Georgia Sothern
Georgia Sothern (1913–1981), born Hazel Anderson, was a burlesque dancer and vaudeville performer. She was known for her
Old Howard Athenaeum in Boston during 1939. She toured New York Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, and Miami. She was a red-head.[2] One of her performances was captured in a Film Theatarettes short film.[3]
She wrote her memoir titled Georgia: A Life in Burlesque. She had a series of marriages.
She was born in Georgia and began performing at 13. Advertising posters brought large crowds to her shows around the U.S.[4] One of the songs she performed to was the up tempo "Hold that Tiger" performed by an orchestra accompanying the show.[5] She was friends with fellow performer Gypsy Rose Lee.[6] Sothern's performances were frenzies of fast-paced gyrating and disrobing.[7] She considered Rags Ragland a close friend.
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "Real Art Required to Be Burlesque Stripper, Georgia Sothern Explains | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Minx, Victor. "TRUE BURLESQUE: The World's Fastest Stripper (!) True Burlesque of Georgia Sothern Ecydysiast and Suspected Falsie Wearer?". TRUE BURLESQUE. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ISBN 9781550223712.
- ISBN 9781555534103.
- ISBN 978-0-19-983101-2– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780938711476– via Google Books.
External links
- Georgia Sothern at IMDb
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