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Gypsy Rose Lee : naked ambition

Title
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.
Publication
New York, c1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Swimmer, Jeff
  • Guss, Alison
  • Emond, Linda
  • Preminger, Erik Lee
  • Hyde, April
  • Kreuger, Miles
  • Shteir, Rachel
  • Barty, Billy
  • Elkins, Hillard
  • Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017
  • Todd, Michael, Jr., 1929-2002
  • Dorf, Erica
  • Laurents, Arthur
  • Diller, Phyllis
  • Buttons, Red, 1919-2006
  • Allen, Steve, 1921-2000
  • Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970.
  • Arts & Entertainment Network.
  • History Channel (Television network), producer.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (45 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
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
Gift of A&E Television Networks.
Series Statement
Biography
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual works.
  • Television.
Note
  • Originally aired in 1998 as an episode of the A&E Biography series on the History Channel.
  • Credits at end of tape.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator: Linda Emond.
  • 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.
  • Featuring Gypsy Rose Lee (archival footage).
Call Number
NCOX 1553
OCLC
NYPG01-F51
Title
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
New York, c1998.
Series
Biography
Performer
Narrator: Linda Emond.
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.
Featuring Gypsy Rose Lee (archival footage).
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Added Author
Swimmer, Jeff, producer.
Guss, Alison, producer.
Emond, Linda, narrator.
Preminger, Erik Lee, interviewee.
Hyde, April, interviewee.
Kreuger, Miles, interviewee.
Shteir, Rachel, interviewee.
Barty, Billy, interviewee.
Elkins, Hillard, interviewee.
Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926-2017, interviewee.
Todd, Michael, Jr., 1929-2002, interviewee.
Dorf, Erica, interviewee.
Laurents, Arthur, interviewee.
Diller, Phyllis, interviewee.
Buttons, Red, 1919-2006, interviewee.
Allen, Steve, 1921-2000, interviewee.
Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970.
Arts & Entertainment Network.
History Channel (Television network), producer.
Research Call Number
NCOX 1553
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