List of strippers
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Notable strippers of the past
- Ann CorioAnn CorioAnn Corio was a prominent American burlesque ecdysiast and actress. Unlike others in her profession, Ann Corio did not have a stage name.- Biography :...
(Her real name) - April March (Born Velma Fern Worden)
- Bernie BarkerBernie BarkerBernie Barker was recognized in July 2003 by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest male stripper. The former nuclear power plant worker and insurance salesman had taken up erotic dancing in 2000 at the age of 60 to keep in shape after surgery for the prostate cancer that would eventually...
, world's oldest male stripper - Blaze StarrBlaze StarrBlaze Starr is an American former stripper and American burlesque star. Her vivacious presence and inventive use of stage props earned her the nickname "The Hottest Blaze in Burlesque"...
(Born Fannie Belle Fleming) - Carol DodaCarol DodaCarol Ann Doda was a topless stripper in San Francisco, California in the 1960s through 1980s, one of the first of the era....
(Born Carol Ann Doda) - CharmionCharmionLaverie Vallee née Cooper , best known by her stage name Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman whose well-publicized suggestive performance was captured on film in 1901....
- Chesty MorganChesty MorganChesty Morgan is a Polish-born Jewish American exotic dancer who starred in two films directed by Doris Wishman.-Biography:An orphan, Morgan was sent from Poland to live in Ein Gev, a kibbutz in the British Mandate of Palestine, at the outbreak of World War II.Morgan married an American and moved...
(Born Ilona Wilczkowska) - Fanne FoxeFanne FoxeFanne Foxe was a stripper best known for being involved in a 1974 sex scandal surrounding Arkansas Congressman Wilbur Mills, in what is reputed to be one of the most reported political sex scandals of the 1970s...
(Born Annabelle Battistella) - Gypsy Rose LeeGypsy Rose LeeGypsy Rose Lee 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:...
(aka Rose Louise Hovick, Louise Hovick) - Josephine BakerJosephine BakerJosephine Baker was an American dancer, singer, and actress who found fame in her adopted homeland of France. She was given such nicknames as the "Bronze Venus", the "Black Pearl", and the "Créole Goddess"....
/Joséphine Baker - Lili St. CyrLili St. CyrLili St. Cyr , was a prominent American burlesque stripper.- Early years :She was born as Willis Marie Van Schaack in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1918. She had a sister, Rosemary Van Schaack Minsky...
(Born Willis Marie Van Schaack) - Loie FullerLoie FullerLoie Fuller Loie Fuller Loie Fuller (also Loïe Fuller; (January 15, 1862 – January 1, 1928) was a pioneer of both modern dance and theatrical lighting techniques.-Career:...
/Loïe Fuller (Born Marie Louise Fuller) - Louise WightmanLouise WightmanLouise Fitzgerald Wightman , better known as Lucy Wightman , is a writer, photographer, and blogger who became known in the 1970s and 1980s as a Boston and Providence area exotic dancer, radio talk show host, and award-winning bodybuilder. She performed under the stage name Princess Cheyenne in...
(Princess Cheyenne) - Mara GayeMara GayeMara Gaye , born Marjorie Helen Ginsberg in Bronx, New York, was a professional showgirl, dancer with the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes , and exotic burlesque striptease dancer of the 1940s through the 1960s...
(Born Marjorie Helen Ginsberg) - Mata HariMata HariMata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida "M'greet" Zelle , a Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan, and accused spy who was executed by firing squad in France under charges of espionage for Germany during World War I.-Early life:Margaretha Geertruida Zelle was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland,...
(Born Margaretha Geertruida [Grietje] Zelle) - Maud AllanMaud AllanMaud Allan was a pianist-turned-actor, dancer and choreographer remembered for her "famously impressionistic mood settings".- Early life :...
- Phyllis DixeyPhyllis DixeyPhyllis Dixey was a British singer, dancer and impresario. Her earlier career was as a singer in variety shows in Britain. During World War II, she joined ENSA and entertained the British forces...
- Sally RandSally RandSally Rand was a burlesque dancer and actress, most noted for her ostrich feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance. She also performed under the name Billie Beck.-Early life and career:...
(Born Harriet Helen Gould Beck) - Satan's AngelSatan's AngelAngel Cecelia Helene Walker is an American exotic dancer specializing in stripping and burlesque under her stage name Satan’s Angel. She started dancing in San Francisco in 1961, after winning an amateur strip contest at North Beach nightclub Moulin Rouge...
(Born Angel Cecelia Helene Walker) - Sayuri Ichijō, Japan's most famous sex performer of the early 1970s,
and star of director Tatsumi Kumashiro
Tatsumi Kumashiro
was a Japanese film director best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films, such as Ichijo's Wet Lust and The Woman with Red Hair...
's Ichijo's Wet Lust
Ichijo's Wet Lust
aka Ichijo's Wet Desire, Drenched Passion, Sayuri Ichijo: Moist Desire, Following Desire and Sayuri Ichijō: Wet Lust is a 1972 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro and starring the famous stripper Sayuri Ichijō as herself, and co-starring Kazuko Shirakawa...
(1972)
- Tempest StormTempest StormTempest Storm is the stage name of an American stripper, burlesque star, and motion picture actress. Along with Lili St. Cyr and Blaze Starr, she was one of the best known burlesque performers of the 1950s and 1960s. She is regarded as having one of the longest careers as a burlesque performer,...
(Born Annie Blanche Banks) - Evelyn WestEvelyn WestEvelyn West , aka Evelyn "$50,000 Treasure Chest" West, aka "The Hubba-Hubba Girl", was a burlesque legend of the forties, fifties, and sixties.-Early years:...
(Born Amy Mae Coomer)
Notable contemporary strippers
- Australia's Thunder from Down UnderAustralia's Thunder from Down UnderAustralia's Thunder from Down Under is an Australian male revue who perform in Las Vegas, NV and tour internationally. Their main competitor is Chippendales.-History:Since its debut in 1991, nearly 7 million people have watched them perform....
, International male review - Anna Nicole SmithAnna Nicole SmithIn 1992 Smith was chosen by Hugh Hefner to appear on the cover of the March issue of Playboy, where she was listed as Vickie Smith, wearing a low-cut evening gown. The centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Smith said she planned to be "the next Marilyn Monroe". Becoming one of Playboys...
(Born: Vickie Lynn Marshall), former TV personality - Brianna TaylorBrianna TaylorBrianna Taylor is a reality show personality, singer and songwriter, having appeared on both the fifth season of American Idol and The Real World: Hollywood, the twentieth season of MTV's long-running reality television series, The Real World...
, reality show personality, singer and songwriter - Channing TatumChanning TatumChanning Matthew Tatum is an American actor and film producer. He began his career as a fashion model and appearing in television commercials for Pepsi and Mountain Dew before turning to film roles...
, American fashion model, actor, and film producer - Chippendales, a male dancer franchise
- Courtney LoveCourtney LoveCourtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
, front person for the AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
band HoleHole (band)Hole is an American alternative rock band that originally formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The band is fronted by vocalist/songwriter and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with former songwriter/lead guitarist Eric Erlandson... - Danni AsheDanni AsheDanni Ashe is the pseudonym of an American nude model and former stripper, who was the founder and former CEO of Danni's Hard Drive, a pioneering adult web site. Danni started her site in 1995 and it went on to become one of the leading adult internet sites.-Biography:Ashe was born in Beaufort,...
, an erotic model and pioneer businesswoman in online adult industry - Dita von TeeseDita Von TeeseDita Von Teese is an American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, author and actress.-Early life:...
(Born: Heather Renée Sweet) an American burlesque artist, model and actress - Diablo CodyDiablo CodyBrook Busey , better known by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American screenwriter, writer, blogger, journalist, and author. She was first known for her candid chronicling of her year as a stripper in her Pussy Ranch blog and her 2006 memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper...
, noted for writing a memoirMemoirA memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
about her year as a stripper - Elisabeth EavesElisabeth EavesElisabeth Eaves is a Canadian author and journalist, born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has been the opinions page editor at the tablet newspaper The Daily since its launch in 2011. From 2006 to 2010 she worked as a writer and editor at magazine, where in 2008 and 2009 she also wrote a...
, former stripper and author - Heather VeitchHeather VeitchHeather Veitch is an American former-stripper, turned Christian missionary who reaches out to women working in strip clubs, offering resources on pursuing a life outside of the adult entertainment industry...
, founder of JC's Girls, ministry offering strippers resources on pursuing a life outside of the adult entertainment industry - Jenna JamesonJenna JamesonJenna Jameson is an American entrepreneur and former pornographic actress, who has been called the world's most famous adult-entertainment performer and "The Queen of Porn."...
, entrepreneur and former leading pornographic actressPornographic actorA pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films... - Lady GagaLady GaGaStefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
, (Born: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) American pop recording artist - Lily BuranaLily BuranaLily Burana is an American writer whose publications include the memoir I Love a Man in Uniform , the novel Try Lily Burana is an American writer whose publications include the memoir I Love a Man in Uniform (Weinstein Books, 2009), the novel Try Lily Burana is an American writer whose publications...
, former stripper and author of Strip City - Missy MaloneMissy MaloneMissy Malone is a Scottish burlesque performer currently based in central England. She is known throughout Europe for her high calibre performances that fuse classic 1950s pin-up girl style and modern rock energy.- Early years :...
, Scottish burlesque performer, actress and model - Sally YoshinoSally Yoshinois a Japanese striptease dancer, model, and AV idol. She has also performed under the name .-Early life:Sally Yoshino was born in Tokyo on November 28, 1978. Her father was a member of a skate team, and Yoshino began figure skating at the age of three...
Japanese AV idolAV IdolAn AV idol is a Japanese idol who works in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances have a wide range, from just the idol strolling around their house doing chores in bikinis to hardcore porn...
and striptease dancer - Tila Tequila, (Born: Tila Nguyễn) singer, modelModel (person)A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, and television personalityReality televisionReality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
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- Behind the Burly Q. 2010 documentary film by Leslie ZemeckisRobert ZemeckisRobert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic Who Framed Roger Rabbit ,...