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Sally Rand (born Helen Gould Beck; April 3, 1904 – August 31, 1979) was an American burlesque dancer, vedette, and actress, famous for her ostrich-feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance. She also performed under the name Billie Beck. Rand got her start as a chorus girl before working as an acrobat and traveling theater performer.
Jan 16, 2013 · Burlesque dancer - Sally Rand's 'Bubble Dance'. In 1927 Miss Rand would be known as a WAMPAS Baby Star. Was to become famous for her Lady Godiva, Bubble and Fan Dance. To see her famous Fan...
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Mar 2, 2015 · Our Sally Rand biography looks at the most famous dancer in 1930s burlesque. See what fan dancers, balloon dancers and burlesque dancers owe this wonderful woman.
May 7, 2015 · Sally Rand (1904 – 1979) 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. Sally was interested in dance from an early age and, literally, ran away with a carnival as a teenager.
Sep 30, 2021 · Sally Rand died of congestive heart failure at the Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora, on Aug. 31, 1979. But her legendary routines live on in burlesque today, with high profile dancers like Dita Von Teese still paying tribute to her.
Sally Rand was an American actress and dancer who achieved fame as a fan dancer and bubble dancer. Helen Beck entered show business at an early age. Eventually adopting the name Sally Rand (suggested to her, she said, by Cecil B. DeMille), she played in vaudeville and performed as an acrobatic.
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Jul 28, 2017 · Created by famed cameraman Burton Holmes, this short newsreel shows the "Streets of Paris" exhibition at the Chicago World's Fair "A Century of Progress" in 1933. The risque nature of the exhibit is a bit dumbfounding to a modern audience, as it features a "nudist colony" and "live model" art class.
