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Dixie Evans
Dixie Evans (born August 28 1926) is a semi-retired star of the classic Burlesque stage, she is currently the proprietor/curator of the Exotic World Burlesque Museum & Striptease Hall of Fame in Helendale, California.

Early Life
Dixie Evans was born Mary Lee Evans on August 28 1926 in Long Beach California. Evans touted as the "Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque", began her career during the early 1950's, prior to that she was in chorus lines and worked as a page in clubs. Billy Minsky coined the name Marilyn Monroe of Burlesque for Dixie while working at Minsky's in Newark, New Jersey. According to Dixie, she explained to Mr. Minsky that everyone in Hollywood looked like Marilyn Monroe, but Minsky said the billing would draw the customers in. She mainly performed for six years at The Place Pigalle in Miami Beach Florida where she perfected her act, but also made shows in Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Buffalo and Austin.

Later life
Evans currently is curator Exotic World Burlesque Museum & Striptease Hall of fame in Helendale, California. Formerly owened by Burlesque star Jennie-Lee who died of cancer in 1990, she enlisted the help of Dixie, asking her to take over the goat ranch and preserve the museum. She is also featured in the upcoming 2011 Documentary Exotic World and the Burlesque revival, and the documentary Behind the Burly Q.