Burlesque Babes Zazzle Items

Check out Burlesque Babes Shop gift items on Zazzle. See the "Logo Girls", Sally the Shape, and Betty "Blue Eyes" Howard, as well as FiFi Paree, Venus Love and Lady Zorro. They're on ties, keychains, and fun cut-out stand-up sculptures ~ paper dolls for grown-ups! More goodies to come! What great gift ideas!


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Enjoy The Labor Day Holiday


I hope everyone has a pleasant weekend.
I am almost recovered from my dental nightmare, and will be back to posting on Tuesday.

Sidelined

I've been sidelined the last few days with a toothache. I'm recovering from the extraction ordeal, and should be back to posting again soon. --Marianne

Chantel Capri

The Burlesque Babes Blog presents the lovely Chantel Capri.


  • She was billed as THE ENCHANTING SMOOTH BEAUTY
  • Above and below, from my archives, with newspaper ad.
  • "Click the Pic"


I could not find any bio/history or other online references to any vintage Burlesque stripper named Chantel Capri, so if you have any info, memories, or stories to share, please email me. Thanks!


See more of my great prints today in my online shop-- BURLESQUE BABES, with 100's of Sexy Burlesque Stripper photos printed from my huge vintage photograph collection.

Carmella

The Burlesque Babes Blog presents the lovely Carmella ~ The Sophia Loren of Burlesque! ~ The Torrid Twister


  • From my archives, with newspaper ad.
  • I'm pretty sure that the gal pictured in the newspaper ad is Princess Lahoma, but I guess they figured the guys wouldn't notice, or care?
  • All of the items above and below were in the same folder in the Rose La Rose archives. But I just wonder, are they even the same girl???
  • The ones above say she was The Sophia Loren of Burlesk
  • In the ones below, she looks different, and is touted as 1959's Miss Italy.
  • However, I couldn't find anything to prove the claim. Here's a great website with lots of photos of the 1959 Miss Universe contest (in Long Beach, Calif.) -- Miss Universe 1959
    Photo Gallery    , that has pix of 1959 Miss italy.
  • And this website, The Dish On The Universe / The Fabulous 1950's, says 1959 Miss Italy was "Maria Grazia Buccella, a voluptuous (38-21½-34½) Italian blonde with a Marilyn Monroe wiggle walk..."



  • After doing this research, I found a June, 2006 article in the VIEW NEWS, which I think holds more of the truth, and no mention of Miss Italy.
  • The reporter talked to Jane Briggeman, of the Burlesque Historical Society.
  • And they talked to the woman pictured below, Carmela Rickman.


  • Excerpted from the article:
  • Jane Briggeman, founder of the Golden Days of Burlesque Historical Society ... annual reunion for old-time burlesque dancers ... One of those women is Sunrise resident Carmela Rickman, 76, who was once known as the Sophia Loren of Burlesk ... When she started dancing, Rickman was known as Carmela the Torrid Twister, but her agent encouraged her to change her stage name to Carmela, the Sophia Loren of Burlesk.
  • The article goes on and is interesting, with Carmela's memories, but she never mentions Italy or beauty pageants, and says she was born in the U.S.
  • Perhaps there were 2 gals who performed as Carmella, at different times, and they were both filed in the same folder...? But the only confirmed Carmella info I found show the beauty that I have in my shop:





If you have any info, memories, or stories to share, please email me. Thanks!

See more of my great prints today in my online shop-- BURLESQUE BABES, with 100's of Sexy Burlesque Stripper photos printed from my huge vintage photograph collection.



Fraulein Von Manuela

Today Burlesque Babes presents the lovely Fraulein Von Manuela, West Berlin's Exotic Sensation.


I could not find any bio/history or other online references to any vintage Burlesque stripper named Fraulein Von Manuela, so if you have any info, memories, or stories to share, please email me. Thanks!

See more of my great prints today in my online shop-- BURLESQUE BABES, with 100's of Sexy Burlesque Stripper photos printed from my huge vintage photograph collection.

FiFi Paree

Today Burlesque Babes presents the lovely, "The Unpredictable Sophisticated" ... FiFi Paree.


From my archives.

Click the pic to enlarge it.

I could not find any bio/history or other online references to any vintage Burlesque stripper named FiFi Paree, so if you have any info, memories, or stories to share, please email me. Thanks!

See more of my great prints today in my online shop-- BURLESQUE BABES, with 100's of Sexy Burlesque Stripper photos printed from my huge vintage photograph collection.


Miss Fascination

Today Burlesque Babes presents the lovely Miss Fascination.


  • POETRY IN MOTION -- From my archives.


  • From my archives.

  • As IRRESISTABLE CLEOPATRA -- From my archives.


  • She was in: Judy's Little No-No (1969), available at Turner Classic Movies
  • Their description:
  • "Nudity, mystery and a nice little chainsaw massacre are the hallmarks of this Florida wonder about an exotic, not-so tiny dancer who finds herself chased by Cuban thugs after hiding a stolen ruby in her nightclub dressing room. The trek continues to the Bahamas, then back to Miami, where such acts as Mora ("the Bahama Mama"), Miss Fascination and Zorita perform amidst all the espionage hullabaloo."




I could not find any bio/history or other online references to any vintage Burlesque stripper named Miss Fascination, so if you have any info, memories, or stories to share, please email me. Thanks!

See more of my great prints today in my online shop-- BURLESQUE BABES, with 100's of Sexy Burlesque Stripper photos printed from my huge vintage photograph collection.

Ecstasy

Today Burlesque Babes presents the lovely Ecstasy.

Her real name was Charlotte Ball.



  • From my archives.


  • From my archives, with newspaper ad.


  • Her promo-photo collage, from my archives.


  • One of her promo /press/ newsclippings / collage posters. From my archives.

Ecstasy performed in the 1960s. Read more press quotes about her on Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen site's Ecstasy page (see more pix, too).

  • Example:
  • 1963 -- columnist Earl Wilson reports that "a blonde stripper in Ann Corio's This was Burlesque calls herself merely 'Ecstasy'..."




I could not find any more bio/history online references to any vintage Burlesque stripper named Ecstasy, so if you have any info, memories, or stories to share, please email me. Thanks!

See more of my great prints today in my online shop-- BURLESQUE BABES, with 100's of Sexy Burlesque Stripper photos printed from my huge vintage photograph collection.

Dawn Star ~ Laura Lee

Today Burlesque Babes presents the lovely Dawn Star.


  • From my archives. Click the pic to enlarge it.
  • Apparently she also performed as Laura Lee.


I could not find any bio/history or other online references to any vintage Burlesque stripper named Dawn Star, or Laura Lee, so if you have any info, memories, or stories to share, please email me. Thanks!

See more of my great prints today in my online shop-- BURLESQUE BABES, with 100's of Sexy Burlesque Stripper photos printed from my huge vintage photograph collection.


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