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Full Name
  
Edith Zack

Education
  
Name
  
Sherry Britton

Alma mater
  
Nationality
  
American


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Born
  
July 28, 1918 (
1918-07-28
)
New Brunswick, New JerseyUnited States

Occupation
  
Burlesque dancer, actress

Died
  
April 1, 2008, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Sherry Britton (July 28, 1918 – April 1, 2008) was an American burlesque performer of the 1930s and early 1940s. The 5-foot-3-inch (1.60 m) Britton had an 18-inch (46 cm) waist, and was once said to have a "figure to die for." She got her stage name from a liquor store on a bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry.

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Biography

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Sherry performed in many theatres and clubs during the Golden Age of burlesque. She once said "I despised burlesque." However, she did enjoy stripping in nightclubs, like Leon & Eddie's where she was a regular for seven years. She stripped to classical music, wore lovely long gowns and tiaras and crowns. When burlesque went by the wayside due to the NYC ban in 1940, Britton turned to plays, eventually appearing in almost forty of them. Britton also spent much time during World War II entertaining troops, for which she was made an honorary Brigadier General by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Britton was performing in Washington, D.C. clubs as late as 1958, the year she turned 40. She was barred from appearing at the 1964 New York World's Fair, because she was too risqué. She instead became a cabaret singer and appeared in many theater productions.

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In 1971, Britton, who had been married twice previously, and who once said she'd been engaged "14 times," married wealthy businessman Robert Gross (no relation to aviator Robert E. Gross). Gross urged her to attend Fordham University. Although Britton had never attended high school, she was said to have a very high IQ. She attended Fordham and graduated pre-law in 1982, magna cum laude, at the age of 63.

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After Gross died in 1990, Britton lived a life of retirement, stepping back into the limelight in 1993 on her 75th birthday performing at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on Broadway in NYC.

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Britton died of natural causes on April 1, 2008 in New York City.


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Sherry Britton This Day in WWII 24 March 1941 1945 1938 Ready Room

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Filmography

Actress
1963
The Doctors (TV Series) as
Lillian Clark
- A Darn Good Sport (1963) - Lillian Clark
1958
The Investigator (TV Series)
- Episode #1.6 (1958)
1954
The Mask (TV Series)
- Murder in the Burlesque House (1954)
Writer
1981
The Best of Burlesque (TV Movie)
Producer
1981
The Best of Burlesque (TV Movie) (producer)
Self
2005
Pretty Things (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2001
Stripped (Documentary) as
Self
1981
The Best of Burlesque (TV Movie) as
Self - Host
1968
The Joan Rivers Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Burlesque - Self
1966
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Gower Champion, B.S. Pully, Sherry Britton, Joe Hyams (1966) - Self
1965
ABC's Nightlife (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.83 (1965) - Self
1959
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.181 (1959) - Self
Archive Footage
2010
Behind the Burly Q (Documentary) as
Self

References

Sherry Britton Wikipedia