Why Gypsy Rose Lee Had to Grow Up with a PARASITE?

[@AgeOfVintage]

Thank you all for watching the videos and a HUGE THANK YOU for those who support the channel on Patreon. Just as little as $5 a month helps the channel tremendously!!! click here: www.patreon.com/ageofvintage Thank you! 🙂

[@sinsweetie]

Absolutely delightful content. My grandmother was a stripper during this same Era, and I have a poster of hers and she was billed as "Gypsy Kaye Lee" and the promoters of this particular show were going around calling her Gypsy Rose Lee's little sister...until her people git word of it and filed a cease and desist. Family history is fun!

[@constancerobinson1377]

What a great story you have in your family

[@t.m.a.3665]

I remember Natalie Wood playing Gypsy Rose Lee with Roselyn Russel playing her Mother ? (1962) I was a year old when this film came out. I was a young married adult when I first saw this in the late 1980’s. Great film! This was fantastic to see a video of the real Gypsy Rose Lee! Classic dancer ! Even if it was considered taboo back then . 💜🥰👵🏼

[@pulsarstargrave256]

Indeed, I'm surprised the video maker didn't make the connection of how much Natalie Wood might have identified with Gypsy because Ms.Wood also had an overbearing "stage mother" who aggressively pushed her into show business! The scene where Gypsy (Natalie) berates her mom is an intensely raw moment in the film which left me wondering if Natalie dreamt of saying similar tnings to her own mother!

[@luannpafford3554]

Russel depised Natalie. Jealousy? Was a very contentious movie set

[@thehair1474]

@@luannpafford3554 Wood was horribly miscast as Gypsy. She was 5'2" and Gypsy was 5'8". Wood's acting was godawful, she couldn't sing, or dance either. Gypsy was highly intelligent, Wood came off as a moron. A botch all around.

[@WVgrl59]

@@luannpafford3554 not true, they were close friends. Lol

[@ΑντωνηςΜανωλαγκας]

Brilliant movie

[@covertLLC]

I thoughts she got toxicara from a pet or something. You were talking about her mother using her, her mother is the parasite you meant..

[@cephalopuppy8684]

I thought something similar

[@mermaid_at_heart213]

I was thinking tapeworm to stay thin.

[@cephalopuppy8684]

@@mermaid_at_heart213 this yes!

[@winderofcoils]

@@mermaid_at_heart213 I was thinking that too because they used to sell tapeworm eggs for that, supposedly.

[@sonjastanger5858]

@@winderofcoils o wow

[@mikekeenan8706]

I well remember Gypsy Rose Lee being a frequent guest on the old Tonight Show. She always had wonderful stories to tell and was pretty intelligent. My brother, who served two tours of duty as a Naval Corpsman in Vietnam told me about the big stars who came over to entertain the troops and how much of it was done for publicity. What he really remembered was Gypsy Rose Lee showed up, without any cameras because she was there for the troops, not the publicity. He said that she had a bag on wheels that she pulled from hooch to hooch and went inside each to talk with each and every man who was there. She sat down on the bag she had been pulling around and conversed with each person. To my brother (who died on May 24, 2021 of myasthenia gravis from exposure to Agent Orange) that visit meant more to him and the rest of the guys than all the other stars. She may have been a stripper, but she was a lady. BTW, he and some of his friends got to see Sally Rand, with her big feather fans, perform her stripper act when they were on furlough. He said, even at her advanced age, she was impressive.

[@janetcw9808]

🙏🏻❤️🕊️ for you and your brother, and thanks so much for sharing this story X

[@mikekeenan8706]

@@janetcw9808, thank you. As an aside, my brother volunteered, he was not drafted, so we were particularly proud of him and what all he did to get to Vietnam. ❤🪖

[@conniecutruzzula9199]

@Janet Carr Wharton, God Bless your brother, May he Rest in Peace 🕊️🕊️ He was one of the true heroes. Thank you for telling us about your brother and we can tell how proud you are of him. ❤️

[@janetcw9808]

@@conniecutruzzula9199 It was Mike's brother x

[@conniecutruzzula9199]

@@janetcw9808 Janet sometimes my mind knows what's what but when I get to messaging it's wrong. This isn't the first time I screwed up. Thank you very much for catching it and letting me know. 🌹

[@bestdisco1979]

I found this fascinating. I was in the show Gypsy with Angela Lansbury at the Piccadilly theatre in 1973,,I was twelve years old so I feel attached to Gypsy.

[@davidsigalow7349]

The show is very powerful. I've seen it dozens of times, but I still tear up at the climax.

[@joemoore8107]

It was a shame that she couldn't get away from that mother

[@Mrstigger747]

Having a narcissistic mother myself, it is extremely difficult to break away from them.

[@55jimott]

​@@Mrstigger747, yes! I couldn't do it until my dad died. He had been my buffer and protector. It's glorious to break free, though!

[@ecouturehandmades5166]

I remember her in a movie as the grace instructor at a Catholic girls school...wherein the nuns realized the girls needed to be wearing brasseries....chaos ensues. Hailey Mills, Rosalind Russell...very Rated G funny!

[@nancyoleksy]

The Trouble with Angels. I love that movie. Funny because in the movie Gypsy Rosiland Russell plays her mother.

[@MasterofScrutiny]

Hayley Mills. One of my childhood favorites!

[@davidsigalow7349]

Some critics believe "Gypsy" to be one of the best - and most poignant- musicals ever written. Fact is, it resonates, at least in part, with everyone, 'cause everyone had a mother.

[@marionmarino1616]

So what parasite?? Mom? Preminger?

[@davidsigalow7349]

@@marionmarino1616 I assume that whoever captioned this was referring to Mama, but that's unfair. I read GRL's autobiography, and, for "Gypsy" fans, it's very entertaining, as Mama's force of will and dedication to her children is very clear.

[@vp-oe1em]

No, there is a whole bunch of us who has/have toxic, narcissistic mothers.

[@marionmarino1616]

@@vp-oe1em True. Stage Mothers don’t spend all that effort for their child. They do it for themselves.

[@johnsblendorio1842]

@@marionmarino1616 update

[@davidrutter9786]

She was an icon always remembered for her musical biography.

[@daleannharsh8295]

I remember enjoying her on her tv talk show when I was a kid!

[@sequinrosette]

Hi, my name is Carolyn Quinn, and I'm the Author of MAMA ROSE'S TURN, the first full biography of Gypsy Rose Lee's mother. I just wanted to say that playwright Arthur Laurents freely admitted when he wrote the script of the Broadway musical GYPSY that it was 75% fictionalized. I got a lot of surprises when I researched Gypsy's actual family history. Her sister June told quite a lot of dark and dreary stories that did not check out. Gypsy, as it turned out, was the much more truthful sister. Their mother was in some ways a whole lot better than the way she was depicted in the musical and in other ways, much worse. For example, Gypsy bought her mother a 14-room mansion, but her mother turned around and sued her for "non-support" - as if a child had to support a mother in the first place - and entered the court wearing furs! And there's more. There's a whole lot more. What can I say except truth is stranger than fiction? Cheers, Carolyn Quinn

[@classhumorist]

Seeing "Gypsy" on TV back in the - what? mid-1960's the first time it aired? - was the start of my crush on Natalie Wood. I remember that Gypsy had a TV talk show we used to watch from time to time, and I remember her as the dance instructor in "The Trouble with Angels" (alongside Rosalind Russell, who'd played her mother in the movie version of "Gypsy").

[@MasterofScrutiny]

The Trouble with Angels, followed by, Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows. I remember all of what you said. Gypsy Rose Lee had a fine reputation.

[@MasterofScrutiny]

PS, I named my daughter, Natalie, after Natalie Wood. I adored her.

[@marinamartinez6886]

Loved those movies 🎬

[@judilynn9569]

Lol. As soon as I read the title, I knew it was about her mother. A TRUE “show biz mom”.

[@karawigley6231]

I remember I watched the movie Gypsy as a child & wanted to be her so bad. That phase of my life made for some interesting “what do you want to be when you grow up?” conversations. 😂

[@davidllewis4075]

In middle 1950s she sang national anthem before St Louis Cardinals game. Doubt if I was old enough to know what burlesque was, but name stuck with me. Never heard of her again until the movie, and this video is a lot more than I knew. Somehow it had not occurred to me she was very attractive woman.

[@garybrockwell2031]

Poor NATALIE 💞💪💯🙏😍🥰😁🤩🤫🥺🧐🤔🗣️✌️ ALWAYS LOVIN YOU & GYPSY 🇬🇧👍💪🆘🇬🇧🥰😘

[@ecouturehandmades5166]

All these photos of GRL...she was GORGEOUS in a classical beauty way.

[@headofcosmospictures1232]

I had a dream i dreamed it for you June.... It wasn't for me Herbie.... And if it wasn't for me, then were would you be Miss Gypsy Rose Lee!!!!

[@fearandloathing75]

FOR ME FOR ME FOR ME!!!

[@tracytempleton8618]

Oh my goodness, I love your voice! It makes it more interesting to watch!

[@roderickfernandez5382]

When I had my first apartment in 1961 on the Upper East Side I used to see Gypsy walking her dogs outside of her I believe it was a Spanish style house very odd style I thought from New York very near Bloomingdale's I remember I see her in the bathrobe walking your dogs. And later years she did an off-broad way show at the Cherry Lane theater I happen to live right across the street and I went to see it it was sort of a reminiscence and it was delightful she did a little striptease and as you mentioned more t e a s e she never showed anything she was delightful and funny she drove up in a big Rolls-Royce and she drove away in a big Rolled Royce and I just had to walk a couple of steps home to cross the street

[@esta1ful]

I don’t understand how anyone could grow up reasonably well-adjusted after a childhood like that.

[@katrinaolsen2444]

Eric Preminger spoke at a film class I was in, in Northern California. He said Otto Preminger was his father. And he gave a very interesting talk. His mother Gypsy Rose Lee was definitely one smart cookie. Otto Preminger essentially did the opposite for Dorothy Dandridge. He gave her all kinds of really bad advice that drastically hurt her career. He might have been good to Gypsy and Eric Preminger. But he was straight up evil to the beautiful, talented Dorothy Dandrige .

[@lisag18]

Otto was a horrible human being

[@venge6093]

And there was me thinking she had a tape worm!

[@thedativecase9733]

That's what I thought!

[@bela516]

Is it me or did this feel like the history jumped around and was hard to follow?

[@morenamontalvo8199]

Just found your channel love it! Your voice soothing and vintage history is always my favorite

[@nataliemoore8707]

Ahh I see what you did there with the title. I grew up with both sadly.

[@zerocool9135]

Remember her doing tv talk shows years ago. What a wonderful person, funny and sensi.

[@nabbyr8112]

I’m so glad someone else remembers her talk show! I used to watch it when I was a kid, and I thought she was wonderfully entertaining.

[@Jsqared-aka-justjenn]

Thoroughly enjoyed it Sir.

[@poetcomic1]

Eric, Gypsy's son and Otto Preminger seen together.... NO way could he NOT be his son.

[@kimberleyblair3392]

Well done AOV! 👏

[@DisenchantedElleJay]

Amazing, two Gypsy Rose’s with dreadful mothers that were catapulted into the spotlight. Crazy how sometimes history seems to take a nod to the past.

[@MasterofScrutiny]

The second one's mother must have been a fan of the movie.

[@divineangelic2727]

Gypsy Rose Lee is truly amazing a legend and to have her book published wonderful for her background of such Tur life traveling in those days was hard back than she was very lucky 💃

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hi how’re you doing?

[@SarahRenz59]

Gypsy Rose Lee had a talk show in the 1960s; I remember watching it as a kid. She was very intelligent and vivacious. Her mother was domineering, but Gypsy seems to have made her peace with it. As I'm typing this, I'm listening to a YT clip from her show; she's talking to Ethel Merman and Gypsy said that she "loves (her) mother very much."

[@deborist]

I remember her afternoon show! Loved it!

[@peterdevita6308]

GYPSY ROSE LEE - What a grand character!!! What a magnificent humanitarian! and great entertainer!!!!!!!!

[@DannyJane.]

A lot of kids back then did. The Hovicks went back and forth between being flush with money and absolutely broke--also a common condition for entertainers. Times were hard and people worked harder. Also, medicine had a long way to go, so finding a doctor to treat a condition and paying him were serious conditions and might mean the difference between a family eating or not.

[@emilymulcahy]

The g in Preminger is pronounced like the g in geranium not like the g in garden

[@cadeevans4623]

Wasn't aware she grew up with parasite not familiar with her thanks for sharing the video

[@ms.rosann]

She’s so famous, I saw the play gypsy in Manhattan nyc when I was a teenager

[@winros]

Me too! Do you remember who played Gypsy Lee Rose? ✌️

[@ms.rosann]

@@winros Linda Lavin! 😉

[@winros]

@@ms.rosann thank you! She played the mother of Gypsy Rose. I was about 28 when I saw it on Broadway that's going back oh my gosh 34 years ago time does fly! ✌️✌️✌️

[@denicesanders4586]

She was on Hollywood Squares frequently in the 1960's. I have seen reruns on KZbin. I believe she wrote a mystery that was made into a movie. The G String Murder was the name of it.d

[@MasterofScrutiny]

That what he said in the video.

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

Thanks AOV🖐️😊

[@ettabeckner1144]

Your videos are fun, informative, fun, entertaining and, did I mention fun?! Sir, have you ever thought of doing stories on Billy/William Haines (actor - comedian turned interior designer) and/or Billy Tipton (female posing as a male)? Thank you for any consideration.

[@MasterofScrutiny]

Billy Tipton lived in my town. That secret was kept for decades.

[@dsantamaria713]

Totally loved her! ❤

[@oceanaforrest1268]

A very AVANT-GARDE woman.

[@mritzs5142]

Thank you Great photos as well

[@dulciemidwinter1925]

It's interesting how many female entertainers seem to have a mother pushing them from behind the wings. It's almost as they can live the life they always wanted vicariously through their daughters.

[@richardmattingly7000]

To be fair calling her a parasite is unfair when describing her mother, what is however a habitual criminal and likely a murderer Isn't that far off. Whether it was forging her daughters birth certificates to get around labor laws or being suspected of shooting a Woman dead out of rage she did. It was one thing to need support but quite another to blackmail her children and wouldn't put it past her to pimp her daughters literally for money. Indeed one husband pushed a man to his death out a window and she'd often show up with her hand out or go to a theatre manager etc to collect their pay as their "agent" etc. Those around Gypsie and her actress sister were well aware of her garbage and often were told not let her past the door because she was that destructive. Had she had been happy with what they could spare it would of been a different story but the grifter in her wanted everything and when she died of cancer they might of secretly wished it had been decades earlier...

[@MasterofScrutiny]

Much like Kris Jenner, apparently.

[@lisag18]

Would HAVE, not would of

[@Willa4420]

Gyspie Rose Blanchard. It it horrible to have a Mother who see you as her property.

[@bettyb1313]

My mom use to call me by her name... My reaction was that says more about you than me lol...

[@GeekmomD]

Lovers of both genders and questions about her sexuality. Sounds like it's nobody's business but her own.

[@EagleRockers]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GYPSY ROSE LEE - JANUARY 8, 1911

[@pamcardenas6592]

You forgot to mention Gypsy Rose Lee's 1967 TV talk show. You can find it on the internet.

[@Farrah300]

Gyosy's mother was the quintessential stage mother.

[@helensarkisian7491]

Sooooo - did I miss something or was the “parasite” her mother?

[@rogertaylor7433]

Yes, you have it.

[@maryturpel8413]

Surprised there's no mention of The Gypsy Rose Lee Show.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hi how’re you doing?

[@heathercarpenter5497]

"The mother of Gypsy Rose Lee is not allowed in this establishment!!"

[@PecanSandees23]

It's pronounced Prem-IN-ger. Never heard her called "Gypsy Lee". Heard "Gypsy" or "Gypsy Rose" but never "Gypsy Lee".

[@susancervantez3336]

PREM-in-ger. Soft "g".

[@robertd.carver6240]

Preminger is incorrectly pronounced. Instead of a hard G, it should be pronounced as a J.

[@MasterofScrutiny]

Every time he said it I cringed a little.

[@kittymervine6115]

Otto was the father of her son, which was mentioned in her son's autobiography. He even knew WHY she choose him, and they were very open about this. Gypsy knew PR, her mystery book (written by someone else) is still highly regarded. Her TV show was very popular, and my mother really enjoyed it! But her son's autobiography gives a picture of a supportive and yet fun and exciting mother. Also "Is she a lesbian or not?" I mean mention it ONCE, but it's not that important to most people these days. Oh and the movie adaptation of her "book", is fabulous look at stripper life behind the scenes.

[@LindamD]

I remember as a kid, well I swear she had a talk show! Did she?

[@stevewilson3688]

I remembered seeing her on a talk show fairly often in the 60's. Yes it was her own show. I looked it up 1965-1967

[@julieaversaiannuzzo5929]

Yes, I remember watching it as a little girl.

[@kevinrussell6530]

She was also in a short run series in the earl sixties starring Phyllis Diller. It was called "The Pruits of Southampton," and I believe Gypsy Rose Lee played a wealthy neighbor of Diller's.

[@davidsigalow7349]

Yes. I recall trying to watch it as a kid, 'cause I knew the musical, but it way over my head.

[@loretta5432]

Sooooo... Does anyone else see the similarities between Gypsy Rose Lee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard? Kinda weird

[@leighkaiser7298]

Yes! I scrolled through the comments wondering if I was the only one!

[@MasterofScrutiny]

GRB's mother was a fan of the movie apparently. Other than that, and the name, no similarities at all.

[@DeirdreMFox]

Awesome video TY ;-)

[@michaelmcgee8543]

Enjoyed!

[@divineangelic2727]

Hi Gypsy has to be one of the most celebrated plays ever to hit Bway and the USA For decades now I've seen so many big stars doing the part of her mom who you call a parasite shame on you to even say such a remark about ones mom life being so hard back than a woman had to do whatever to survive and she put her daughters in showbusuness and both became excellent performers vaudeville and burlesque was a wonderful profession back in those days lots of beautiful live music costumes routines and with not that many professions back than especially if your not a intellilectal to be a teacher nurse etc. Dancing in these big stages was wonderful Not like today where these supposed entertainment places are truly ? No big professional stages theaters so fancy they felt and was a true star no liquor was served theater show 💃💕🎤and the girl sang danced real entertainment

[@m.e.c.1007]

I knew you meant her mother.

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

She is way better looking than I thought. You can see the influence on Dita and even Violet Chachki!

[@StephiSensei26]

Oh, that kind of Parasite? Cute!

[@heathercarpenter5497]

Right LOL I came here looking for new facts. Glad it wasn't a literal parasite though.

[@randyleazenby2351]

it should be Otto Preminger(jer)

[@pamczech5984]

I can't believe she in the movie the trouble with angels with Haley mills

[@heathercarpenter5497]

Oh my gosh I grew up watching that movie and I never realized.

[@pamczech5984]

@@heathercarpenter5497 she was the lady who came in to teach them how to walk properly and then they had to buy bras

[@heathercarpenter5497]

@@pamczech5984 cool!! Thank you 💓

[@MsBackstager]

She entertained us.

[@wolfmare50]

I always wanted to play her mama in the musical.

[@heatherwhittaker6169]

Gypsy was beautiful,and her sister actress June Havoc became a beauty and good actress.Two amazing women especially considering their upbringing ...

[@quapawqwerty1619]

Last ten seconds: "It said it created a 'lasting memory, of A SORT,' not "assault," as the auto-transcription delivers there. Again, looking askance at automatic transcription. "Ghost Adventures" mis-listens and mis-reports in transcription Every Time(!). Yup, I did this professionally, and notice... alas, good intentions. Too-Fast intentions. Gypsy Rose Lee tribute excellent!

[@christelostrom2472]

I apparently missed the PARASITE part!?

[@siobhanmacandrew7068]

Very interested to discover your channel but a few minute in .. what do you mean by the lesbian theory? Never heard of that! Wondering if you will return to the topic?

[@MasterofScrutiny]

He mother was rumored to be a lesbian, not GRL.

[@h0rriphic]

I can’t stop thinking about that System of a Down song.

[@JennWithNoFilter]

Gypsy's Mom would have pitied if she hadn't used her children for her own gain

[@BrokenneckYgor]

Maybe she thought tapeworm was a pet

[@sarahholland2600]

The parasite they are referring to was her domineering stage mother. Did you watch the video? 🤔

[@Sandi-ke9mi]

Lol, I thought you meant she had ingested a parasite by the title. 🙄

[@donnasmyth45]

Me too 😁

[@martdarts8916]

She has the similar name of Gyspy Rose Blanchard.

[@paulpittsburgh]

OTTO PREM-IN-JER, NOT PREM-IN-GER! SO ANNOYING.

[@jeffreydodge2586]

Gypsy. What a beautiful lady.

[@judilynn9569]

Is see their are a few photos of her with Louie Nye. I had no idea he was a contemporary. I liked him.

[@MasterofScrutiny]

He's awesome. So funny.

[@dawnrobinson8243]

Natalie wood made a film of her life story

[@gforceeatingcorrect]

TRAINWRECKS

[@dolsiemercado3140]

Sad.

[@IamAdrianaCarolina]

She didn’t have a parasite. This was a waste of time

[@William-Marshall]

So the mother was the parasite . You cleverly never mentioned.😊

[@arnepianocanada]

Nobody EVER called her Gypsy Lee. All three names were used. Otherwise, well presented.

[@EagleRockers]

The wardrobe malfunction mentioned as Gypsy's entrance into burlesque never happened. That comes from the 1968 movie "The Night They Raided Minsky's" and had nothing to do with Gypsy. Loved the pictures, but a few of the facts are wrong.

[@WenchInTheTinfoilHat]

So no mention of the parasite Really?!

[@bkm2797]

What was the parasite, somehow I missed the explanation.

[@pinkiesvlogs2]

Her mother.

[@jamesr1703]

I thought it was when women would ingest a tapeworm (an internal organism that feeds off of its host) to stay thin.

[@bkm2797]

Me too!

[@fflubadubb]

@@bkm2797 Me to hahaha 😆

[@TMLarra]

What parasite? I kept watching thinking she took in a parasitic worm to keep her weight down. ...glad she did not.

[@judilynn9569]

Otto Preminger. Pre-min-jer. Not Pre-min-ger. The G is soft. :)

[@mesee557]

Am I the only one who thought her name was Gypsy LEE Rose?

[@susancervantez3336]

Yes.

[@lisag18]

Yes

[@Valentina-Steinway]

Where’s the parasite??

[@egparis18]

Otto Preminger is pronounced 'PreminJ(as in Joseph)er' in English and 'PreminG(as in golf)er in German. Do look things up.

[@nelsonx5326]

Did she ever flash the hairy thing?

[@UltimoDogLover]

She was billed as Gypsy ROSE Lee since 1936 in Ziegfeld's folllies so should be referred to that way. Dropping the Rose throughout the video here is annoying.

[@sunnyjacksmack]

Prim in jer

[@joannawilson3200]

🥰🥰👍👍👍

[@catofthecastle1681]

Her sister?????