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Gypsy Rose Lee (1911–1970)

When most burlesque dancers and prehistoric strippers were awkwardly ripping off their garters, Gypsy Rose Lee was making a name for herself at Minsky’s Burlesque with her casual, witty send-up of the striptease. She owned the stage there for about four years, where she was often arrested in police raids; eventually Lee went on to make a few Hollywood films, sleep with some men of import, and write a memoir that earned her the devotion of theatergoing gay men the world over.

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