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Television Actress, Comedian / 1911 - 1989
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Dancer, Pin-up / 1911 - 1970
Gypsy Rose Lee rose from an early life in vaudeville to America's most famed burlesque performers, becoming the subject of the Broadway show Gypsy.
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