Lottie ‘The Body’ Graves was classically trained in New York. She began her dance career at only seventeen years old in 1947. After she moved to Detroit, Lottie began dancing at the Twenty Grand nightclub. It was rumored that Lottie might’ve even been the inspiration for the Pink Poodle nightclub, which was created by a racketeer hailing from Indianapolis.

Lottie was just as well known for her classical moves spiced with an Afro-Cuban essence as she was for her eye-catching costumes. Lottie’s costumes were always known for their flare, and how much attention they drew to her. Lottie was skilled in the SoCal, Chi-Chi, Calypso and various Cuban styles.

The feline female Lilly Christie, alternatively billed as the ‘Cat Girl’ graced the stage at the 500 Club on Bourbon Street in New Orleans and was the house act for a number of years. Between prowling the stage in all her feral glory as a cat or performing voodoo love spells, the rumours surrounding her death regarding dying from doing too many sit ups are as outrageous as her 37C-22-35 measurements. She had appeared in Esquire as a pin up numerous times, and allowed people’s imaginations to run wild seeing her in print as they did when they saw her onscreen in any of her films.