Burlesque Dancer Sally Rand on Her Career (1962)

Duration: 0:53

Year Published: 1962

Sound: sound

Description: This news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast on April 3, 1962, includes a brief interview with burlesque dancer Sally Rand on her 58th birthday. Rand was famous for performing with fans made of feathers and inside of a bubble. She was arrested several times throughout the course of her career for her dancing. In this clip, Rand explains she does not have plans to retire as long as she has people to perform for. True to her word, she continued performing until 1978, one year before her death.