Tara Lee Heffner, better known by her stage name

Stage name

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 Veronica Varlow, is a burlesque dancer, pin-up model, actress, producer and performance artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the owner of the internet boutique Danger Dame, which specializes in clothing inspired by burlesque, cabaret, the 1940s

1940s

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 and 1950s

1950s

The 1950s or The Fifties was the decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. The decade was the sixth decade of the 20th century...

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Biography

Varlow started to follow her dreams after being attacked in the face by a rottweiler in December 2003. While in eight hours of surgery, she sadly realized that the only reason she was not following her true dreams was because she was afraid of what other people would think. Determined to live her dreams no matter what, she left her cubicle life behind and started performing world wide.

Varlow has performed internationally as one of Emilie Autumn

Emilie Autumn

Emilie Autumn Liddell , better known by her stage name Emilie Autumn, is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and violinist. Autumn draws influence for her music—the style of which she has alternatively labeled as "Victoriandustrial" and glam rock—from plays, novels, and history, particularly the...

's "The Bloody Crumpet

Crumpet

A crumpet is a savoury griddle cake made from flour and yeast. It is eaten mainly in the United Kingdom and other nations of the Commonwealth. Crumpets are somewhat similar in appearance, not in flavor, to North American pancakes, where both have pores caused by expanding air bubbles.- Etymology...

s" as "The Naughty Veronica" since 2007. Varlow has performed for events held by designer Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, with more than 200 retail stores in 60 countries. He has been the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997...

, supermodel Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum

Heidi Samuel , better known by her birth name Heidi Klum, is a German model, actress, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional singer. In 2008 she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship...

, The Whitney Museum and for NYT Best-Selling Vampire Novelist, Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa de la Cruz is an American author, known for her work in young-adult fiction. Her works include the Au Pair series of novels and the Blue Bloods series.-Biography:...

. The Gothamist said of her, "Veronica Varlow courts danger, or, at the very least, projects an image of a siren so alluring you simply can't resist her, even when you know you're headed straight for hell (or jail)." She was also called "A modern day Marlene Dietrich" by The Times. She was recently named one of the 12 "Hottest Ladies of Burlesque" alongside such icons as Bettie Page

Bettie Page

Bettie Mae Page was an American model who became famous in the 1950s for her fetish modeling and pin-up photos. She has often been called the "Queen of Pinups"...

, Lili St. Cyr

Lili St. Cyr

Lili 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...

, and Sherry Britton

Sherry Britton

Sherry Britton was a burlesque performer of the 1930's and early 1940's. The 5'3" Britton had an 18" waist, and was once said to have a "figure to die for"...

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Film and TV appearances

Varlow's most prominent work, according to herself "the very reason [she's] alive" is the still unrealised film Revolver, whose trailer won a Golden Trailer Award in 2005.

In the fall of 2008, Varlow participated as a coach for Andrea Martin in MTV's Emmy-winning show, MADE. She appeared in the 2009 film Exposed and in the 2010 short documentary Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School

Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School is both a burlesque cabaret and life drawing event originating in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at the Lucky Cat . Dr. Sketchy's was founded in New York City in 2005, by illustrator and former artist's model Molly Crabapple and illustrator A.V. Phibes who later left to...

by Peter Bolte.

Varlow also appeared in Zina Brown's short film, "The Hidden Sister", featuring such talents as Ali Luminescent

Ali Luminescent

Ali Luminescent , also known as Ali Schmitz, is a model, actress, and multi-media performance artist who produces large scale art, participatory art events, and circus spectacle theatre...

, Sera Solstice, and music by Kai Altair

Kai Altair

- Artist info :Kai's professional music career began with the founding of the electro pop band The Switch in 2004. The numerous stages at which they played laid the foundation for her solo career in 2009, which began with the release of the EP Star of the Sea on October 31...

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External links

• Danger Dame Veronica Varlow's website and internet boutique.