Famous burlesque dancers

German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 3095. Photo: Becker & Maas, Berlin. Publicity still for Die Tänzerin/The Dancer (Georg Jacoby, 1915). Leopoldine Konstantin (1886-1965) was a famous Austrian theatre and film character actress, who worked for years with director Max Reinhardt. She played Claude Rains' dominant mother in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Notorious (1946). It was her sole Hollywood role. Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstantin was born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary…

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Burlesque dancer, Zorita (1942)

Sally Rand (April 3, 1904[1] – August 31, 1979) was a burlesque dancer and actress, most noted for her ostrich feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance. She also performed under the name Billie Beck. Early life Hattie Helen Gould Beck was born in the village of Elkton, Hickory County, Missouri.[2] Her father, William Beck, was a West Point graduate and retired U.S. Army colonel, while her mother, Nettie (Grove) Beck, was a school teacher and part-time newspaper correspondent.[3] The family…

From Gypsy Rose Lee to Dita Von Teese, the stars of burlesque have transformed it time and again, from bawdy to scandalous to the art form it is today

LIFE celebrates Gypsy Rose Lee's life and career with a selection of pictures from May 1949.

Dita von Teese in her trademark martini glass designed by Stacia Dunnam

Kimtortion for Sugar Blue Burlesque. Taken by David Woolley Kimtortion: www.kimtortion.com. Sugar Blue Burlesque: www.sugarblueburlesque.com

Vintage Photos of Cabaret Dancers from 1900–1930

Page 1 of 24 - Burlesque, pin up, showgirl, Cabaret and vaudeville Thread - posted in General Chin Wagging: This is the thread for lovers of burlesque, pin up art, photography and models, vintage fashion, stage costume, macabre theater, all things kitsch, fashion with sparkles, sequins, feathers, glitter, overcoats with tails, circus, showgirls, las vegas shows and anything else you feel fits into that description WARNING: Keep it clean please, no nudity or vulgar displays of dodginess…