Vedette (cabaret)

Vedette is a French word that designates the star of a show, at the top of the billing.{{cite web|url=http://www.le-dictionnaire.com/definition.php?mot=vedette|title=Le Dictionnaire - Définition vedette|website=www.le-dictionnaire.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} The meaning of the term has changed over the years. From the early twentieth century, it began to be used for the main female artists in cabaret shows such as burlesque, vaudeville, music hall or revue. The height of fame and popularity of these performers coincided with the periods of sexual liberation in the 20th century – the 1920s, 1940s and 1970s.

The popularity of vedettes in France began to increase at the beginning of the 20th century. Thereafter they achieved greater popularity in Latin countries. At different times they became an exotic feature of the nightlife of Spain, Argentina and Mexico. The term vedette is little used in English-speaking countries. In the United States there are popular cabaret and burlesque shows in Las Vegas, where the term used for the performers is showgirl. Venues such as Le Lido, the Moulin Rouge, and the Crazy Horse in France, the Teatro Maipo and the Teatro El Nacional in Argentina, and the Teatro de la Ciudad "Esperanza Iris" in Mexico are or were famous for their vedette shows.

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France is considered the cradle of vedettes worldwide. Its capital, Paris, has been home to some of the most famous cabarets in the world. Among these are the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergère, pioneers of night shows in which the vedettes appeared on the scene half naked and doing Tableau vivant. Other famous venues are the Le Lido and Bataclan, also famous for their vaudeville and revues. In more recent times, the Crazy Horse also became a notable cabaret.

Famous French vedettes included the "Three Graces" of the Belle Époque: Émilienne d'Alençon, Liane de Pougy, and La Bella Otero.{{cite web|url=http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/sex/the-courtesan/|title=The Courtesan|date=14 September 2011|access-date=2 July 2018}} The famous Mistinguett became one of the most popular French artists of her time{{cite web|url=http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/m/mistinguett.htm|title=Biografia de Mistinguett|website=www.biografiasyvidas.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} while Madame Rasimi is remembered as the founder of the Bataclan. Another outstanding figure was Gina Palerme.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the novelist Colette also performed in revue. Another prominent figure of that time was the world-famous Dutch spy Mata Hari. The legendary Cléo de Mérode of the Folies Bergère was another of the great stars.{{cite web|url=https://www.portalsolidario.net/ocio/visu/biografia.php?rowid=10182|title=Biografía insólita. Cleo de Mérode, la bailarina más deseada|website=www.portalsolidario.net|access-date=2 July 2018}}

File:Mistinguett Moulin Rouge.jpg at the Moulin Rouge]]

Joséphine Baker,{{cite web|url=http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/about/biography.html|title=Biography - The Official Licensing Website of Josephine Baker|access-date=2 July 2018}} of American origin, is remembered as one of the most important vedettes. Her "Revue Nègre", which included a jazz orchestra, caused a sensation. Her exotic dance form, her uninhibited sexuality and her minimal dress (which included a skirt made of bananas) were more attractive to Europeans than to Americans. She became the star of Parisian nights and even opened her own club, Chez Josephine.

Another important figure was Coccinelle, considered the first transgender vedette in history.{{cite web|url=http://ww38.coccinelleshow.com/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161228073700/http://ww38.coccinelleshow.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 December 2016|title=Biography of Coccinelle in her official web page|access-date=2 July 2018}}

The actress and singer Liliane Montevecchi stood out as vedette in the Folies Bergère in the 1970s, and eventually conquered Broadway. Another figure of the time was the Italian Xenia Monty.

In recent times the vedette shows have emphasized figures like Arielle Dombasle (known as the vedette-like Dolorès Sugar Rose) and Marlène Mourreau.

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One of the first vedettes that stood out in Spain are La Bella Otero, a celebrated courtesan who settled in France, one of the most outstanding personages of the Belle Époque in the artistic circles and the gallant life of Paris;{{cite web|url=http://www.culturagalega.org/album/detalle.php?id=53|title=La Bella Otero - Álbum de mulleres - culturagalega.org|website=www.culturagalega.org|access-date=2 July 2018}} Luisa Esteso, famous comedian actress; Encarnación Fernández, who had most of her career in Argentina;{{cite web|url=http://www.maipo.com.ar/historia_1927.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141004171949/http://www.maipo.com.ar/historia_1927.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2014|title=Teatro Maipo|date=6 October 2014|access-date=2 July 2018}} Celia Gámez (of Argentine origin), one of the most popular stars of Spain in the first half of the twentieth century, and who owes much of the splendor of the Revues;{{cite web|url=http://lazarzuela.webcindario.com/BIO/gamez.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629100827/http://lazarzuela.webcindario.com/BIO/gamez.htm|url-status=live|archive-date=29 June 2012|title=The Career of Celia Gámez|access-date=2 July 2018}} Paquita Garzón;{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/|title=Hemeroteca de ABC - abc.es|website=hemeroteca.abc.es|access-date=2 July 2018}} Rosario Guerrero (called "The Beautiful Guerrero"); Rosita Rodrigo; Tina de Jarque,{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/local-comunidad-valenciana/20130420/abci-misterio-vedette-tina-jarque-201304201341.html|title=El misterio de la vedette Tina de Jarque|date=20 April 2013 |access-date=2 July 2018}} Rosario Soler "La Patita",{{cite web|url=https://rosariosoler.wordpress.com/|title=Rosario Soler. La Patita. Biografía de la tiple malagueña.|website=Rosario Soler. La Patita. Biografía de la tiple malagueña.|access-date=2 July 2018}} Paquita Escribano, Carmen Tórtola Valencia, specialist in oriental dances and pioneer of women's liberation,{{cite web|url=http://www.jotdown.es/2016/01/tortola-valencia-entre-la-danza-y-el-deseo/|title=Tórtola Valencia: entre la danza y el deseo|date=31 January 2016|access-date=2 July 2018}} and the sisters Laura and Victoria Pinillos.{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1970/11/04/093.html|title=ABC (Madrid) - 04/11/1970, p. 93 - ABC.es Hemeroteca|website=hemeroteca.abc.es|access-date=2 July 2018}}

The 1940s highlighted figures such as Trini Alonso, María Antinea (also famous in Argentina and Mexico); Maruja Boldoba, Florinda Chico, Gema del Rio, the popular Manolita Chen and her company; Teresita Silva; Maruja Tomás and Helga Liné.{{cite web|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190629215129/http://lazarzuela.webcindario.com/BIO/silvateresita.htm|archive-date=2019-06-29|url=http://lazarzuela.webcindario.com/BIO/silvateresita.htm|title=Teresita Silva|website=lazarzuela.webcindario.com|access-date=2 July 2018}}

The 1950s highlighted stars like Mary Begoña, one of the comedic actresses par excellence of the Spanish scene;{{cite web|url=http://larevistamusical.blogspot.com/search?max-results=18|title=HISTORIAS DE LA REVISTA MUSICAL ESPAÑOLA|access-date=2 July 2018}} Licia Calderón, Queta Claver (that became one of the major vedettes of Spain);{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2003/05/05/cultura/1052132283.html|title=elmundo.es - Fallece la actriz Queta Claver, una de las vedettes más populares|website=www.elmundo.es|access-date=2 July 2018}} Raquel Daina;{{cite web|url=http://www.madridiario.es/noticia/231266|title=Raquel Daina: superviviente de la pasarela|last=Madridiario|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=31 December 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161231023236/http://www.madridiario.es/noticia/231266|url-status=dead}} Marujita Díaz, considered as the "Queen of the Copla" and "Queen of the Spanish Music Revue" and Carmen de Lirio, famous during the dictatorship.{{cite web|archive-date=2021-07-15|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210715095904/http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=8035|url=http://www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com/voz.asp?voz_id=8035|title=Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa Online|first=DiCom Medios|last=SL|website=www.enciclopedia-aragonesa.com|access-date=2 July 2018}}

In the sixties, famous figures such as Mary Santpere, called "La Reina del Paralelo" (The Queen of the Parallel) reached the fame of Barcelona's homonymous street, where the greatest number of theaters were concentrated in the 20th century; Rosita Amores, pioneer of the erotic cabaret in the mid-1960s, and who knew how to outwit Franco's censorship in times when eroticism in Spain was confined to the private sphere, becoming a popular symbol of entertainment in the Valencian Community; Marisol Ayuso; Ingrid Garbo, of German origin; Vicky Lagos; Vicky Lusson; Katia Loritz;{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/cultura/2015/08/17/55d1f230ca4741806b8b4587.html|title=Muere la actriz Katia Loritz, una de las 'Chicas de la Cruz Roja'|date=17 August 2015 |access-date=2 July 2018}} Esperanza Roy, and Lina Morgan, one of the country's most momentous comic strips.{{cite web|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/MORGAN/_LINA/Lina/Morgan/picara/vencio/escultural/elpepicul/19850127elpepicul_9/Tes,|title=Article about Lina Morgan|access-date=2 July 2018}} Sara Montiel, deserves special mention, who along with her prestigious film career, excelled in shows as a vedette from this decade.

In the 1970s María José Cantudo starred in the first full-length female nude (seen through a mirror) of Spanish cinema;{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/blanco.y.negro/1976/01/03/051.html|title=Blanco y Negro (Madrid) - 03/01/1976, p. 51 - ABC.es Hemeroteca|website=hemeroteca.abc.es|access-date=2 July 2018}} Eva León Conde{{cite web|url=https://www.biografias.es/famosos/eva-leon.html|title=Eva León - Biografía de Eva León|website=www.biografias.es|access-date=2 July 2018}} and Barbara Rey were also popular vedettes of the period.

From the 1980s and 1990s stand out figures such as Lita Claver "La Maña";{{cite web|url=https://javierbarreiro.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/lita-claver-la-mana/|title=LITA CLAVER "LA MAÑA"|date=19 January 2010|access-date=2 July 2018}} Norma Duval, one of the last stars of the traditional magazine, a type of spectacle that during those years was in decline and that was maintained mainly thanks to the tourists who visited Paris;{{cite web|url=http://mx.hola.com/biografias/norma-duval/biografia/|title=Norma Duval. Noticias, fotos y biografía de Norma Duval|last1=Mx.Hola.com|last2=Hola.com|website=mx.hola.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} Tania Doris, another one of the last representatives of the sort in Spain ; Paloma Hurtado, María José Nieto "Maripepa",{{cite web|url=http://larevistamusical.blogspot.mx/2010_02_01_archive.html|title=HISTORIAS DE LA REVISTA MUSICAL ESPAÑOLA|website=larevistamusical.blogspot.mx|access-date=2 July 2018}} Rosa Valenty, Africa Pratt and the French Marlène Mourreau.{{cite web|url=http://www.marlenemourreau.com/index.php|title=Official biography of Marlène Mourreau(in French)|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112202909/http://www.marlenemourreau.com/index.php|archive-date=2012-01-12|url-status=dead}}

In the last years they have emphasized figures like La Terremoto de Alcorcón and the transsexual actresses ´Bibiana Fernandez, La Veneno, Paca la Piraña and La Prohibida.

Revue shows were popularized in Buenos Aires from the 1920s, mainly in the Teatro Maipo.{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1006566-la-catedral-de-la-revista|title=La catedral de la revista|date=26 April 2008 |access-date=2 July 2018}} Tita Merello became one of the most famous vedettes of the time.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/461482-adios-a-la-inigualable-morocha-argentina|title=Adiós a la inigualable morocha argentina|newspaper=La Nación|first=Marcelo|last=Stiletano|date=26 December 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224151813/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/461482-adios-a-la-inigualable-morocha-argentina/|archive-date=24 December 2015|lang=es|trans-title=Goodbye to the incomparable Argentine brunette}}

In the 1950s vedettes of Cuban origin appeared, like Blanquita Amaro{{cite web|url=http://tangoreporter.blogspot.com/2009/07/blanquita-amaro-la-bailarina-cubana-que.html|title=TANGO Reporter: Blanquita Amaro, la bailarina cubana que entre rumbas y tangos triunfo en la Argentina|first=Tango|last=Reporter|date=25 July 2009|access-date=2 July 2018}} Amelia Vargas{{cite web|url=http://es.goldenmap.com/Amelita_Vargas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818112616/http://es.goldenmap.com/Amelita_Vargas|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2014|title=Conceptical|date=18 August 2014|access-date=2 July 2018}} and Rosita Fornés.{{Cite web|url=https://tonypisani1.tripod.com/id1.html|title=Una Rosa Para el Arte|lang=es|trans-title=A Rose for Art|website=Rosita Fornés Web Page}} They had all the glitz, grace and glamor that characterized the era, and shared the stage with local stars like Nélida Roca.{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/163948-nelida-roca-adios-a-un-mito-porteno|title=Nélida Roca: adiós a un mito porteño|date=6 December 1999 |access-date=2 July 2018}}

In the 1960s figures appeared like Zulma Faiad,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265311/|title=Zulma Faiad|website=IMDb|access-date=2 July 2018}} Nélida Lobato,{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1128941-nelida-lobato-una-vedette-como-ya-no-hay|title=Nélida Lobato, una vedette como ya no hay|date=17 May 2009 |access-date=2 July 2018}} Susana Brunetti, Norma Pons, Egle Martín{{cite web|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/las12/13-3979-2008-03-21.html|title=Página/12 :: las12|website=www.pagina12.com.ar|access-date=2 July 2018}} and the Puerto Rican Iris Chacón, called the "Vedette of America".{{cite web|url=http://www.prpop.org/biografias/i_bios/iris_chacon.shtml|title=Iris Chacón|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=28 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628084651/http://www.prpop.org/biografias/i_bios/iris_chacon.shtml|url-status=dead}}

The 1970s and 1980s gave way to other stars like Graciela Alfano{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1295526-graciela-alfano-me-encanta-que-me-crean-mala|title=Graciela Alfano: "Me encanta que me crean mala"|date=18 August 2010 |access-date=2 July 2018}} and the sisters Ethel and Gogó Rojo.{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/television-y-radio/Ethel-gogo-rojo_0_500949937.html|title=Ethel y Gogo Rojo|last=Clarín.com|date=16 June 2011 |access-date=2 July 2018}}

Others who arose at that time and remained in force in the following years were Susana Giménez{{cite web|url=http://www.1modelos.com.ar/susana-gimenez.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103164906/http://www.1modelos.com.ar/susana-gimenez.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2011|title=Susana Giménez .|date=3 November 2011|access-date=2 July 2018}} Moria Casán{{cite web|url=http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=5974|title=Revista Gente|website=Infobae|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=31 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000314/http://www.gente.com.ar/nota.php?ID=5974|url-status=dead}} and Bettina Vardé.{{cite web|url=http://www.nuestrosactores.com.ar/index.php/component/content/article/19-actrices/895-varde-bettina|title=Vardé, Bettina|last=Mariano|website=www.nuestrosactores.com.ar|access-date=2 July 2018}} and the man-vedette Jorge Perez Evelyn.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/view/jorge-perez-evelyn|title=Jorge Perez Evelyn|access-date=2 November 2017}}

In the 1990s, new vedettes appeared, some of whose fame would spread to the next decade, such as Cris Miró,{{cite web|url=http://edant.clarin.com/diario/1999/06/02/e-03801d.htm|title=Murió Cris Miró, una figura de la revista|last=Clarín.com|date=2 June 1999 |access-date=2 July 2018}} María Fernanda Callejón, the Puerto Rican Lourdes Chacón{{Cite news|url=http://www.primerahora.com/entretenimiento/farandula/nota/lavedettenomueresetransforma-480557/|title=Article in Spanish: The Vedette doesn't die: They transform|date=2011-03-05|work=Primera Hora|access-date=2017-03-25|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://lourdeschacon.wordpress.com/la-vedette-revelacion-del-1981-1982/|title=Article: La Vedette Revelación del 1981-1982|date=2017-02-23|work=Lourdes Chacón|access-date=2017-03-25|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://lourdeschacon.wordpress.com/premio-buho-de-oro/|title=Article: Vedette of the decade: "Golden Owl" Award. (Premio Búho de Oro)|date=2017-02-20|work=Lourdes Chacón|access-date=2017-03-25|language=en-US}} and Monica Ayos.{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/espectaculos/television-y-radio/titulo_0_589141115.html|title=Mónica Ayos: "Toda la vida me gustaron los desafíos"|last=Clarín.com|date=11 November 2011 |access-date=2 July 2018}}

In the first years of the 21st century there has been a return of the revues in the Avenida Corrientes with figures like Florencia de la V,{{Cite web |url=http://famosos.ciudad.com.ar/famosos/florencia-de-la-v |title=Article about Florencia de la V |access-date=2017-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025195430/http://famosos.ciudad.com.ar/famosos/florencia-de-la-v |archive-date=2015-10-25 |url-status=dead }} María Eugenia Ritó,{{cite web|url=http://maria-eugenia-rito.elarchivon.com/biografia-de-maria-eugenia-rito.php|title=Biography of María Eugenia Ritó|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305194340/http://maria-eugenia-rito.elarchivon.com/biografia-de-maria-eugenia-rito.php|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Adabel Guerrero,{{cite web|url=http://www.adabelguerrero.com/|title=AdabelGuerrero.com|website=www.adabelguerrero.com|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707082205/http://www.adabelguerrero.com/|archive-date=7 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and Valeria Archimó.{{Cite web |url=http://www.primeraplanamundial.com/espectaculos/201002093683/Teatro/valeria-archimo-la-mejor-vedette-de-carlos-paz.html |title=Article about Valeria Archimó |access-date=2017-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330204156/http://primeraplanamundial.com/espectaculos/201002093683/Teatro/valeria-archimo-la-mejor-vedette-de-carlos-paz.html |archive-date=2016-03-30 |url-status=usurped }}

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The image of the Vedette in Mexico arises from the beginning of the 20th century with the rise of the called "Carpas" and the Revues. Some venues such as Teatro Principal,{{cite web|url=http://museoebc.org/eventos/historia-del-teatro-principal-en-mexico-1753-1931|title=Historia del Teatro Principal en México 1753-1931 - Museo EBC|website=museoebc.org|access-date=2 July 2018}} the Teatro Colón{{cite web|url=http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2007/08/20/opinion/o-01802.htm|title=El Teatro Colón, en el D.F. de México|last=Clarín.com|date=20 August 2007 |access-date=2 July 2018}} and the Teatro Arbeu{{cite web|url=http://ciudadanosenred.com.mx/el-teatro-arbeu/|title=EL TEATRO ARBEU - Ciudadanos en Red|date=2 July 2009|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109185039/http://ciudadanosenred.com.mx/el-teatro-arbeu/|url-status=dead}} were considered as the cathedral of the revues and burlesque in Mexico City. There arise figures like Lupe Vélez, who, before being consecrated as a star in Hollywood, was considered one of the queens of the frivolous theater.{{cite web|url=http://www.abcguionistas.com/noticias/guion/11111111111111111111111111111113ek/martin-caballero-presenta-su-biopic-sobre-lupe-velez.html|title=Martín Caballero presenta su 'biopic' sobre Lupe Vélez|access-date=2 July 2018}} The maximum figure of the time was Maria Conesa "The White Kitten", who also had a very long career spanning theater, film and television.{{cite web|url=http://maria-conesa-tiple.blogspot.com/|title=María Conesa: La artista, la mujer y el mito|first=Roberto|last=Acuña|date=8 August 2011|access-date=2 July 2018}} Other outstanding figures of the time were Esperanza Iris,{{cite web|url=http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/i/iris.htm|title=Biografia de Esperanza Iris|website=www.biografiasyvidas.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} Celia Montalván,{{cite web|url=http://cinesilentemexicano.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/l/|title=Las tiples y el cine mudo|date=14 October 2009|access-date=2 July 2018}} Lupe Rivas Cacho,{{cite web|url=http://miguelangelmoralex-comicos.blogspot.com/2011/07/lupe-rivas-cacho.html|title=LUPE RIVAS CACHO|access-date=2 July 2018}} Amparo Arozamena,{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/595081.html|title=El Universal - - Perfil: María Amparo Arozamena Sánchez|website=www.eluniversal.com.mx|access-date=2 July 2018}} Prudencia Grifell,{{cite web|url=http://revistaactual.com.mx/2011/06/prudencia-griffel-41-aniversario-luctuoso/Article|title=about Prudencia Griffel|access-date=2 July 2018}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Celia Padilla,{{cite web|url=https://es.pinterest.com/pin/409264684861728019/|title=TEATRO MEXICANO|website=Pinterest|access-date=2 July 2018}} Delia Magaña,{{cite web|url=http://www.museocjv.com/deliamagana.htm|title=Museo CJV|website=www.museocjv.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} Lupe Inclán, Aurora Walker, Amelia Wilhelmy{{cite web|url=http://reliquiasideologicas.blogspot.com/2010/01/w.html|title=Reliquias Ideológicas: W|date=1 April 2010|access-date=2 July 2018}} and Mimí Derba,{{cite web|url=http://revistaactual.com.mx/2011/07/mimi-derba-58-aniversario-luctuoso/|title=Article about Mimí Derba|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213110942/http://revistaactual.com.mx/2011/07/mimi-derba-58-aniversario-luctuoso/|archive-date=2013-12-13|url-status=dead}} among others. Conesa, Montalván and Rivas Cacho, were even immortalized in a famous foxtrot called Mi querido capitán (My dear captain).

In the 1950s{{cite web|url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1090805/0/eujenia-arenas/cabarets/mexico/|title=Los últimos cabarets mexicanos|last=20Minutos|access-date=2 July 2018|date=2011-06-24}} saw a resurgence of nightlife in Mexico City. Venues like the Tivoli, the Waikikí, the Margo (after the Teatro Blanquita), the Follies Bergere and the Teatro Lírico,{{cite web|url=http://news.urban360.com.mx/239792/por-las-calles-de-la-ciudad-teatro-lirico/|title=Article about the Teatro Lírico|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161215015316/http://news.urban360.com.mx/239792/por-las-calles-de-la-ciudad-teatro-lirico/|archive-date=2016-12-15|url-status=dead}} among others, became the main forums for the blossoming of the vedettes. Special mention should be made of the Exoticas, a group of vedettes that caused fury in Mexico's nightlife in the late 1940s and early 1950s. These "Exoticas" were characterized by using extravagant names, and their shows included African, Tahitian or Oriental dances.{{cite journal|url=https://www.revistas.inah.gob.mx/index.php/diariodecampo/article/view/859|title=Tongolele y las "exóticas" en Magazine de Policía y VEA|first=Gabriela Pulido|last=Llano|date=1 October 2013|journal=Diario de Campo|issue=13|pages=32–36|access-date=2 July 2018|via=www.revistas.inah.gob.mx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161129053349/https://www.revistas.inah.gob.mx/index.php/diariodecampo/article/view/859|archive-date=2016-11-29|url-status=dead}} The most famous of the "Exoticas" was Yolanda Montes "Tongolele",{{cite web|url=http://www.vivelohoy.com/entretenimiento/8041423/perfume-de-gardenia-arranca-gira-en-la|title=Perfume de Gardenia arranca gira en LA|first=Tommy|last=Calle|date=22 October 2011 |access-date=2 July 2018}} one of the most important dancers of Latin America, and has been in force for more than sixty years. Together with Tongolele, the most famous were Su Muy Key The Chinese Doll,{{cite web|url=http://miguelangelmoralex-bitacora.blogspot.com/2010/05/su-muy-key.html|title=Bitácora: SU-MUY-KEY|first=Miguel Angel|last=Morales|date=1 May 2010|access-date=2 July 2018}} and Kalantan. Another famous "Exóticas" were Trudi Bora, Turanda, Joyce Cameron, Tanabonga, Tundra, Gemma, Eda Lorna, Kurumba, Bongala, Tula Montenegro, Brenda Conde, Josefina del Mar and Naná.{{cite web|url=http://www.poresto.net/ver_nota.php?zona=yucatan&idSeccion=33&idTitulo=94881|title=Por esto Yucatán: The Amazing World of the Exoticas|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=10 April 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150410060817/http://www.poresto.net/ver_nota.php?zona=yucatan&idSeccion=33&idTitulo=94881|url-status=dead}}

Parallel to the success of the Exoticas, they appear in Mexico the famous "Rumberas", dancers of Afro-American rhythms. The Rumberas managed to create their own cinematographic genre: The Rumberas film{{cite web|url=http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/rumbarr.html|title=1946-1950: Rumberas y Arrabal|website=cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222034740/http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/rumbarr.html|archive-date=2012-02-22|url-status=dead}} In the called Golden Age of Mexican cinema. The Rumberas films reflected in many of its arguments the life of the women in the night centers and cabarets. The main exponents of the genre were the Cubans María Antonieta Pons,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690512/bio|title=María Antonieta Pons|website=IMDb|access-date=2 July 2018}} Amalia Aguilar,{{cite web|url=http://www.amaliaaguilar.com/history_1.html|title=Amalia Aguilar - Beginnings|website=www.amaliaaguilar.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} Ninón Sevilla{{cite web|url=http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/biografias/022450/ninon-sevilla|title=Ninón Sevilla|last=Espectáculos|date=2 January 2015|access-date=2 July 2018}} and Rosa Carmina{{cite web|url=http://rincondelaanoranza.blogspot.com/search?q=rosa+carmina|title=El Rincón de la Añoranza|access-date=2 July 2018}} as well the Mexican Meche Barba.{{cite web|url=http://rincondelaanoranza.blogspot.com/2008/09/las-rumberas-parte-4-la-rumbera.html|title=El Rincón de la Añoranza: LAS RUMBERAS parte 4: LA RUMBERA MEXICANA... MECHE BARBA|first=René Muñoz|last=López|date=1 September 2008|access-date=2 July 2018}}

These women were complete vedettes who never needed to explicitly teach their bodies, captivating audiences only with their dances and other stage talents. The Rumberas also performed shows and live performances in important venues. With the decline of the Rumberas film in the mid-fifties, some rumberas broadened their horizons and ventured into vedette shows. Particularly remembered are the live shows of Amalia Aguilar and Rosa Carmina, who even filled stadiums in various countries in Central and South America.

The Cuban Rosita Fornés deserves special mention. She reaches the final consecration in Mexico before conquering the rest of the continent.{{cite web|url=http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/estrellas/rosita_fornes.html|title=Rosita Fornés|website=cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704020007/http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/estrellas/rosita_fornes.html|archive-date=2013-07-04|url-status=dead}}

In the 1960s the splendor of the vedettes in Mexico lost force. Even so, worthy of mention are the shows offered in venues such as the Blanquita Theater or "El Patio" by the stars such as Sonia Furió, Ana Luisa Peluffo{{cite web|url=http://www.poresto.net/ver_nota.php?zona=yucatan&idSeccion=33&idTitulo=97347|title=Por esto Yucatán: Ana Luisa Peluffo|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222063433/http://www.poresto.net/ver_nota.php?zona=yucatan&idSeccion=33&idTitulo=97347|url-status=dead}} and Ana Bertha Lepe.{{cite web|url=http://www.elanecdotario.com/2006/ago06/7/ago7a.htm|title=Article about Ana Bertha Lepe|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117040726/http://elanecdotario.com/2006/ago06/7/ago7a.htm|archive-date=17 November 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In the midst of the fury of the Rock and Roll era, were famous figures like Malú Reyes{{cite web|url=http://estroncio90.typepad.com/blog/2011/12/malu-reyes.html|title=Malu Reyes - Vuelve Primavera: El rock de los 60 en México|website=estroncio90.typepad.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} and Emily Cranz.{{cite web|url=http://www.venamimundo.com/Videos/EmilyCranz.html|title=Emily Cranz|website=www.venamimundo.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} Actresses such as Jacqueline Voltaire{{cite web|url=http://www.articulosiete.com/content/qu%C3%A9-se-fi%C3%A7ieron-las-chicas-go-go|title=ArtículoSiete.com: The A Go go Girls|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305041541/http://www.articulosiete.com//content/qu%C3%A9-se-fi%C3%A7ieron-las-chicas-go-go|archive-date=5 March 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and Irán Eory{{cite web|url=http://diariojudio.com/comunidad-judia-mexico/iran-eory-zl-leyenda-del-cine-y-la-television-mexicana/7463/#|title=Iran Eory Z'L, Leyenda del Cine y la Televisión Mexicana - Diario Judío: Diario de la Vida Judía en México y el Mundo|website=diariojudio.com|access-date=2 July 2018|date=2015-02-10}} also performed shows as vedettes.

The 1970s and 1980s are considered the golden era of the vedettes in Mexico, thanks to a massive revival of nightlife in the country's capital. Mexico City was flooded with nightclubs, cabarets of all levels and burlesque theaters where the vedettes began to bloom. Among the most important nightclubs that illuminated the capital of the country are the Terazza Casino, the Capri (from the Hotel Regis), the Imperial, the Minuet, the Rio Rosa, La Fuente, El Conjunto Marrakech, La Copa de Champagne, El Cordiale, El Rondinella, El Clóset, El Quid, El 77, the Impala Bar and the Belvedere of the Hilton Continental Hotel. Some cabarets such as La Burbuja, Montparnasse, Las Fabulosas, El Can-Can, Los Globos, King Kong and Savoy also reached a great boom, while theaters like El Iris, El Blanquita and the Teatro Fru Fru{{cite web|url=http://www.revistacinefagia.com/2004/07/tivoli/|title=Tívoli - revistacinefagia.com|first=Revista|last=Cinefagia|website=www.revistacinefagia.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} presented burlesque shows, where the shows were more audacious and explicit. In addition, thanks to television, movies and magazines, the vedettes in Mexico reached their highest point of popularity. Many of them also ventured into the cinema, within the so-called Mexican sex comedy.{{cite web|url=http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/ficheras.html|title=1976-1982: Los años de las "Ficheras"|website=cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801011320/http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/ficheras.html|archive-date=2013-08-01|url-status=dead}}

On the other hand, the popular television program Variedades de medianoche (Varieties of the Midnight) contributed to the boom of these women and launched to the fame to dozens of them.{{cite web|url=http://cinematerapia.blogspot.mx/2011/12/variedades-de-medianoche-1977.html|title=Cinematerapia: Variedades de Medianoche|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106190012/http://cinematerapia.blogspot.mx/2011/12/variedades-de-medianoche-1977.html|archive-date=2017-11-06|url-status=dead}}

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Among the legendary vedettes that illuminated the nightlife of Mexico City are Olga Breeskin also known as "Super Olga" who achieved great fame for her spectacular performances where she danced surrounded by dancers and exotic animals while playing the violin;{{cite web|url=http://www.durangomas.mx/2013/10/olga-breeskin/|title=Olga Breeskin - DurangoMas|date=23 October 2013|access-date=2 July 2018}} Angélica Chaín,{{cite web|url=http://www.sarpanet.info/angelica_chain/|title=Angelica Chain - Biografía, fotos, palmarés, vídeos -|first=© Sarpanet, Diseño|last=Web|website=www.sarpanet.info|access-date=2 July 2018}} who achieved fame first in magazines, then start a career as a vedette and finally consecrate herself in the cinema; Amira Cruzat, famous for her show known as The Dressing Room of Amira Cruzat;{{cite web|url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/24254.html|title=¿Qué hacen hoy las vedettes de los años 70?|first=El Universal, Compañia Periodística Nacional.|last=México|access-date=2 July 2018}} Lila Deneken "The Number One", important singer and the first Latin American star to present a show at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club;{{cite web|url=https://nardaaraceli.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/recordando-a-lila-deneken/|title=Recordando a Lila Deneken.|date=20 February 2011|access-date=2 July 2018}} the Argentine Zulma Faiad who settled in Mexico much of the decade of the 1970s and reached a great fame in cinema and night centers;{{cite web|url=http://www.sarpanet.info/zulma_faiad/index.php|title=Zulma Faiad - Biografía, fotos, palmarés, vídeos -|first=© Sarpanet, Diseño|last=Web|website=www.sarpanet.info|access-date=2 July 2018}} Gloriella, popular star of the burlesque and numerous movies;[http://www.revistacinefagia.com/2005/12/se-llamaba-gloriella/ Cinefagia.com: Article about Gloriella] Princesa Lea,{{cite web|url=http://laprincesalea.blogspot.com/|title=LA PRINCESA LEA|first=Los Jinetes De|last=Acero|date=13 July 2007|access-date=2 July 2018}} very popular for presenting a show in which she bathed in a glass of champagne; Lyn May,{{cite web|url=http://aztecanoreste.mx/videos/detalle/8200?seccion_id=Entretenimiento|title=Azteca Noreste: Lyn May|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220140105/http://aztecanoreste.mx/videos/detalle/8200?seccion_id=Entretenimiento|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} of Chinese ancestry, pioneer of the nudes and one of the principal stars of the burlesque; Rossy Mendoza,{{cite web|url=https://www.cinepapaya.com/mx/biografia/rossy-mendoza-18822|title=Rossy Mendoza - Fandango México|website=www.cinepapaya.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} known popularly as "The Body" or "The Shorter Waist", thanks to her impressive anatomy; Sasha Montenegro,{{cite web|url=http://www.sdpnoticias.com/sdp/contenido/2009/01/19/312258|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215195101/http://www.sdpnoticias.com/sdp/contenido/2009/01/19/312258|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2013|title=SDPnoticias.com|date=15 December 2013|access-date=2 July 2018}} who on par of her film career performed live shows that attracted the public because of her popularity; The Brazilian Gina Montes, famous by her appearance in a popular TV Show;{{cite web|url=http://www.debate.com.mx/show/Gina-de-simbolo-sexual-a-cocinera-y-chofer--20160104-0174.html|title=Gina, de símbolo sexual a cocinera y chofer|access-date=2 July 2018}} Grace Renat, The Goddess of the Night, Irma Serrano,{{cite web|url=http://famosasmexicanas.com/fotos/irma-serrano/irma-serrano.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308155518/http://famosasmexicanas.com/fotos/irma-serrano/irma-serrano.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2016|title=famosasmexicanas.com at Directnic|date=8 March 2016|access-date=2 July 2018}} who scandalized at the time with her controversial theatrical spectacles in the enclosure of her property, the Theater Fru-Frú; Wanda Seux,{{cite web|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2009/150583/6/naci-vedette-y-morire-vedette-wanda-seux.htm|title=Nací vedette y moriré vedette: Wanda Seux|access-date=2 July 2018}} called "The Golden Bomb" and considered the "Barbie" of the vedettes for her thin figure and blonde hair; Thelma Tixou "The Girl of the Golden Body",{{cite web|url=http://silacasadelosperezgarcia.blogspot.com/2009/06/thelma-tixouuna-vedette-de-los-80.html|title=sílacasadelospérezgarcía: THELMA TIXOU,UNA VEDETTE DE LOS 80|last=Gallega|date=24 January 2010|access-date=2 July 2018}} native of Argentina, famous for her stature and imposing physique, and star for several years of the famous cabaret El Capri, Isela Vega,{{cite web|url=http://mx.globedia.com/vedette-mexicana-nunca-objeto-sexual-deseo-entrevista-isela-vega|title=Vedette Mexicana: "Nunca objeto sexual, pero sí del deseo" Entrevista a ...|website=mx.globedia.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} popular Mexican film actress, who scandalized audiences with her provocative shows in the stage, and Princesa Yamal,{{cite web|url=http://acatani.blogspot.com/2011/05/princesa-yamalestrella-de-los-80.html|title=PRINCESA YAMAL...ESTRELLA DE LOS 80|first=Alberto|last=Catani|date=11 May 2011|access-date=2 July 2018}} famous by her Arabian exotic dances.

Other outstanding figures were Brigitte Aubé, Cleopatra,{{cite web|url=http://miguelangelmoralex-bitacora.blogspot.com/2015/01/mis-amigas-las-vedettes.html|title=Bitácora: MIS AMIGAS LAS VEDETTES|first=Miguel Angel|last=Morales|date=22 January 2015|access-date=2 July 2018}} Alejandra del Moral,{{cite web|url=http://letrasexplicitas.com/vivir-la-noche/|title=Letras explicitas.com: Alejandra del Moral|access-date=2 July 2018}} Mora Escudero,{{cite web|url=http://www.animalpolitico.com/2013/02/juan-ponce-guadian-el-fotografo-de-las-vedettes/|title=Juan Ponce Guadián, el fotógrafo de las vedettes - Animal Político|website=www.animalpolitico.com|access-date=2 July 2018|date=2013-02-16}} Gioconda,{{cite web|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/05/13/index.php?section=espectaculos&article=a10n1esp|title=La Jornada: Artículo sobre Gioconda|access-date=2 July 2018}} Ivonne Govea,{{cite web|url=http://www.dvintagecode.com/ivonne-govea.php|title=www.dvintagecode.com/Ivonne Govea|website=www.dvintagecode.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} Iris Cristal,{{cite web|url=http://cinematerapia.blogspot.mx/2011/12/variedades-de-medianoche-1977.html|title=Vedettes of "Variedades de medianoche"|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106190012/http://cinematerapia.blogspot.mx/2011/12/variedades-de-medianoche-1977.html|archive-date=2017-11-06|url-status=dead}} Yolanda Liévana,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509773/bio|title=Yolanda Lievana|website=IMDb|access-date=2 July 2018}} Norma Lee,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497960/|title=Norma Lee|website=IMDb|access-date=2 July 2018}} Mara Marú,{{cite web|url=http://mxcity.mx/2016/12/el-capri-centro-nocturno-hotel-regis-ciudad-de-mexico/|title=El Capri, el centro nocturno visitado por figuras como Marilyn Monroe|last=MXCity|date=5 December 2016|access-date=2 July 2018}} Miss Melina Mey,{{cite web|url=http://cinematerapia.blogspot.mx/2011/12/variedades-de-medianoche-1977.html|title=Cinematerapia Blog: Vedettes de Variedades de medianoche|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106190012/http://cinematerapia.blogspot.mx/2011/12/variedades-de-medianoche-1977.html|archive-date=2017-11-06|url-status=dead}} Gina Morett, the transgender Jessica Muriel,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXGf2yBoYNc|title=Jessica Muriel "EL MILAGRO DEL SIGLO" 1/3|last=Chalevisión|date=20 March 2016|access-date=2 July 2018|via=YouTube}} Valeria Pani,{{cite web|url=http://hazte.blogspot.mx/2012/09/que-fue-de-valeria-pani.html|title=Hazte pa' aca Blog: Valeria Pani|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211055732/http://hazte.blogspot.mx/2012/09/que-fue-de-valeria-pani.html|archive-date=2017-02-11|url-status=dead}} Noelia Noel, Gabriela Ríos,{{cite web|url=http://cinematerapia.blogspot.mx/2011/12/variedades-de-medianoche-1977.html|title=Cinematerapia Blog: Vedettes of "Variedades de medianoche"|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106190012/http://cinematerapia.blogspot.mx/2011/12/variedades-de-medianoche-1977.html|archive-date=2017-11-06|url-status=dead}} Olga Ríos, Lina Santos,{{cite web|url=http://www.chilango.com/cine/nota/2015/04/10/las-actrices-del-cine-de-ficheras|title=Chilango.com: Article about Lina Santos and other actresses|access-date=2 July 2018}} Merle Uribe{{cite web|url=http://www.lametiche.com/seccion/merle-uribe/|title=Merle Uribe - La Metiche|website=www.lametiche.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} and Judith Velasco Herrera, among many others.

In the year 2016, the filmmaker María José Cuevas made the documentary Beauties of the Night, which portrays the life of five of these great vedettes.{{Cite web |url=http://arca.tv/bellas-noche-documental-las-vedettes-mexicanas/ |title=Arca.tv: Beauties of the Night, documentary about the Mexican vedettes |access-date=2016-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129144336/http://arca.tv/bellas-noche-documental-las-vedettes-mexicanas/ |archive-date=2016-11-29 |url-status=dead }}

One of the last great vedettes in Mexico was Francis García, a transvestite artist who was the main star of the Teatro Blanquita for more than a decade.{{cite web|url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2007/327337.html|title=Muere Francis a causa de una trombosis|website=www.cronica.com.mx|access-date=2 July 2018}}

In recent years, large night centers have virtually disappeared from Mexico. Some actresses and singers perform shows of vedettes in other venues, such as the Palenques. Among them are figures such as Costa Rican Maribel Guardia,[http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/farandula/fotos/antes-y-despues-de-la-ardiente-maribel-guardia-/68832/ Esmas.com: Article about Maribel Guardia] Mexicans Lorena Herrera, Mariana Seoane,{{cite web|url=https://www.info7.mx/seccion/mariana-seoane-la-nueva-gardenia/692156y|title=Article about Mariana Seoane|access-date=2 July 2018}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} the transgender Alejandra Bogue{{cite web|url=http://infouam.blogspot.com/2006/03/alejandra-bogue-de-tiempo-completo.html|title=infouam: Alejandra Bogue, de tiempo completo©|first=Israel|last=Pintor|date=24 March 2006|access-date=2 July 2018}} and Ninel Conde and the Cubans Niurka Marcos{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com/entretenimiento/noticias/niurka_marcos_toda_una_vedette/oci447490|title=Terra - Notícias, esportes, coberturas ao vivo, diversão e estilo de vida|website=Terra|access-date=2 July 2018}} and Lis Vega.{{cite web|url=http://www.multimedios.com/programas/vivalavi/lis-vega-gran-vedette-1.html|title=¡Lis Vega sí es una gran vedette!|access-date=2 July 2018|date=2016-09-07}}

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The term "vedette" is not commonly used in the United States or other Anglo-Saxon countries, where they are called "showgirls" instead. Las Vegas is considered, after Paris, as the main venue for revue shows and musicals worldwide.

Briton Lydia Thompson became a leading dancer and actress in burlesques on the London stage. She introduced Victorian burlesque to America with her troupe the "British Blondes", in 1868, to great acclaim and notoriety.{{cite web|url=http://www.streetswing.com/histmai2/d2lydtm1.htm|title=Streetswing's Burlesque History Archives: Lydia Thompson|first=Sonny|last=Watson|website=www.streetswing.com|access-date=2 July 2018}}

Of the most famous American vedettes, stand out May Yohé, one of the most valued figures of the vaudeville at the beginning of the century;{{cite web|url=http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/scandal/fascinating-women-may-yohe/|title=Fascinating Women: May Yohé|date=18 January 2010|access-date=2 July 2018}} The aforementioned Josephine Baker, who ended up consecrating herself in France, where she was more popular than in her own country; Fanny Brice, star of the famous Ziegfeld Follies, queen of the theater, revues and later also star of cinema and the radio;{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/fanny-brice-9225840|title=Fanny Brice|website=Biography|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105082241/http://www.biography.com/people/fanny-brice-9225840|url-status=dead}} Sally Rand, actress and dancer, specializing in fan dancing, which she popularized at the Paramount Club, and who because of the postures considered indecent she adopted with the dance was sometimes arrested. Also conceived the famous dance of the bubble;{{cite web|url=https://global.britannica.com/biography/Sally-Rand|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161228072035/https://global.britannica.com/biography/Sally-Rand|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 December 2016|title=Sally Rand - American actress and dancer|access-date=2 July 2018}} Zorita, famous for her shows where she played double roles and for her dances where she used boas and other exotic animals;{{cite web|url=http://scalar.usc.edu/works/spectacles-of-agency-and-desire/exotic-dancers-and-their-exotic-pets-1|title=Spectacles of Agency and Desire: Exotic Dancers and Celebrities with their Exotic Pets|access-date=2 July 2018}} Evelyn West, also known as "The Hubba Hubba Girl", a burlesque legend of the forties, fifties and sixties;{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922067/|title=Evelyn West|website=IMDb|access-date=2 July 2018}} Ann Corio, who also works in several Hollywood films;{{cite web|url=http://www.burlesquehall.com/ann-corio/|title=Ann Corio|website=www.burlesquehall.com|date=23 December 2010 |access-date=2 July 2018}} Mae West, who achieved tremendous fame, first in theater and then in Hollywood, where she scandalized censorship for her provocative behavior and spicy phrases. In the 1950s and 1960s, she achieved fame in her shows, which included groups of dancers and bodybuilders;{{cite web|url=http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/w/west.htm|title=Biografia de Mae West|website=www.biografiasyvidas.com|access-date=2 July 2018}} Gypsy Rose Lee, immortalized in the famous autobiographical musical Gypsy. Her innovations consisted of a casual style, against the spasmodic movements of other strippers (she emphasized the joke during the striptease) and brought a keen sense of humor to her performances. She was one of the main stars of the Minsky's Burlesque, with whom she worked four years. While working with the Minsky brothers she was arrested several times.{{cite web|url=http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-gypsy-rose-lee|title=Biography of Gypsy Rose Lee|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127094133/http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-gypsy-rose-lee|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Another important figure of this time was Novita "The Pixie of Burlesque", one of the founders of the Exotic Dancers League (EDL).{{cite web|url=http://www.burlesquehall.com/rip-novita-the-pixie-of-burlesque-1932-2015/|title=RIP Novita, The Pixie of Burlesque (1932-2015)|website=www.burlesquehall.com|date=21 October 2015 |access-date=2 July 2018}} In the 1940s and 1950s, the exotic dancer Lottie 'The Body' Graves also shone in the burlesque. She was known as "The Black Gypsy Rose Lee".{{Cite web|url=https://www.harlemofthewestsf.com/fillmore-people/bios-interviews/lottie-the-body-graves-claiborne/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204024707/https://www.harlemofthewestsf.com/fillmore-people/bios-interviews/lottie-the-body-graves-claiborne/|title=Lottie 'The Body' Graves Claiborne|website=Harlem of the West|archive-date=4 February 2019}} In the 1950s and 1960s Jennie Lee was considered one of the queens of burlesque.{{Cite web|url=http://redhotsburlesque.com/2013/legend-jennie-lee/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520004931/http://redhotsburlesque.com/2013/legend-jennie-lee/|archive-date=20 May 2015|title=Legend: Jennie Lee|website=Red Hots Burlesque|date=2015}}

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In the 1960s and 1970s some burlesque figures peaked in the United States, particularly at the shows offered in Las Vegas. These included Tempest Storm,{{cite web|url=http://www.burlesquehall.com/tempest-storm/|title=Tempest Storm|website=www.burlesquehall.com|date=26 September 2013 |access-date=2 July 2018}} Lili St. Cyr,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820506/bio|title=Lili St. Cyr|website=IMDb|access-date=2 July 2018}} Blaze Starr,{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ca41bb5f0255496f8c811f39b99a7a87/blaze-starr-burlesque-star-linked-governor-dead-83|title=Blaze Starr, burlesque dancer linked to governor, dead at 83|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616225755/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ca41bb5f0255496f8c811f39b99a7a87/blaze-starr-burlesque-star-linked-governor-dead-83|url-status=dead}} Kitten Natividad,{{Cite web|url=http://www.photoclubs.com/model/md_kit.htm|title=Kitten Natividad|website=www.photoclubs.com}} Tura Satana,{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2011/02/11/necrologicas/1297378802_850215.html|title=Tura Satana, la actriz que inspiró a Tarantino|date=11 February 2011|access-date=2 July 2018|via=elpais.com|newspaper=El País}} Bambi Jones{{cite web|url=http://www.burlesquehall.com/whos-who-in-burlyq-bambi-jones/|title=Bambi Jones|website=www.burlesquehall.com|date=6 May 2013 |access-date=2 July 2018}} Princess Cheyenne,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/02/21/photo-exhibit-is-a-naked-i-opener/|title=Photo exhibit is a Naked i opener|first=Margery|last=Eagan|date=21 February 2010|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220235819/https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/02/21/photo-exhibit-is-a-naked-i-opener/|archive-date=20 February 2019|newspaper=Boston Herald}} and Satan's Angel.{{cite web|url=http://www.satansangel.com/|title=Satan's Angel in her official website|access-date=2 July 2018}}

The most important figure in recent years has been Liza Minnelli.{{cite web|url=http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/m/minnelli_liza.htm|title=Biografia de Liza Minnelli|website=www.biografiasyvidas.com|access-date=2 July 2018}}

Today, among the most famous vedettes in the United States are Dita Von Teese, who was the star of Crazy Horse,{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/02/05/gentes/1233834913.html|title=Dita Von Teese: 'Carla Bruni puede hacer un gran striptease' - Gentes - elmundo.es|first=Unidad Editorial Internet|last=S.L.|website=www.elmundo.es|access-date=2 July 2018}} Julie Atlas Muz,{{Cite web|url=http://gothamist.com/2004/06/16/julie_atlas_muz_burlesque_starmermaid.php|url-access=registration|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124203859/http://gothamist.com/2004/06/16/julie_atlas_muz_burlesque_starmermaid.php|url-status=live|title=Julie Atlas Muz, Burlesque Star/Mermaid|date=16 June 2004|archive-date=24 January 2013|website=Gothamist}} Michelle L'amour,{{cite web|url=https://michellelamour.com/|title=The Most Naked Woman|website=The Most Naked Woman|access-date=2 July 2018}} Amanda Lepore, Catherine D'lish,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/16/nyregion/long-island-journal-boys-of-every-age-rekindle-old-fantasies.html?_r=0|title=LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Boys of Every Age Rekindle Old Fantasies|first=Marcelle S.|last=Fischler|access-date=2 July 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2004-05-16}} Miss Dirty Martini,{{cite web|url=http://www.revelinnewyork.com/takeaways/miss-dirty-martini|title=Miss Dirty Martini - Burlesque - Revel in New York created by Scott Newman & Marc Santo|website=www.revelinnewyork.com|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118050815/http://www.revelinnewyork.com/takeaways/miss-dirty-martini|url-status=dead}} the British Immodesty Blaze,{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/blaize-lands-film-and-record-deal-26583402.html|title=Blaize lands film and record deal - Independent.ie|date=18 November 2009 |access-date=2 July 2018}} Angie Pontani,{{cite web|url=http://chicago.metromix.com/events/photo/angie-pontani-and-the/618381/content|title=ChicagoMetromix.com: Angie Pontani|access-date=2 July 2018}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Jo Weldon{{cite web|url=http://coilhouse.net/2010/01/jo-boobs-teaches-the-va-va-voom/|title=Coilhouse » Blog Archive » Jo Boobs Teaches the Va-Va Voom!|website=coilhouse.net|access-date=2 July 2018}} and the Singaporean Sukki Singapora, the first international burlesque artist in Singapore. Singapora became the first burlesque artist in the world to be invited to tea at Buckingham Palace as a recognition of her contribution to the arts as an Asian model.{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/singapore/theatre/interview-sukki-singapora|title=Interview: Sukki Singapora|access-date=2 July 2018}}

Other prominent vedettes who have appeared in the world are the Puerto Rican Iris Chacón, the Brazilian Luz del Fuego,{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://www.e-biografias.net/biografias/luz_del_fuego.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031221182125/http://www.e-biografias.net/biografias/luz_del_fuego.php|archive-date=21 December 2003|title=Biografía de Luz del Fuego (1917–1967)|lang=pt|website=E-Biografias}} the Venezuelans Haydée Balza and Diosa Canales,{{cite web|url=http://www.canalesdiosa.com/|title=Diosa Canales in her Official Website|access-date=2 July 2018}} the Cubans Chelo Alonso and Rita Montaner,{{Cite web|url=http://www.dmsgbc.sld.cu/gbcoa/rita.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911041300/http://www.dmsgbc.sld.cu/gbcoa/rita.htm|title=Rita Montaner|archive-date=11 September 2012|lang=es}} and the Peruvian Amparo Brambilla.{{cite web|url=http://s1.accesoperu.com/wp6/wp6.php?p=10506|title=Article about Amparo Branbilla|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205091436/http://s1.accesoperu.com/wp6/wp6.php?p=10506|url-status=dead}}

• Lola-Lola in the film The Blue Angel (1930)
• Gypsy Rose Lee in the film Gypsy (1962)
• Sally Bowles in several works, notably the musical Cabaret (1966)
• Miss Piggy in The Muppet Show (1976)
• Miss Kitty Mouse in the film The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
• Jessica Rabbit in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Satine in the film Moulin Rouge! (2001)
• Roxie Hart in the film Chicago (2002)

• Geisha
• Nightclub act

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