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Dixie Evans: The Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque by Trav S.D.

August 28 is the birthday of the late Dixie Evans (Mary Lee Evans, 1926-2013). Originally from Long Beach California, Evans was already successful as a model, chorus girl, and burlesque star in the early 1950s when Harold Minsky saw her “Hollywood Casting Couch” number and suggested she adopt a Marilyn Monroe persona. She worked this […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 8:48am on August 28, 2017 ☆ ⚑

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