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Gypsy Rose Lee (January 8, 1911〔(Birthdate given as January 8 ), legacy.com; accessed September 16, 2015.〕〔Karen Abbott (2010) ''American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare, The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee'', New York: Random House; ISBN 1-4000-6691-3; 〕〔 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer famous for her striptease act. She was also an actress, author, and playwright whose 1957 memoir was made into the stage musical and film ''Gypsy''. ==Early life== Gypsy Rose Lee was born in Seattle, Washington, on January 8, 1911,〔(Birthdate given as January 8 ), legacy.com; accessed September 16, 2015.〕〔Karen Abbott (2010) ''American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare, The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee'', New York: Random House; ISBN 1-4000-6691-3; 〕〔(''A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee'', based on research by author Karen Abbott, which includes a photocopy of an apparently non-certified certificate of live birth with some handwritten parts, from the King County Health Department, Record# 193, File # 1388, indicates January 8, 1911, although Lee always gave January 9 as her date of birth. )〕 as Rose Louise Hovick; she always gave January 9 as her date of birth.〔 Louise's sister, actress June Havoc, born Ellen June Hovick or Ellen Evangeline Hovick, was born on November 8, 1912. Their mother, Rose (née Rose Evangeline Thompson), daughter of Charles and Anna Thompson, forged various birth certificates for each of her daughters -- older when needed to evade varying state child labour laws, and younger for reduced or free train fares. The girls were unsure until later in life what their years of birth were.〔〔 Rose had married Norwegian-American, John Olaf Hovick, a newspaper advertising salesman and a reporter at ''The Seattle Times''.〔"This is a story of three women whose dreams clashed" (July 16, 1980), ''Boston Globe'', p. 1〕〔Noralee Frankel (2009) ''Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee'', Oxford University Press US; ISBN 0-19-536803-7; ISBN 978-0-19-536803-1〕〔Erik Lee Preminger (2004) ''My G-string mother: and home and backstage with Gypsy Rose Lee'', Frog Books; ISBN 1-58394-096-0, ISBN 978-1-58394-096-9, p. 186.〕 They married on May 28, 1910 in Seattle, Washington.〔 King County Department of Executive Services, Records and Licensing Division, Marriage Returns, 1891-1947, Marriage Certificates, 1855-1990, Office of the Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, (Digital Archives ), Source: King County Auditor, Marriage Certificates, 1855-1969; Marriage Returns, 1891-1947. King County Archives, Seattle, WA.〕 They divorced on August 20, 1915.〔National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 2708; Volume #: Roll 2708 - Certificates: 513300-513899, February 12–14, 1925; Ancestry.com (U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925)〕 Rose married her second husband, Judson Brennerman, a traveling salesman, on May 26, 1916 at a Unitarian church in Seattle, with the Rev J.D.A. Powers officiating.〔Ancestry.com. Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004 from Washington State Archives. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Archives.〕 After the divorce of Hovick and Thompson, June supported the family by appearing in vaudeville, being billed "Tiniest Toe Dancer in the World" when she was only 2½.〔 Rose and June went to Hollywood for two years where June appeared in short films directed by Hal Roach.〔 Louise was left behind while June and her mother were on the road. She had an elementary education, unlike June who was taught to read by stage-hands.〔 Much to her mother's displeasure, June eloped with Bobby Reed, a dancer in their act, in December 1928, and went on to pursue a brief career in marathon dancing, a more profitable vocation than tap dancing.〔Laura Jacobs (Mar 2003) "Taking it all off", ''Vanity Fair'', Vol. 511, p. 198.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gypsy Rose Lee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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