La Verne (as Louise Hovick)

1938-09-09 5.3

My Lucky Star

George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for L ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Lulu Riley

1937-08-02 5.7

You Can't Have Everything

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to im ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Gypsy Rose Lee

1943-06-24 5.853

Stage Door Canteen

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The sol ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance, War

Self (archive footage)

1993-12-12 6.4

Gypsy

Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Comedy, Drama, Music

Self (archive footage)

2013-12-09 7.1

Six by Sondheim

This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs. ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self (archive footage)

1975-08-06 5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression. ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1997-01-05 0

Bogart: The Untold Story

Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends and co-workers. ...
Genre :Documentary

Herself (archive footage)

2004-11-09 1

Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time

Performances of the greatest exotic dancers are collected here for the first time, from Little Egypt in 1893 to the great striptease headliners of the golden age of Burlesque. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1968-09-08 6

Around the World of Mike Todd

"Around the World with Mike Todd" serves as a summarization of the Todd's career, and his role in producing 'Around the World in 80 Days'. Numerous behind-the-scenes footage from the film. ...
Genre :Documentary, Adventure

Miss Bumpsy Cathcart

1963-09-20 6

Burke's Law

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1956-06-24 5.6

The Steve Allen Show

Genre :Comedy

Self - Co-Hostess

1961-12-11 5.375

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went in ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Rosetta Stewart

1968-09-20 6.8

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering w ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Self - Co-Host

1961-12-11 5.375

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went in ...
Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self

1959-10-08 0

The Big Party

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Self

1950-02-02 6.9

What's My Line?

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Self - Panelist

1950-02-02 6.9

What's My Line?

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Self

1957-07-29 7

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadc ...
Genre :Talk