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Additional authors

1. Swimmer, Jeff
2. Guss, Alison
3. Emond, Linda
4. Preminger, Erik Lee
5. Hyde, April
6. Kreuger, Miles
7. Shteir, Rachel
8. Barty, Billy
9. Elkins, Hillard
10. Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017
11. Todd, Michael, Jr., 1929-2002
12. Dorf, Erica
13. Laurents, Arthur
14. Diller, Phyllis
15. Buttons, Red, 1919-2006
16. Allen, Steve, 1921-2000
17. Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970.
18. Arts & Entertainment Network.
19. History Channel (Television network), producer.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (45 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. The life and career of stripper, actress, author and TV talk show hostess Gypsy Rose Lee (1914-1970) is examined through a combination of archival footage and interviews with family members, theater scholars, employees and fellow show business professionals who knew and worked with her. Gypsy Rose Lee's relationships with colleagues Michael Todd and Otto Preminger, and with her mother Rose Thompson, are discussed. Also explored is the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy, based on Ms. Lee's autobiography, and the impact the show had on the relationship between Gypsy Rose Lee and her sister, actress June Havoc.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of A&E Television Networks.

Series statement

1. Biography

Subject

1. Vaudeville > United States
2. Theater > United States
3. Diller, Phyllis > Interviews
4. Shteir, Rachel > Interviews
5. Havoc, June
6. Preminger, Erik Lee > Interviews
7. Television
8. Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970 > Friends and associates
9. Laurents, Arthur > Interviews
10. Buttons, Red, 1919-2006 > Interviews
11. Thompson, Rose
12. Todd, Michael, Jr., 1929-2002 > Interviews
13. Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 > Interviews
14. Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970 > Family
15. Todd, Mike, 1909-1958
16. Documentaries and factual works
17. Hefner, Hugh M (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017 > Interviews
18. Documentary television programs > United States
19. Elkins, Hillard > Interviews
20. Hyde, April > Interviews
21. Stripteasers > United States
22. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 > Gypsy
23. Dorf, Erica > Interviews
24. Preminger, Otto
25. Kreuger, Miles > Interviews
26. Barty, Billy > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Documentaries and factual works.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 1553

Note

1. Originally aired in 1998 as an episode of the A&E Biography series on the History Channel.
2. Credits at end of tape.

Performer (note)

1. Narrator: Linda Emond.
2. Interviews: Erik Preminger, April Hyde, Miles Kreuger, Rachel Shteir, Billy Barty, Hillard Elkins, Hugh Hefner, Michael Todd Jr., Erica Dorf, Arthur Laurents, Phyllis Diller, Red Buttons, Steve Allen.
3. Featuring Gypsy Rose Lee (archival footage).

Title

1. Gypsy Rose Lee : naked ambition [videorecording] / Produced and written by Jeff Swimmer ; senior producer, Alison Guss ; A&E Biography produced by History Television Network Productions, H-TV.

Imprint

1. New York, c1998.

Series

1. Biography

Performer

1. Narrator: Linda Emond.
2. Interviews: Erik Preminger, April Hyde, Miles Kreuger, Rachel Shteir, Billy Barty, Hillard Elkins, Hugh Hefner, Michael Todd Jr., Erica Dorf, Arthur Laurents, Phyllis Diller, Red Buttons, Steve Allen.
3. Featuring Gypsy Rose Lee (archival footage).

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Swimmer, Jeff, producer.
2. Guss, Alison, producer.
3. Emond, Linda, narrator.
4. Preminger, Erik Lee, interviewee.
5. Hyde, April, interviewee.
6. Kreuger, Miles, interviewee.
7. Shteir, Rachel, interviewee.
8. Barty, Billy, interviewee.
9. Elkins, Hillard, interviewee.
10. Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017, interviewee.
11. Todd, Michael, Jr., 1929-2002, interviewee.
12. Dorf, Erica, interviewee.
13. Laurents, Arthur, interviewee.
14. Diller, Phyllis, interviewee.
15. Buttons, Red, 1919-2006, interviewee.
16. Allen, Steve, 1921-2000, interviewee.
17. Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970.
18. Arts & Entertainment Network.
19. History Channel (Television network), producer.

Research call number

1. NCOX 1553