In the early world of burlesque and striptease, performers such as Gypsy Rose Lee did much to lift the business from sleazy bars to an artform. Lili St Cyr took it a level higher, to one of class, elegance, and beauty. Lili was seen in most major cities across Northern America.  Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, where they considered her a legend and New York, where under the direction of the Klaws performed with Bettie Page in the Klaw Classics, Striporama and Varietease. While in Las Vegas she performed some of her biggest and most  lavish shows making her the premier striptease and burlesque act in the country. Many of the acts still seen today were trademarked and created by Lili St. Cyr in her Vegas days

     In 1955, with the help of the eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes, Lili landed her first acting job in a major motion  picture the "Son of Sinbad" Her movie career was not very successful though with most of the rolls being of an exotic dancer or playing as herself in a cameo performance.

      Lili was one of the greats in the history of burlesque in America

Much of this information gathered from the book VaVaVoom by Steve Sullivan