14 Facts About Blaze Starr

Blaze Starr was known for her affair with Louisiana Governor Earl Kemp Long.

Blaze Starr first moved to Logan, West Virginia, working as a carhop, and then from there to Washington DC, where, according to her autobiography, she was discovered by a promoter while she was employed in a doughnut shop.

Blaze Starr moved to Baltimore, where she began performing at the Two O'Clock Club nightclub in 1950.

Blaze Starr rose to national renown after she was profiled in a February 1954 Esquire magazine article, "B-Belles of Burlesque: You Get Strip Tease With Your Beer in Baltimore".

Blaze Starr's striking red hair, voluptuous figure and on-stage enthusiasm were a large part of her appeal.

Blaze Starr often performed with dangerous cats, including a baby black panther.

In 1968, Blaze Starr bought the Two O'Clock Club on The Block in Baltimore, Maryland, which at the time was valued at 65,000 dollars.

Blaze Starr was in the process of divorcing her husband, club owner Carroll Glorioso, and Long was married to the state's first lady, known colloquially as "Miz Blanche".

Two of Blaze Starr's performances, including the combustible sofa, are among the burlesque routines featured in the 1956 compilation film Buxom Beautease, produced and directed by Irving Klaw.

Director Doris Wishman's 1962 film Blaze Starr Goes Nudist, a nudie-sexploitation film, features Starr's one lead movie role.

The 1989 movie Blaze Starr recounted the story of her and Long's relationship.

Blaze Starr herself appeared in a cameo role and acted as consultant, earning four percent of the film's profits.

Blaze Starr died June 15,2015, either at her home in Wilsondale, West Virginia, or at a hospital in nearby Williamson.

Blaze Starr had been worried about the health of her dog, whom she adopted as a stray.