[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?
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Zabadu beat me to the punch. Certainly a Red Hot Mama.
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Sophie Tucker would be my guess.
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Texas Guinan?
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Helen Traubel
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Belle Barth.
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Spohie Tucker
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Emma Carus.
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Irene Franklin?
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Muriel Landers?
Eddra Gale?
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Sophie Tucker?
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HA! Carrie Finnell was my great-aunt!
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