Georgia Sothern

Georgia Sothern (1913–1981), born Hazel Anderson, was a burlesque dancer and vaudeville performer. She was known for her striptease performances.^[1] She gave an interview to The Harvard Crimson during a trip to the Old Howard Athenaeum in Boston during 1939. She toured New York Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, and Miami. She was a red-head.^[2] One of her performances was captured in a Film Theatarettes short film.^[3] She wrote her memoir titled Georgia: A Life in Burlesque. She had a series of marriages.

She was born in Georgia and began performing at 13. Advertising posters brought large crowds to her shows around the U.S.^[4] One of the songs she performed to was the up tempo "Hold that Tiger" performed by an orchestra accompanying the show.^[5] She was friends with fellow performer Gypsy Rose Lee.^[6] Sothern's performances were frenzies of fast-paced gyrating and disrobing.^[7] She considered Rags Ragland a close friend.