Gypsy Rose Lee net worth is
$13 Million
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Gypsy Rose Lee (February 9, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer famous for her striptease act. She was also an actress, author, and playwright whose 1957 memoir was made into the stage musical and film Gypsy.
Full Name | Gypsy Rose Lee |
Net Worth | $13 Million |
Date Of Birth | January 8, 1911 |
Died | April 26, 1970, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | Seattle, Washington, USA |
Height | 1.73 m |
Occupation | Actress, author, playwright, dancer, entertainer |
Profession | Actor, Pin-up model, Stripper, Author, Musical performer, Playwright, Screenwriter, Dancer |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Julio De Diego, Alexander Kirkland, Robert Mizzy |
Children | Erik Lee Preminger |
Parents | Rose Thompson Hovick, John Hovick |
Siblings | June Havoc |
Nicknames | Gypsy Rose Lee, Lee, Gypsy Rose |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0497346 |
Movies | Gypsy, Lady of Burlesque, Screaming Mimi, The Trouble with Angels, The Stripper, Stage Door Canteen, The Over-the-Hill Gang, Belle of the Yukon, Wind Across the Everglades, Babes in Bagdad, Ali Baba Goes to Town, You Can't Have Everything, Battle of Broadway, My Lucky Star, Sally, Irene and Mary, Wh... |
TV Shows | The Pruitts of Southampton, Think Fast |
Star Sign | Capricorn |
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1 | If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly... very slowly. |
2 | Men aren't attracted to me by my mind. They're attracted by what I don't mind. |
3 | I have everything I had twenty years ago--except now it's all lower. |
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1 | After she was diagnosed with lung cancer she reconciled with her sister June. |
2 | Her father was of Norwegian descent. Her mother was of British Isles and German ancestry. |
3 | Portrayed by Natalie Wood in Gypsy (1962) and even appeared on set to give Wood advice on how to perform the stripper dance routines. In real life Wood was actually eight inches shorter than the real Gypsy Rose Lee. |
4 | Sister-in-law of William Spier. |
5 | In Gypsy (1962), Rosalind Russell portrayed Gypsy Rose Lee's mother. In The Trouble with Angels (1966), Russell appeared with Lee. |
6 | Parents: John Hovick and Rose Thompson Hovick. |
7 | Her mother Rose died from colon cancer in 1954. |
8 | Like her mother, Lee was married three times. |
9 | The walls of her Los Angeles home were adorned with pictures by Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, and Dorothea Tanning, all of which were reportedly gifts to her by the artists themselves. |
10 | Although she was a "stripper," she never actually got undressed. |
11 | She had many pets, including cats, turtles, guinea pigs, and Chinese crested dogs. |
12 | When she was diagnosed with cancer in 1969, she called it "a present from mother". |
13 | At one of her weddings, Gypsy had a chimpanzee as a ring bearer. |
14 | Aunt of April Kent. |
15 | In the 1940s, Gypsy Rose Lee was in love with the theatrical impresario Michael Todd, who produced two Broadway shows starring Lee ("Star and Garter" and "The Naked Genius"). She married Alexander Kirkland in 1942 in an attempt to make the already-married Todd jealous. They divorced in 1944. While married to Kirkland, she had a brief fling with Otto Preminger. The fruit of their affair was a boy named Erik Lee, who has been known successively as Erik Kirkland, Erik de Diego, and Erik Lee Preminger. |
16 | Mother of Erik Lee Preminger. |
17 | Gypsy Rose started dancing and stripping at burlesque houses at the age of 15 with the assistance of fellow dancer "Tessie The Tassel Twirler." She retired from burlesque 8 years later to appear in films but documented her rise to fame and adventurous relationship with her mother in the autobiographical book, "Gypsy." |
18 | Older sister of June Havoc. |
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Over-the-Hill Gang | 1969 | TV Movie | Cassie |
The Name of the Game | 1968 | TV Series | Rosetta Stewart |
The Gypsy Rose Lee Show | 1967 | TV Series | Hostess |
Batman | 1966 | TV Series | Newscaster |
The Phyllis Diller Show | 1966 | TV Series | Regina |
The Trouble with Angels | 1966 | | Mrs. Phipps |
Who Has Seen the Wind? | 1965 | TV Movie | Proprietress |
Burke's Law | 1964 | TV Series | Miss Bumpsy Cathcart |
The Stripper | 1963 | | Madame Olga |
Wind Across the Everglades | 1958 | | Mrs. Bradford |
Screaming Mimi | 1958 | | Joann 'Gypsy' Masters |
The United States Steel Hour | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Lorraine Anderson / Wendy Graves |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1956 | TV Series | Saloon Girl |
Babes in Bagdad | 1952 | | Zohara |
Belle of the Yukon | 1944 | | Belle De Valle |
Stage Door Canteen | 1943 | | Gypsy Rose Lee |
My Lucky Star | 1938 | | Marcelle La Verne (as Louise Hovick) |
Battle of Broadway | 1938 | | Linda Lee (as Louise Hovick) |
Sally, Irene and Mary | 1938 | | Joyce Taylor (as Louise Hovick) |
Ali Baba Goes to Town | 1937 | | Sultana / Louise Hovick (as Louise Hovick) |
You Can't Have Everything | 1937 | | Lulu Riley (as Louise Hovick) |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Gypsy | 1993 | TV Movie book "Gypsy, A Memoir" - uncredited | |
Gypsy | 1962 | from the memoirs of | |
Doll Face | 1945 | play "The Naked Genius" - as Louise Hovick | |
Lady of Burlesque | 1943 | novel "The G-String Murders" | |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Screaming Mimi | 1958 | performer: "Put the Blame on Mame" - uncredited | |
Belle of the Yukon | 1944 | performer: "Every Girl Is Different" | |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Allen Ludden's Gallery | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
Della | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Herself |
The Hollywood Squares | 1968-1969 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
The Steve Allen Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
Gypsy | 1965-1967 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
Around the World of Mike Todd | 1967 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
What's My Line? | 1950-1967 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Panelist |
The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
That Regis Philbin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
The Object Is | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
The New Steve Allen Show | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
Fractured Flickers | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1962 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Host |
Stump the Stars | 1962 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Panelist |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1958-1961 | TV Series | Herself |
Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
Main Event | 1961 | TV Movie | Herself - Guest |
Celebrity Talent Scouts | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
The Big Party | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
You Asked for It | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
Brains & Brawn | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
The Arthur Murray Party | 1957 | TV Series | Herself |
I've Got a Secret | 1957 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Guest |
Person to Person | 1957 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Name's the Same | 1953 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Contestant |
Okay, Mother | 1950 | TV Series | Herself |
Think Fast | 1949 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6351 Hollywood Blvd. |
Known for movies
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