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Irving Klaw

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influential American merchant of sexploitation, fetish, and Hollywood glamour pin-up photographs and films

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irving Klaw (November 9, 1910 - September 3, 1966) was an American photographer and filmmaker. Klaw is best-known for operating a mail-order business selling photographs and film of attractive women (sometimes in bondage) from the 1940s to the 1960s. He was one of the first fetish photographers, and his model Bettie Page became the first famous bondage…

Known for

  • Bettie Page Reveals All — Self (Archive footage)2013
  • Betty Page the Totally Naked Truth — archive fooatge2008
  • Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini2004
  • Varietease1954

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human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
New York City
Languages spoken
English language
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manner of death
natural causes
date of birth
1910-11-09
date of death
1966-09-03
cause of death
appendicitis
Commons category
Irving Klaw
start of work period
1938-00-00
Commons Creator page
Irving Klaw
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