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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 8, 1911
Died
April 26, 1970
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- Louise Hovick
- Rose Louise
- Rose Louise Hovick
Gypsy Rose Lee
1.7 Popularity
Biography
Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper and vedette famous for her striptease act. Also an actress, author, and playwright, her 1957 memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy which inspired the 1962 musical comedy-drama film Gypsy. From Wikipedia.
Known For
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim
2013
1.0
Herself (archive footage)
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
2004
0.0
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
6.2
Self (archive footage)
Gypsy
1993
6.1
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
5.6
Cassie
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
6.8
Rosetta Stewart
The Name of the Game
1968
6.0
Self
Around the World of Mike Todd
1968
6.7
Mrs. Mabel Dowling Phipps
The Trouble with Angels
1966
6.0
Miss Bumpsy Cathcart
Burke's Law
1963
Credits
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.1
Striptease: The Greatest Exotic Dancers of All Time
as Herself (archive footage)
2004
1.0
Bogart: The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997
0.0
Gypsy
as Self (archive footage)
1993
6.2
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
The Over the Hill Gang
as Cassie
1969
5.6
The Name of the Game
as Rosetta Stewart
1968
6.8
Around the World of Mike Todd
as Self
1968
6.0
The Trouble with Angels
as Mrs. Mabel Dowling Phipps
1966
6.7
Burke's Law
as Miss Bumpsy Cathcart
1963
6.0
The Stripper
as Madame Olga
1963
4.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Hostess
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
🎬
The Big Party
as Self
1959
0.0
Wind Across the Everglades
as Mrs. Bradford
1958
5.9
Screaming Mimi
as Joann 'Gypsy' Masters
1958
4.8
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
5.6
Babes in Bagdad
as Zohara
1952
5.0
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
Belle of the Yukon
as Belle De Valle
1944
5.4
Stage Door Canteen
as Gypsy Rose Lee
1943
6.1
My Lucky Star
as Marcelle La Verne (as Louise Hovick)
1938
5.3
Battle of Broadway
as Linda Lee
1938
4.0
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Joyce Taylor
1938
6.0
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Sultana/Louise Hovick (billed as Louise Hovick)
1937
5.9
You Can't Have Everything
as Lulu Riley
1937
5.7