Sally Rand
Sally Rand
Sally Randwas a burlesque dancer and actress, most noted for her ostrich feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance. She also performed under the name Billie Beck...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth3 April 1904
CityElkton, MO
CountryUnited States of America
wind firsts fans
When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
watches type porch
I'm not the type to sit on the porch and watch life go by.
boys born raised
I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo.
pants havens
I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off.
years week retired
I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.
grandmother names dancing
What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
beautiful greedy beauty-comes-from-within
Beauty comes from within; a greedy, avaricious, gossipy woman cannot be beautiful.
trying care equipment
If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment.
whatever-happens happens
Whatever happens, never happens by itself.
admit came cannot certainly chosen grateful might opportunity perhaps road sincerely took true wish wished
I have been successful, and I am grateful for my success. I have had some experiences that I wish I never had had, but that would be true in any business. I cannot say sincerely that I would have chosen just this road to fortune. Perhaps I might have wished for another way. But I took the opportunity that came to me. Certainly I am an opportunist. I admit it.
bring business cannon everybody fair fired hit state street
They planned this fair to bring business to Chicago, into the Loop. But you could have fired a cannon down state street and hit nobody, because everybody was out at the fair.
balloon inches
I had to find a new twist. I wanted a balloon 60 inches in diameter, which is my height, made of a translucent or transparent material.