American burlesque performer and actress (1904–1979)
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Sally Rand
Rand in 1937
Born
Helen Gould Beck
(1904-04-03)April 3, 1904
Elkton, Missouri, U.S.[1]
Died
August 31, 1979(1979-08-31) (aged 75)
Glendora, California, U.S.
Other names
Billie Beck, Helen Gould Beck, Hattie Helen Gould Beck
Occupation(s)
Burlesque dancer Vedette Actress
Years active
1925–1979
Spouse(s)
Thurkel Greenough (1941–?) Harry Finkelstein (1949–1950) Fred Lalla (1954–1960)[2]
Children
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Sally Rand (born Helen Gould Beck; April 3, 1904 – August 31, 1979)[3] 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. Her career spanned more than forty years and she appeared on stage, screen and in television. Through her career she worked alongside Humphrey Bogart, Karl Malden, and Cecil B. De Mille. She was a trained pilot and briefly dated Charles Lindbergh.
^Shteir, Rachel (1 November 2004). Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-19-512750-8. "Born Harriet Helen Beck in Elkton, Missouri, in 1904...
^Born April 3, 1904, per SSDI under the name Helen Beck; SS#349-10-3000. According to the 1920 U.S. census, her parents were William F. and Lillie Beck, and she had a younger brother, Harold; the family was then residing in Jackson County, Missouri, not Hickory County.
SallyRand (born Helen Gould Beck; April 3, 1904 – August 31, 1979) was an American burlesque dancer, vedette, and actress, famous for her ostrich-feather...
The bubble dance is an erotic dance made famous by SallyRand in the 1930s. The dancer, often being fully naked, dances with a huge bubble shaped like...
American burlesque star and motion picture actress. Along with Lili St. Cyr, SallyRand, and Blaze Starr, she was one of the best-known burlesque performers of...
appeared in the self-written, off-Broadway musical Fandance: The Legend of SallyRand. Austin, Texas rock band Young Heart Attack wrote a song called "Misty...
(in Spanish). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2023. "SallyRand – The Music Box and SallyRand Nude Ranch at Treasure Island – 1939". sfmuseum.org. Archived...
to perform at the 1933 World's Fair after learning that rival dancer SallyRand was performing a fan dance. Bacon, who maintained she originated the dance...
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film The Right Stuff, has an extended scene featuring an actress playing SallyRand performing a fan dance. This movie is about the Mercury Seven, the military...
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Case is a 1938 American film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring SallyRand and Esther Muir. The film is also known as High Explosive in the United...
at Revel Atlantic City opened in 2012. Inspired by old time stars like SallyRand, Tempest Storm, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Lili St. Cyr, more recent performers...
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burlesque theatres, and featured famous strippers such as Gypsy Rose Lee and SallyRand. The vaudeville trapeze artist Charmion performed a "disrobing" act onstage...
Stephen (January 27, 2004). "Noel Toy, 84, Fan Dancer Billed as 'Chinese SallyRand'". The New York Sun. p. 16. Wikiquote has quotations related to Noel Toy...
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fair. One famous feature of the fair were the performances of fan dancer SallyRand. Hal Pearl then known as "Chicago's Youngest Organist" and later "The...
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were at least 150 strip principals in the US. Star strippers included SallyRand, Gypsy Rose Lee, Tempest Storm, Lili St. Cyr, Blaze Starr, Ann Corio and...
and incorporating tassel twirling as part of a performance. Finnell and SallyRand rose to prominence as burlesque performers in the 1920s and 1930s. At...
The Hoosier Hot Shots, Charlie Spivak, Cliff Edwards, Martha Tilton, SallyRand, Nick Lucas, Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day, Jimmie Dodd, Merle Travis, and Lawrence...
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