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American Egyptian burlesque dancer and model (born 1972)

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Dita Von Teese is an American-Egyptian burlesque dancer and model born in 1972 who became famous for reviving and popularizing burlesque performance as a mainstream art form. Her career has made her an influential figure in contemporary dance and entertainment, helping to elevate burlesque from its historical roots into a respected performance practice.

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Person · Open Library

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9

Top works

  • 1001 Advanced Sexual Positions
  • Bill Ward
  • Fashioning the Femme Fatale
  • Your Beauty Mark
  • Little Book of Bettie

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Acting · Rochester, Michigan, USA

Dita Von Teese (born Heather Renée Sweet) is an American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, entrepreneur, and occasional actress. She is thought to have helped repopularize burlesque performance, and was formerly married to Marilyn Manson.

Known for

  • Naked Ambition — Self2025
  • Crazy Horse Paris — Self2025
  • The Nita & Zita Project — Self2025
  • TURA! — Self2025
  • Don't Worry Darling — Dita Von Teese2022
  • Night of the Teese2021
  • Jungle Red — Self2021
  • Dita Von Teese: Night of the Teese2021
  • Mae West: Dirty Blonde — Self2020
  • Bombshells and Dollies — Self2020

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
United States
Active from
1972

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Dita Von Teese (born September 28, 1972 in Rochester, MI) is an American burlesque artist, model and actress. Her mother was a manicurist and her father was a machinist. Von Teese is well known for her fascination with 1940s cinema and classic retro style. This began at a young age and was fostered by her mother, who would buy clothes for her daughter to dress up in. Her mother was a fan of old, Golden-era Hollywood films, and it was from her that Von Teese developed a fascination with the actr

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  • Good manners. They're forgotten in America. I think it's bad manners to stand around in public with ripped jeans and your hair in a mess, holding a Starbucks.
  • Madonna is the only modern celebrity who is truly a style icon. Who else has the audacity to dress like her these days? She really influenced how I wanted to look when I was growing up, and made me realize that I didn’t have to look like a blond beach bunny or a Playboy model.
  • You know how some celebrities have fans of the opposite sex, who imagine they’re going to marry them and live happily ever after? I have a different thing. Over the past 15 years I’ve had a few female fans who’ve gone overboard and been upset because we didn’t become best friends and go shopping together.
  • Playboy is the second most-recognised symbol in the world after Coca-Cola, It’s a Hollywood walk of fame for female bodies. My dad is a different story – he threw me out of the house when I was 16 because I worked in the lingerie store and wore black lace panties. But he loved that I was on the Playboy cover; suddenly I was his daughter again. In fact, everything changed after the Playboy cover. Before, people were scared of me, but suddenly what I did was validated.
  • At eurovision, The Armenians are killing me with their hair and especially the fierce cateye liner! LOVE! I am part Armenian, in fact.
  • You can be a delicious, ripe peach and there will still be people in the world that hate peaches.

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Dita Von Teese

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Dita Von Teese
date of birth
1972-09-28
birth name
Heather Renée Sweet
name in kana
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start of work period
1990-00-00
social media followers
6410
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Heather Renée Sweet (born September 28, 1972), known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, actress, and businesswoman. She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performance, earning the moniker "Queen of Burlesque".

Von Teese has appeared in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Masked Dancer, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell, among other television productions. She is also known for her short marriage to singer Marilyn Manson as well as performing in his music videos. Von Teese has released two books on burlesque history, fetishism and beauty. She has toured the world with her burlesque shows in cities like London, Berlin, New York and Paris. Among her special guests on the tours are Dirty Martini, Perle Noire, Ginger Valentine, Jett Adore and Playboy model Gia Genevieve. Von Teese has been a special guest at the Parisian venue Crazy Horse several times. From 2007 to 2013, she was a global ambassador for Cointreau and in 2010–2011 she was the face of Perrier. She has also created four perfumes under the brand Dita Von Teese Perfumes. She also has her own brand of lingerie, as well as stockings under the name Secrets in Lace and luxurious cardigans for Australian online store Wheels & Dollbaby.

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