[Update: This is Carrie Finnell. Please congratulate Dewey Webb for identifying her. Finnell (d. 1963) was a famous stripteuse of the 1920s and ‘30s who invented the art of tassel twirling with her “educated muscles,” shown here in repose. ]
Here’s our mystery lady du jour.
July 30, 1938: Carrie Finnell and her “educated muscles” at the Follies!
July 30, 1936: “Hollywood Goes Minsky” with Carrie Finnell opens in Los Angeles.
Aug. 12, 1936: Police shut down “Hollywood Goes Minsky” featuring Carrie Finnell.
July 30, 1938: Finnell appears at the Follies.
Sophie Tucker?
Blossom Fields?
Zabadu beat me to the punch. Certainly a Red Hot Mama.
Sophie Tucker would be my guess.
Texas Guinan?
Helen Traubel
Belle Barth.
Spohie Tucker
Emma Carus.
Irene Franklin?
Muriel Landers?
Eddra Gale?
Sophie Tucker?
HA! Carrie Finnell was my great-aunt!