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Ann Corio
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Ann Corio (November 29, 1914 - March 1, 1999) was a prominent American burlesque ecdysiast and actress.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, she was one of twelve children of parents of Italian immigrants. While still in her teens, Corio's good looks and shapely physique landed her showgirl roles that led to her becoming a hugely popular striptease artist. Working in New York City, she was a star performer at clubs such as the famous Minsky's Burlesque.
However, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia closed down the "bawdy" houses in 1939 and Corio made her way to the Los Angeles. Between 1941 and 1944 she appeared in several Hollywood "B" motion pictures which featured her in scanty costumes, the best known of which was perhaps 1942's Jungle Siren opposite Buster Crabbe. With the Second World War on, she became one of the volunteer pinup girls for YANK magazine, appearing in the September 3, 1943 issue of the weekly U.S. Army publication.
Corio had a long successful career dancing on stage. Her fame was enduring enough that in her mid fifties she twice was a guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In 1965, she put together the Broadway show "This Was Burlesque" which she directed and also performed in. In 1968 she wrote a book using that same title and in 1981 her play was revised as a musical satire based on her recollections and brought back to Broadway.
Ann Corio died in Englewood, New Jersey in 1999, aged 84. She is a member of the Hall of Fame at the Exotic World Burlesque Museum in Helendale, California.
- Ann Corio at the Internet Movie Database
- Ann Corio at the Internet Broadway Database