Missy Malone
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Missy 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.
between Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland
. Throughout her childhood she attended dance and drama classes. She studied drama and art throughout high school and spent one school year training at ‘Powder’ circus
school in Glasgow specialising in trapeze
and stilt walking. Missy attended Edinburgh College of Art
2003-2007 graduating with a BA Hons Degree in Performance Costume Design.
Missy has always been passionate about aesthetics and about music: during school holidays as a teenager she worked in a local alternative record store. A huge fan of American popular culture she makes regular trips to L.A..
The distinctive white streak in Missy’s naturally dark hair has been maintained since Missy was a teenager. Her father would affectionately call her ‘Mallen’ after the family from the 1979 TV series The Mallens
.
performer. As soon as Missy turned 18 she started performing. She developed a wide range of acts and is mostly known several: her stilt walking 9 ft ‘Bride’ act a tribute to the 1935 classic movie ‘Bride of Frankenstein
’, fan dance
with 4 ft long white feather fans, ‘Jack Frost
’ in a rich black velvet cloak, a variety of other acts including a champagne themed balloon dance, a gambling cowgirl act entitled “Ace of Spades”, a classic 1950s bump and grind act “Comanche”, and several character acts depicting cupid
, a nurse, pirate, and sailor.
She quickly was recognised as Scotland’s top burlesque dancer. Missy also works regularly with her dance partner Leyla Rose, their double acts include a classic Hawaiian Hula
, a pillow fight, and a rock & roll military act.
From 2003 Missy became a regular performer in the British Burlesque scene, performing across the country in shows like Candybox burlesque in Birmingham and Torture Garden
London. In August 2006 Missy performed at the Italian rockabilly
festival ‘Summer Jamboree’ with her then dance partner Foxy (Rachel) Rouge for over 2000 people. Missy took up full time work as a burlesque performer from December 2007 when she toured with The Damned on their 'twisted Cabaret' UK/Ireland tour.
She now regularly performs across continental Europe and the UK, she is a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival each year and has appeared in a Bollywood
movie ‘Raftaar’ and on Italian television program.
In 2009, Missy hosted a large scale variety show alongside Leyla Rose as Part of The Glasgow Cabaret Festival. The Missy & Leyla Show was produced by Rhymes with Purple Productions and featured a line-up of performers that Missy & Leyla chose themselves.
Passing on her performance knowledge Missy now conducts burlesque workshops with her dance partner Leyla Rose throughout the UK.
. She studied this imagery in her art work and costume designs. Classic American pin-up beauties remain to be a large influence on her style.
Missy specialised in striptease
and acrobalance
costumes and corsetry
design for her final year of her costume design degree. She makes or customizes/creates all her own performance costumes and has styled many photo shoots.
T.V Commercial and an Olympus
magazine promotional advertisement, she has also been interviewed on several European television programmes.
Missy has appeared in several short and feature length films including
, Custom Car Magazine, Kustom Magazine, I-ON Edinburgh Magazine, Shimmy Magazine, The List Magazine, Pinstriping and Kustom Graphics Magazine, One and Milkcow Magazine. She has also been on the cover of The List, Burlesque Magazine, Leither, Fools in print and Civvy Street.
Newspaper features include: The Sun, Metro, The Scotsman, The Herald, The Evening News, The Evening Times, and The Courier.
She has promoted and been the face of brands such as Buttress and Snatch, Vivien of Holloway, Toxico, Clutterfly Jewellery, What Katie Did, Lily Lo Lo Mineral cosmetics, Vintage Lime, Olympus cameras, Xbox game “Battlestations Midway
” and "Battlestations Pacific
". Missy is also signed up to Stolen Model Agency.
Missy has also been painted by many artists including famed low-brow
artist Vince Ray.
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
burlesque
Burlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...
performer currently based in central England. She is known throughout Europe for her high calibre performances that fuse classic 1950s pin-up girl
Pin-up girl
A pin-up girl, also known as a pin-up model, is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture. Pin-ups are intended for informal display, e.g. meant to be "pinned-up" on a wall...
style and modern rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
energy.
Early years
An only child, Missy was born in 1985 and grew up in LivingstonLivingston, Scotland
Livingston is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is the fourth post-WWII new town to be built in Scotland, designated in 1962. It is about 15 miles west of Edinburgh and 30 miles east of Glasgow, and is bordered by the towns of Broxburn to the northeast and Bathgate to the northwest.Livingston...
between Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Throughout her childhood she attended dance and drama classes. She studied drama and art throughout high school and spent one school year training at ‘Powder’ circus
Circus
A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
school in Glasgow specialising in trapeze
Trapeze
A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances...
and stilt walking. Missy attended Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh College of Art is an art school in Edinburgh, Scotland, providing tertiary education in art and design disciplines for over two thousand students....
2003-2007 graduating with a BA Hons Degree in Performance Costume Design.
Missy has always been passionate about aesthetics and about music: during school holidays as a teenager she worked in a local alternative record store. A huge fan of American popular culture she makes regular trips to L.A..
The distinctive white streak in Missy’s naturally dark hair has been maintained since Missy was a teenager. Her father would affectionately call her ‘Mallen’ after the family from the 1979 TV series The Mallens
The Mallens
The Mallens was a popular Granada Television adaptation of Catherine Cookson novels that ran for 13 episodes from 1979-1980.- Plot summary :Based on the novels The Mallen Streak,The Mallen Girl and the Mallen Litter...
.
Burlesque
Missy is most known for her work as a burlesqueBurlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...
performer. As soon as Missy turned 18 she started performing. She developed a wide range of acts and is mostly known several: her stilt walking 9 ft ‘Bride’ act a tribute to the 1935 classic movie ‘Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American horror film, the first sequel to Frankenstein...
’, fan dance
Fan dance
A fan dance is a dance performed with one or more fans. This form has been adapted in various countries. The Korean fan dance, for example, evolved from Joseon Dynasty court dances and remains a popular form of traditional Korean dance. The Spanish or Portuguese flamenco makes dramatic use of fans...
with 4 ft long white feather fans, ‘Jack Frost
Jack Frost
Jack Frost is a sprite-like character with roots in Viking lore. There, he is known as Jokul Frosti . In Britain and United States, Jack is a variant of Old Man Winter and is held responsible for frosty weather, for nipping the nose and toes in such weather, coloring the foliage in autumn, and...
’ in a rich black velvet cloak, a variety of other acts including a champagne themed balloon dance, a gambling cowgirl act entitled “Ace of Spades”, a classic 1950s bump and grind act “Comanche”, and several character acts depicting cupid
Cupid
In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of desire, affection and erotic love. He is the son of the goddess Venus and the god Mars. His Greek counterpart is Eros...
, a nurse, pirate, and sailor.
She quickly was recognised as Scotland’s top burlesque dancer. Missy also works regularly with her dance partner Leyla Rose, their double acts include a classic Hawaiian Hula
Hula
Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant or song . It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form....
, a pillow fight, and a rock & roll military act.
From 2003 Missy became a regular performer in the British Burlesque scene, performing across the country in shows like Candybox burlesque in Birmingham and Torture Garden
Torture Garden (fetish club)
Torture Garden is a fetish club in London, UK. The club started in 1990 and is now Europe's largest fetish club, featuring monthly at the Mass Club in the converted St. Matthews Church, Brixton...
London. In August 2006 Missy performed at the Italian rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
festival ‘Summer Jamboree’ with her then dance partner Foxy (Rachel) Rouge for over 2000 people. Missy took up full time work as a burlesque performer from December 2007 when she toured with The Damned on their 'twisted Cabaret' UK/Ireland tour.
She now regularly performs across continental Europe and the UK, she is a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival each year and has appeared in a Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
movie ‘Raftaar’ and on Italian television program.
In 2009, Missy hosted a large scale variety show alongside Leyla Rose as Part of The Glasgow Cabaret Festival. The Missy & Leyla Show was produced by Rhymes with Purple Productions and featured a line-up of performers that Missy & Leyla chose themselves.
Passing on her performance knowledge Missy now conducts burlesque workshops with her dance partner Leyla Rose throughout the UK.
Costuming
From an early age Missy was inspired by classic American pin-up artwork particularly WWII airplane nose artNose art
Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually located near the nose, and is a form of aircraft graffiti....
. She studied this imagery in her art work and costume designs. Classic American pin-up beauties remain to be a large influence on her style.
Missy specialised in striptease
Striptease
A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...
and acrobalance
Acrobalance
Acrobalance is an acrobatic art that combines elements of two other arts: adagio and hand balancing.Adagio consists of partner lifts, usually performed by a man and a woman, where the male lifts his female partner in many different poses and positions...
costumes and corsetry
Corsetry
Corsetry is the craft of making corsets and corset-like garments and accessories most of which incorporate stays. It is also a subfield of fashion that deals with those garments and accessories and it is common term used for those garments and accessories...
design for her final year of her costume design degree. She makes or customizes/creates all her own performance costumes and has styled many photo shoots.
Acting
At 15 years old Missy got her first professional acting job in a Scottish (H.E.B.S) Anti-Smoking television commercial (Club Smoking). Other commercial works include a Royal Bank of ScotlandRoyal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the...
T.V Commercial and an Olympus
Olympus Corporation
is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...
magazine promotional advertisement, she has also been interviewed on several European television programmes.
Missy has appeared in several short and feature length films including
- Bootprints by King CreosoteKing CreosoteKenny Anderson, known primarily by his stage name King Creosote, is an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland. To date, Anderson has released over forty albums, with his latest, Thrawn, released in 2011. Anderson is also a member of Scottish-Canadian band, The Burns Unit...
(2005) Music Video - And Yet I feel Innocent by Ruth Paxton (2006) Short Film
- Big Men by Ruth Paxton (2007) Short Film
- She wanted to be burnt by Ruth Paxton (2007) Short Film
- Diamonds by The Damned (2008) Music Video
- New Town KillersNew Town KillersNew Town Killers is a United Kingdom drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, starring James Anthony Pearson and Dougray Scott. New Town Killers follows two business men, portrayed by Dougray Scott and Alastair Mackenzie, who play macabre cat and mouse games with people from the fringes...
by Richard JobsonRichard JobsonRichard Jobson is the name of:*Richard Jobson , 17th-century English explorer*Richard Jobson , English former footballer...
(2008) Feature Film - Paris/Sexy by Ruth Paxton (2009) Short Film.
Modeling
Missy has featured in Bizarre magazine, Practical Photography, Borne Magazine, Alternative Magazine, ScotsGayScotsgay
ScotsGay Magazine is a monthly magazine published in Scotland for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Its website carries textfiles of all issues and, since 2005, pdf files of the whole magazine....
, Custom Car Magazine, Kustom Magazine, I-ON Edinburgh Magazine, Shimmy Magazine, The List Magazine, Pinstriping and Kustom Graphics Magazine, One and Milkcow Magazine. She has also been on the cover of The List, Burlesque Magazine, Leither, Fools in print and Civvy Street.
Newspaper features include: The Sun, Metro, The Scotsman, The Herald, The Evening News, The Evening Times, and The Courier.
She has promoted and been the face of brands such as Buttress and Snatch, Vivien of Holloway, Toxico, Clutterfly Jewellery, What Katie Did, Lily Lo Lo Mineral cosmetics, Vintage Lime, Olympus cameras, Xbox game “Battlestations Midway
Battlestations: Midway
Battlestations: Midway is a video game developed by Eidos Studios Hungary and released on January 30, 2007 for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows...
” and "Battlestations Pacific
Battlestations: Pacific
Battlestations: Pacific is an action and real-time tactics video game published by Eidos Interactive and developed by Eidos Hungary. It is also the sequel to the 2007 video game Battlestations: Midway. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on May 12, 2009 in North America, and on May...
". Missy is also signed up to Stolen Model Agency.
Missy has also been painted by many artists including famed low-brow
Lowbrow (art movement)
Lowbrow, or lowbrow art, describes an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles, California, area in the late 1970s. Lowbrow is a widespread populist art movement with origins in the underground comix world, punk music, hot-rod street culture, and other subcultures. It is also...
artist Vince Ray.
External links
- missymalone.co.uk Missy Malone's Official website
- myspace.com/missy_malone Missy Malone's Myspace page
- facebook.com/pages Missy Malone's Facebook fan page
- tasseltime.net Missy’s Tassel Time interview
- cherrybombrock.com Cherry Bomb Rock Photography