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	==Early years==		==Early years==
	A victim of child abuse, she ran away from home as a young girl. By age 20 she had been twice married and divorced and headed for Hollywood. Her beauty landed her work as a chorus girl, but her curvaceous figure and very generous and natural 40" bosom and 22" waist combined with a magnetic stage personality led to a highly successful career in burlesque. Her professional debut was at El Rey Theater in Oakland, California. She adopted the stage name Tempest Storm about 1950 and changed it legally in 1957. In 1955, while working at the Tropics Nightclub, in Denver CO, Tempest visited the University of Colorado, Boulder, campus where she took off her mink coat, and nearly started a riot.<ref>"Only in Boulder: The County's Colorful Characters" by Silvia Pettem</ref> She was married to Duke Ellington's singer (and first black cowboy) Herb Jeffries.		A victim of child abuse, she ran away from home as a young girl. By age 20 she had been twice married and divorced and headed for Hollywood. Her beauty landed her work as a chorus girl, but her curvaceous figure and very generous and natural 44" bosom and 25" waist combined with a magnetic stage personality led to a highly successful career in burlesque.

			Her professional debut was at El Rey Theater in Oakland, California. She adopted the stage name Tempest Storm about 1950 and changed it legally in 1957. In 1955, while working at the Tropics Nightclub, in Denver CO, Tempest visited the University of Colorado, Boulder, campus where she took off her mink coat, and nearly started a riot.<ref>"Only in Boulder: The County's Colorful Characters" by Silvia Pettem</ref> She was married to Duke Ellington's singer (and first black cowboy) Herb Jeffries.

	==Feature performer==		==Feature performer==

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	A victim of child abuse, she ran away from home as a young girl. By age 20 she had been twice married and divorced and headed for Hollywood. Her beauty landed her work as a chorus girl, but her curvaceous figure and very generous and natural 40" bosom and 22" waist combined with a magnetic stage personality led to a highly successful career in burlesque~~. Her professional debut was at the El Rey Theater in Oakland, California. She took Tempest Storm as her stage name around 1950, legally changing her name in 1957~~. Her professional debut was at El Rey Theater in Oakland, California. She adopted the stage name Tempest Storm about 1950 and changed it legally in 1957. In 1955, while working at the Tropics Nightclub, in Denver CO, Tempest visited the University of Colorado, Boulder, campus where she took off her mink coat, and nearly started a riot.<ref>"Only in Boulder: The County's Colorful Characters" by Silvia Pettem</ref> She was married to Duke Ellington's singer (and first black cowboy) Herb Jeffries.		A victim of child abuse, she ran away from home as a young girl. By age 20 she had been twice married and divorced and headed for Hollywood. Her beauty landed her work as a chorus girl, but her curvaceous figure and very generous and natural 40" bosom and 22" waist combined with a magnetic stage personality led to a highly successful career in burlesque. Her professional debut was at El Rey Theater in Oakland, California. She adopted the stage name Tempest Storm about 1950 and changed it legally in 1957. In 1955, while working at the Tropics Nightclub, in Denver CO, Tempest visited the University of Colorado, Boulder, campus where she took off her mink coat, and nearly started a riot.<ref>"Only in Boulder: The County's Colorful Characters" by Silvia Pettem</ref> She was married to Duke Ellington's singer (and first black cowboy) Herb Jeffries.

	==Feature performer==		==Feature performer==

MasterofBustyz at 22:00, 28 February 2024

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MasterofBustyz at 19:49, 19 June 2022

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Bluesman2383: Death, Updated Bio Box, added links

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	'''Tempest Storm''' (born '''Annie Blanche Banks''' [[February 29]], [[1928]] in Eastman, Georgia<ref name=SFGate>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/07/15/DD78079.DTL Storm Still Packs a Wallop 1950s burlesque icon takes it off again for O'Farrell Theatre anniversary],''San Francisco Chronicle'', 15 July 1999</ref>) is a retired [[American]] [[exotic dancer\|burlesque]] star and motion picture [[actress]]. Along with [[Lili St. Cyr]] and [[Blaze Starr]], she was one of the best known burlesque performers of the 1950s and 1960s. She is regarded as having one of the longest careers as a burlesque performer, spanning more than 50 years.<ref>[http://www.nakedworldrecords.com/oldhead.htm Naked World Records]</ref> She ~~still~~ regularly ~~performs as of~~ the 2000s.		'''Tempest Storm''' (born '''Annie Blanche Banks''' [[February 29]], [[1928]] in Eastman, Georgia<ref name=SFGate>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/07/15/DD78079.DTL Storm Still Packs a Wallop 1950s burlesque icon takes it off again for O'Farrell Theatre anniversary],''San Francisco Chronicle'', 15 July 1999</ref>) is a retired [[American]] [[exotic dancer\|burlesque]] star and motion picture [[actress]]. Along with [[Lili St. Cyr]] and [[Blaze Starr]], she was one of the best known burlesque performers of the 1950s and 1960s. She is regarded as having one of the longest careers as a burlesque performer, spanning more than 50 years.<ref>[http://www.nakedworldrecords.com/oldhead.htm Naked World Records]</ref> She regularly performed until the early 2000s.

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	In the late 1950s, her breasts, or her "moneymakers" as she called them, were insured by Lloyds of London for one million dollars. In the 1950s and 60s she starred in a number of motion pictures both as herself and in a character role. Much admired for her intelligence, personality and sense of humor, over the years, icons such as Walter Cronkite joined the line up of personalities to have their photo taken with her. During her career, she was romantically linked with John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Vic Damone.		In the late 1950s, her breasts, or her "moneymakers" as she called them, were insured by Lloyds of London for one million dollars. In the 1950s and 60s she starred in a number of motion pictures both as herself and in a character role. Much admired for her intelligence, personality and sense of humor, over the years, icons such as Walter Cronkite joined the line up of personalities to have their photo taken with her. During her career, she was romantically linked with John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Vic Damone.

	==Retirement and ~~current life~~==		==Retirement and Death==
	With writer Bill Boyd, Ms. Storm told her life story in a 1987 book titled ''Tempest Storm: The Lady Is a Vamp''. (ISBN 0-934601-25-9). She was inducted into the Exotic World Burlesque Museum Hall of Fame in Helendale, California, her G-string part of the museum's display.		With writer Bill Boyd, Ms. Storm told her life story in a 1987 book titled ''Tempest Storm: The Lady Is a Vamp''. (ISBN 0-934601-25-9). She was inducted into the Exotic World Burlesque Museum Hall of Fame in Helendale, California, her G-string part of the museum's display.

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	Tempest was married four times. She has one daughter, from her last marriage to singer and cowboy actor Herb Jeffries, which ended in divorce. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref>{{cite news \|title=80-year-old Vegas stripper still does it ‘classy’ \|author=Kathleen Hennessey \|date=7/11/2008 7:02:48 PM ET \|publisher=[[Associated Press]] \|url=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/25640691/ \|accessdate=2010-12-19}}</ref>		Tempest was married four times. She has one daughter, from her last marriage to singer and cowboy actor Herb Jeffries, which ended in divorce. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref>{{cite news \|title=80-year-old Vegas stripper still does it ‘classy’ \|author=Kathleen Hennessey \|date=7/11/2008 7:02:48 PM ET \|publisher=[[Associated Press]] \|url=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/25640691/ \|accessdate=2010-12-19}}</ref>

			Longtime manager Harvey Robbins confirmed that Storm died at her Las Vegas home with her family and friends by her side on April 20, 2021. A publicist says funds are being raised so Storm may be interred at a Los Angeles cemetery with costar [[Bettie Page]] and friend and fellow burlesque performer [[Dixie Evans]].<ref name=BurlyCares>[http://burlycares.com/active-fundraisers/?fbclid=IwAR3p1lice1AwUi2V0-tbaDBvFGqJG_kIyqOVqYo3_yfXyTTaJZ6BI8JNWuM A Call to Action from "The Queen of Exotic Dancers"]</ref>

	==Quotes==		==Quotes==

VL2345 at 12:47, 28 February 2021

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	==External links==		==External links==
			* {{freeones}}
	* [http://magazine.ministryofburlesque.com/interview-with-tempest-storm/ Video Interview With Tempest Storm]		* [http://magazine.ministryofburlesque.com/interview-with-tempest-storm/ Video Interview With Tempest Storm]
	* [http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/excerpts/sex/show/1/136.htm ''Tempest in a D-Cup'']		* [http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/excerpts/sex/show/1/136.htm ''Tempest in a D-Cup'']

Apara at 07:53, 1 March 2016

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	'''Tempest Storm''' (born '''Annie Blanche Banks''' February 29, [[1928]] in Eastman, Georgia<ref name=SFGate>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/07/15/DD78079.DTL Storm Still Packs a Wallop 1950s burlesque icon takes it off again for O'Farrell Theatre anniversary],''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', 15 July 1999</ref>) is a retired [[American]] [[exotic dancer\|burlesque]] star and motion picture [[actress]]. Along with [[Lili St. Cyr]] and [[Blaze Starr]], she was one of the best known burlesque performers of the 1950s and 1960s. She is regarded as having one of the longest careers as a burlesque performer, spanning more than 50 years.<ref>[http://www.nakedworldrecords.com/oldhead.htm Naked World Records]</ref> She still regularly performs as of the 2000s.		'''Tempest Storm''' (born '''Annie Blanche Banks''' [[February 29]], [[1928]] in Eastman, Georgia<ref name=SFGate>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/07/15/DD78079.DTL Storm Still Packs a Wallop 1950s burlesque icon takes it off again for O'Farrell Theatre anniversary],''San Francisco Chronicle'', 15 July 1999</ref>) is a retired [[American]] [[exotic dancer\|burlesque]] star and motion picture [[actress]]. Along with [[Lili St. Cyr]] and [[Blaze Starr]], she was one of the best known burlesque performers of the 1950s and 1960s. She is regarded as having one of the longest careers as a burlesque performer, spanning more than 50 years.<ref>[http://www.nakedworldrecords.com/oldhead.htm Naked World Records]</ref> She still regularly performs as of the 2000s.

	==Early years==		==Early years==

Smithy at 13:17, 18 May 2014

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	Tempest was married four times. She has one daughter, from her last marriage to singer and cowboy actor Herb Jeffries, which ended in divorce. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref>{{cite news \|title=80-year-old Vegas stripper still does it ‘classy’ \|author=Kathleen Hennessey \|date=7/11/2008 7:02:48 PM ET \|publisher=[[Associated Press]] \|url=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/25640691/ \|accessdate=2010-12-19}}</ref>		Tempest was married four times. She has one daughter, from her last marriage to singer and cowboy actor Herb Jeffries, which ended in divorce. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref>{{cite news \|title=80-year-old Vegas stripper still does it ‘classy’ \|author=Kathleen Hennessey \|date=7/11/2008 7:02:48 PM ET \|publisher=[[Associated Press]] \|url=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/25640691/ \|accessdate=2010-12-19}}</ref>

			==Quotes==
	== Quotes ==
	* "They don't make 'em too big for this business."		* "They don't make 'em too big for this business."

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