stripteuse

Hollywood, Berlin and a Century in Two Lives Karin Wieland Liveright, $35 How the "Blue Angel" actress and the Nazi filmmaker came from similar backgrounds in Germany but ended up on very different sides of World War II. The Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr Leslie Zemeckis Counterpoint, $28 This biography goes behind the curtain with burlesque queen St. Cyr, an entertainer whose discipline was overshadowed by her figure.

In Phoenix, Ariz., jailed for beguiling 75 American Legionnaires while wearing only a G-string, Stripteuse Wanda Evans drew a second charge of carrying a concealed weapon when cops found a pistol in her purse.

Ann Corio, veteran stripteuse, didn't believe it.

Professor Lamberti's best known act: he played repeated xylophone encores, to wild applause, apparently unaware that a stripteuse was performing behind his back.

Gypsy Rose Lee, stripteuse turned woman of letters, was busily writing a musi-comedy about a stripteuse turned woman of letters.