DELILAH JONES Delilah Jones was born in Nazi Germany and moved to North America when she was a young girl. She was 1959’s “most photographed pinup”, appearing in magazines and being photographed by Hollywood’s most well-known photographers. She became a burlesque performer in 1959 when she met Candy Barr and Tempest Storm. Delilah learned The […]
Camille 2000, Judith Stein and League of Exotique Dancers director Rama Rau join guest host Gill Deacon to discuss the glitzy world of burlesque, the gritty problems that lurked just beneath the surface, and why they bill the film as “an alternate history of feminism”. Watch now on CBC Q League of Exotique Dancers debuts […]
HOLIDAY O’HARA A Boston Girl Gone Bad; Holiday became a fan of burlesque at age eight when she learned about the pretty ladies in beautiful gowns performing in Boston’s “Combat Zone.” In 1968 at age 18 the opportunity to live her childhood dream appeared 3000 miles across the country in San Francisco. One evening while […]
GINA BON BON Born in Cuba, Gina Bon Bon began her burlesque career in 1965 in New York City as a dance in the chorus line of the Latin Fire All Latin Revue. She has since worked clubs and theaters all over the US, Canada and Guam, including a co-starring role in Burlesque USA alongside […]
LOVEY GOLDMINE Lovey is a trained singer, dancer and performer who after a successful burlesque run in North America, moved to Paris in the 1970’s to join the famous Crazy Horse Saloon’s chorus line. When she returned to the United States, she brought several Crazy Horse acts back to The Loser’s Club in Los Angeles. […]
KITTEN NATIVIDAD Born in Mexico, the eldest of nine children, Francesca Isabel Natividad moved to the US as a young girl. Before turning to go-go dancing, Kitten worked as maid and cook for actress Stella Stevens and a key punch operator for IBM. Fellow dancer Shari Eubank introduced her to filmmaker Russ Meyer who hired […]
Saskatoon’s big premiere of the Burlesque Documentary that steamed up the Hot Docs in Toronto this year!
Marinka began her career in showbiz in 1960 as a show girl. She then moved on to working in nightclubs, performing as a belly dancer and exotic dancer. When she began working at a Toledo theatre, burlesque legend Rose La Rose convinced her to become a feature burlesque act, passing on one of her signature […]
“I’ll do something they can’t do!” Miss Toni Elling, hailing from Detroit, Michigan is an iconic figure of modern burlesque. She is hailed as a trailblazer dancing as a mature woman of colour. ”America’s Foremost Sepia Singing Ecdysiast” also wove her musical talents into her performances. Her friendship with jazz great Duke Ellington earned her […]
In her twenty years as a headlining artist, Camille 2000 worked with many of burlesque’s most notable talents, including choreographer Paul Markoff, costumers Simon Sorr and Hedy Jo Star. Having established herself as a glamorous “traditional” feature, Camille went on to push the envelope with her performances, introducing audiences to a more aggressive (some might […]
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