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Donna Mae “Busty” Brown aka. “Miss Anatomy”..
burleskateer: Virginia Bell
burleskateer: Daphne Driessen
Gee Gee Joy
Dolores DuVaughn is featured in frames from an 8mm Burlesque short, entitled: “HULA GIRL”..More pics of Dolores can be found here..
Ada LeonardAda was the child of an actor Father and dancer Mother.. She learned to play both the cello and the piano, but never worked as a musician. Instead, she began her career in showbiz, as a Burlesque dancer.. But gained her largest fame by leading
Robin Jewell ..enjoying the Great Outdoors!
Terri “Cup Cake” O’Mason
Diana Miller
Virginia Bell ..prepares to work things out!
gmgallery: Lili St. Cyr (aka. Marie Van Schaack)Appearing here, in a publicity still for the 1953 film ‘STRIPORAMA’.. Produced by Martin Lewis, it would serve as the inspiration to Irving Klaw’s entries into the genre:
burleskateer: Irma The Body (aka. Mary Goodneighbor)
Tongolele (aka. Yolanda Montes)Appearing in a publicity still for the 1953 Mexican crime thriller: “El Mensaje de la Muerte”..
CupCake Cassidy ..bellies up to the bar!
Queen Estrela
Dixie Evans aka. “The Marilyn Monroe Of Burlesque”..From a very early Nudie-Cutie photo set..
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Velvet Solange aka. “The Eurasian Sex Kitten”..
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Blaze Starr ..always takes time to smell the Roses!More photos of Blaze can be found here..
Von Ray aka. “The Texas Tornado”..
Vivienne Morgan aka. “The Lady From Park Avenue”..
HAPPY HALLOWE’EN !!Vicki Palmer ..is comin’ to GET you!!
burleskateer: Frances DuBay (without Her Educated Stallion!) Miss DuBay did not spend her entire Burly-Q career performing onstage with a live horse.. She had a number of other popular dances, as well – One of which involved performing as a spooky
HAPPY HALLOWE’EN !!Donna Haynes aka. “Hollywood’s Favorite Vampire”..
HAPPY HALLOWE’EN !!Nadajan aka. “BEAUTY and the BEAST”..
Virginia Bell Photographed by — George K. Mann
burleskateer: Del Laval aka. “The Disrobetéque Go-Go Girl”..
Jacquie Brodie
Michele Marshall (aka. Bonnie Blue)
Ginger Britton Photographed by — George K. Mann
Patti StarrI’ve had this image file for a very long time.. The back of the photo has a stamp from Baltimore’s famed ‘Two O'Clock Club‘ with an inscription that reads: “One of Blaze Starr’s sisters..” I know of Blaze’s older sister Faye
Towards the end of her Burlesque career, dancer Mara Gaye did a number of Fetish Wear photoshoots.. This image is from one of those..
Lili St. Cyr (aka. Marie Van Schaack)
Carol Hill
Sunny Dare
RIP Burlesque Dancer "Novita," One of the Last Links to the Follies Theatre's Heyday
burleskateer: Press photo dated from the mid-70’s features a decidedly seedy view on the ‘RIALTO Theatre’ in Chicago.. By this time, classic Burlesque had all but disappeared; with most venues converting to porno theatres to survive..
Dixie Evans (aka. Mary Lee Evans) aka. “The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque”..Photographed by — George K. Mann
Lilly Christine aka. “The Cat Girl”..(aka. Martha Theresa Pompender)
Liz Renay Dancing on stage for patrons at an unidentified theatre, sometime during the 1970′s..
burleskateer: Zorita.. Striking a very glamorous pose in a promotional photo, dated October of 1940!
burleskateer: Gilda (aka. Shirley Jean Rickert Measures) Occasionally billed as: “The Our Gang Stripper”..
Honey Bee
burlesqueofhistory: (со страницы https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AwV6T39EHo) Baby Bubbles appears in a clip from the 1963 film: “Hollywood – WORLD Of FLESH”; as directed by Lee Frost.. Baby was a virtuoso tassel-twirler from Canada
White Fury ..and her Technicolor Beachball!
burleskateer: An unidentified showgirl makes a few last-minute preparations, before hitting the stage at the ‘El Capitan Theatre’ in Los Angeles.. From a photoshoot conducted by photographer Milton Lewis, in 1948..
Rosita San Juan “Sophisticated Interpretations”..
burleskateer: (Donna Mae) “Busty” Brown Serving up some “Sixgun Justice” from atop her Horsey..
Tempest Storm (aka. Annie Blanche Banks)Photographed by — Roy Kemp
Syra Marty adorns the cover of the December ‘54 issue of ‘MAN to MAN’ magazine; a popular 50’s-era Men’s Magazine..
Ricia Reynolds aka. “The long stemmed American Beauty!”..
Miss TopsyMore pics of Miss Topsy can be found here..
Lolita aka. “The Spanish Baby Doll”..
Dolly O’Day
Jeanine France aka. “The Eyefull Tower Girl”..
Amber Haze
Naughty Nanette