Millie DeLeon was the stage name of American burlesque

American burlesque

American Burlesque is a genre of variety show. Derived from elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall and minstrel shows, burlesque shows in America became popular in the 1860s and evolved to feature ribald comedy and female striptease...

dancer Millie Lawrence. She is listed in some records as "Elizabeth," "Maud" and "Maude"

Biography

DeLeon was known as "The Girl in Blue" and was notorious for manipulating the media through the artful use of scandal. She has been called "The first real queen of American Burlesque" As a performer she traveled across America, often testing the limits of local indecency ordinances. Her signature stage maneuver was to remove her garters and throw them into the audience.

Marriage and children

DeLeon married manager Lew Rose. The marriage record lists the spouse name at Louis Rosentamm and the marriage date as February 27, 1907.

She had a daughter (November 13, 1898 – ), Pamela Lawrence, a vaudeville performer

Further reading

• Irving Zeidman The American Burlesque Show, Hawthorne Books, New York, 1967
• Rachel Shteir Striptease, The Untold History of the Girlie Show, Oxford University Press 2004