Lady of Burlesque

<p> A brilliant woman who happened to disrobe for a living Gypsy Rose Lee was commonly known as the intellectual stripper. Born Rose Louise Hovick in 1911 she had meager beginnings no formal education and a mentally ill stage mother who criticized and demeaned her daughter. Despite these hurdles Gypsy climbed to the peak of every career she tackled: she triumphed as an actress novelist playwright artist political activist and ultimately a star. Appendices cover Gypsy's will and estate the original production and Broadway revivals of her play Gypsy and complete filmographies and discographies. The book contains many rare and never-before-published photographs.</p>