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Preminger's birth name was Eric Lee Kirkland. [1] His true paternity was not known to him until he was an adult. He was named by his mother Gypsy Rose Lee and her then-husband, Alexander Kirkland. [2] His father was film director Otto Preminger. [3] [4] He was the only nephew of actress June Havoc, Gypsy Rose Lee's younger sister.
Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette, famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir, Gypsy: A Memoir , was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy .
Ellen June, Rose Louise (Gypsy), and mother Rose Hovick 1925 passport photo. Rose Evangeline Hovick (née Thompson; August 31, 1890 – January 28, 1954) was an American talent manager best known as the mother of two famous performing daughters: burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee and actress and dancer June Havoc.
For years, Rose dragged her children around the Vaudeville Circuit. June was the star, with Gypsy relegated to bit player. ... Founder Jo "Boobs" Weldon says Gypsy Rose Lee proved a stripper can ...
Musical based on burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee Rose is a persistent dominating stage mom. Lugging her daughters, June and Louise, across the country for most of their lives to a slew of gigs, in ...
“Gypsy,” which premiered in 1959 with music by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim is based on the memoirs of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee and her love-hate relationship with her ambitious and ...
June Havoc (born Ellen Evangeline Hovick; [2] November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010) [3] [4] was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, stage director and memoirist. [5]Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother Rose Thompson Hovick, born Rose Evangeline Thompson. [6]
While Gypsy-Rose Blanchard believes her late mother Dee Dee likely named her after famed 1930s burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, ... parks due to fraudulent claims her mother made to children's ...