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- From my archives.
Couldn't find out much about Hope, just a couple of info-bits.
- Here's a tidbit from a google search -- Printed in the Daily Student of June 15, 1947
"... Eddie Kaplan has unearthed a new strip by the name and title of Hope Diamond - The Gem of the Exotics ..."
- From my archives, with newspaper ad. She was billed as "The Gem of Exotics".
- From my archives. One of Hope's promo brochures.
It seems that Hope Diamond lost a hubby to another stripper, the famous Belly Dancer Nejla Ates.
Here's some info from Nejla's bio page on the GLAMOUR GIRLS OF THE SILVERSCREEN:
- October 60 -- [Nejla] will figure in the divorce case tossed by stripper Hope Diamond against her husband, crooner Bobby Colt.
- 5 April 61 -- Hope Diamond wins a legal separation from her husband in New York on grounds that he deserted her for Nejla. Hope Diamond and Bobby Colt have a one-year-old son.
According to the book Burlesque By Jane Briggeman, Hope Diamond was from New Jersey.
A few more pix from my archives...
- Hope Diamond The Gem of the Exotics -- big 11x17 print for sale
Be sure to read my post: Leona Beldini - aka Hope Diamond, Stripper?, for the surprising update on Hope Diamond.
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