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|alias= Zsa Zsa<br>Chesty Gabor<ref name="Joe Falls"/><br>Zsa Zsa "Chesty" Gabborr<ref name="Knight Lounge"/> | |alias= Zsa Zsa<br>Chesty Gabor<ref name="Joe Falls">{{cite news |first=Joe|last=Falls|title=Joe Falls Column: Ding Dong! It's Montreal Ace|work=Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah)|publisher= |page=72|date=April 21, 1974}}</ref><br>Zsa Zsa "Chesty" Gabborr<ref name="Knight Lounge">{{cite news |title=Now Appearing; Knight Lounge|work=Warren Times Observer (Warren, Pennsylvania)|publisher= |page=B-16|date=November 19, 1973}}</ref> | ||
|real name= Lillian Wajc<ref name="Florida Marriage Collection"/><br>Lillian Wilczkowski<ref name="February 6, 1975"/><br>Lillian Stello<ref name="Phoning the funnies"/><br>Lila Stello<ref name="Invitations Called Lewd"/><ref name="Judge Dismisses Charge Against Chesty Morgan"/> | |real name= Lillian Wajc<ref name="Florida Marriage Collection">{{cite book |title=Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 (Florida Department of Health: database on-line)|year=2006|accessdate=December 20, 2008|publisher=[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com]|location=Provo, UT}}</ref><br>Lillian Wilczkowski<ref name="February 6, 1975">{{cite news |title=Chesty|work=The Independent (Long Beach, California)|publisher= |page=2|date=February 6, 1975}}</ref><br>Lillian Stello<ref name="Phoning the funnies">{{cite news |first=Barbara|last=Cansino|title=Phoning the funnies; Trivia|work=Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|publisher=FP Canadian Newspapers|page=45|date=October 25, 1979}}</ref><br>Lila Stello<ref name="Invitations Called Lewd">{{cite news |title=Invitations Called Lewd|work=The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ontario)|publisher=Thomson Group|page=9|date=December 23, 1980}}</ref><ref name="Judge Dismisses Charge Against Chesty Morgan">{{cite news |title=Judge Dismisses Charge Against Chesty Morgan|work=The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ontario)|publisher=Thomson Group|page=9|date=January 30, 1981}}</ref> | ||
|birth date= | |birth date= | ||
|birth year= 1941<ref name="February 6, 1975"/> or 1928<!-- needs source --> | |birth year= 1941<ref name="February 6, 1975"/> or 1928<!-- needs source --> | ||
|birth location= Poland<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | |birth location= Poland<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay">{{cite news |first=Frank |last=Douglas|title=The Stares Hurt But Also Pay|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EB4F69D6849352B/25BDDD9B91CF4278985B1339326C0BAB|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia)|publisher=Media General (Associated Press)|page=8-A|date=February 1, 1987|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref> | ||
|death date= | |death date= | ||
|death year= | |death year= | ||
|measurements= 73-32-36<ref>{{cite news |title=Chesty Morgan is Coming Live on Stage: Playhouse Theatre ad|work=Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|publisher=FP Canadian Newspapers|page=43|date=October 17, 1979}}</ref> | |measurements= 73-32-36<ref>{{cite news |title=Chesty Morgan is Coming Live on Stage: Playhouse Theatre ad|work=Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|publisher=FP Canadian Newspapers|page=43|date=October 17, 1979}}</ref> | ||
|bra/cup size={{bra| | |bra/cup size={{bra|PP}}<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/><ref name="Tales of Woe From the Book Tour">{{cite news |first=Dave |last=Berry|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EB5116AC6B2037D/25BDDD9B91CF4278985B1339326C0BAB|title=Tales of Woe From the Book Tour|work=The Record (New Jersey)|publisher=North Jersey Media Group (Wire services)|page=f08|date=November 23, 1986|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref> | ||
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'''Chesty Morgan''' was an exotic dancer and film actress, notably in two films directed by [[Doris Wishman]]. | '''Chesty Morgan''' was an exotic dancer and film actress, notably in two films directed by [[Doris Wishman]]. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Chesty Morgan was born Lillian Wajc<ref>Morgan's | Chesty Morgan was born Lillian Wajc<ref>Morgan's maiden name is often given as Lillian Wilczowski (or Wilczkowski). However marriage records show that her name at the time of her marriage to Dick Stello in 1974 was Wilczkowski-- the name of her first husband, but that her maiden name was Wajc.</ref> in Poland<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> about 1941.<ref>Chesty Morgan is often reported to have been born in 1928, but according to a news report-- "Chesty", ''The Independent (Long Beach, California)'', February 6, 1975-- she was 34 years of age in February 1975, making her birth to be about 1941.</ref> Commenting on her development, Morgan said that she was "flat-chested until I was 17. I was like a boy. And then something happened."<ref name="Chesty was really flat">{{cite news |first=Hope|last=Kamin|title=Chesty was really flat at 17; Now her 73-in bust draws the crowds|work=Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|publisher=FP Canadian Newspapers|page=36|date=October 26, 1979}}</ref> | ||
Her | Her unusually large bust was to give her a mark of distinction in her later career as an exotic dancer, and in her later leading roles in film, in which her bust measurement is a record.<ref>{{cite book |first=Patrick |last=Robertson|year=1988|title=Guinness Movie Facts & Feats|publisher=Guinness Books|location=New York|isbn=0-851-12899-8|page=p.103}}</ref> There were problems associated with her large bust. "I have back problems," she said, "but that's not the main problem. It's when you go out you have so much audience. I always wanted to have a small bust. It's difficult to get clothes."<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> | ||
In interviews, Morgan was opinionated about Judaism,<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> and she had spent some time living and working in Israel with her family before coming to the United States.<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> She reported that her family had left Poland for Israel because of the treatment of Jews,<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> indicating that Morgan is probably Jewish. At one point, she served in the Israeli army.<ref name="Tales of Woe From the Book Tour"/> She later quipped that the reason she left Israel was that she "couldn't make enough money to pay for [her] bras."<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> | In interviews, Morgan was opinionated about Judaism,<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> and she had spent some time living and working in Israel with her family before coming to the United States.<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> She reported that her family had left Poland for Israel because of the treatment of Jews,<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> indicating that Morgan is probably Jewish. At one point, she served in the Israeli army.<ref name="Tales of Woe From the Book Tour"/> She later quipped that the reason she left Israel was that she "couldn't make enough money to pay for [her] bras."<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> | ||
In fact, Morgan met Joseph Wilczkowski-- an American tourist and survivor of the Holocaust--<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> in the late 1950s. The two were married ten days after their first meeting, and moved to the U.S. where Morgan and Wilczkowski lived a happy life together for over five years. Morgan recalled, "It worked perfectly."<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | In fact, Morgan met Joseph Wilczkowski-- an American tourist and survivor of the Holocaust--<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison">{{cite news |first=Melissa|last=Klein |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/12092007/news/regionalnews/killer_in_65_icebox_bloodbath_out_of_pri_126685.htm|title=Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison: Kazle Anthony; Triple slayer freed|work=The News (Frederick, Maryland)|publisher=News Corporation |page=D-4|date=Triple slayer freed.|accessdate=December 27, 2008}}</ref> in the late 1950s. The two were married ten days after their first meeting, and moved to the U.S. where Morgan and Wilczkowski lived a happy life together for over five years. Morgan recalled, "It worked perfectly."<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | ||
==The "Icebox murders"== | ==The "Icebox murders"== | ||
By 1965, Morgan and Wilczkowski had two daughters,<ref name="Probe Mystery Slaying of 3 Brooklyn Market Butchers"/><ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> and Wilczkowski was a co-owner of two meat markets in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.<ref name="3 Butchers Found Slain in Market"/> Wilczkowski operated the smaller of the two markets, which were across the street from each other.<ref name="Probe Mystery Slaying of 3 Brooklyn Market Butchers"/> A high-crime section of the city, Bedford-Stuyvesant had been the setting of a race-related killing in March 1965, and looting and rioting | By 1965, Morgan and Wilczkowski had two daughters,<ref name="Probe Mystery Slaying of 3 Brooklyn Market Butchers">{{cite news |title=Probe Mystery Slaying of 3 Brooklyn Market Butchers|work=Times Record (Troy, New York)|publisher=(Associated Press)|page=3|date=March 29, 1965}}</ref><ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> and Wilczkowski was a co-owner of two meat markets in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.<ref name="3 Butchers Found Slain in Market">{{cite news |title=3 Butchers Found Slain in Market; Freezer Yields Bodies|work=San Antonio Express (San Antonio, Texas)|publisher=Hearst Corporation (Associated Press)|page=1|date=March 29, 1965}}</ref> Wilczkowski operated the smaller of the two markets, which were across the street from each other.<ref name="Probe Mystery Slaying of 3 Brooklyn Market Butchers"/> A high-crime section of the city, Bedford-Stuyvesant had been the setting of a race-related killing in March 1965, and looting and rioting the previous summer.<ref name="Police Seek Triple Killers">{{cite news |title=Police Seek Triple Killers|work=The Holland Evening Sentinel (Holland, Michigan)|publisher=(United Press International)|page=7|date=March 29, 1965}}</ref> In early March, 1965, Wilczkowski and an employee were robbed of $1,500. The five robbers threatened to kill the two, but a third employee prevented this by pleading with the robbers.<ref name="3 Butchers Slain in Mystery">{{cite news |title=Police Seek Triple Killers|work=Independent (Long Beach, California)|publisher=(Associated Press)|page=1|date=March 29, 1965}}</ref> | ||
On the night of Sunday, March 27, 1965, police responded to a call from the wife of one of the two, who was worried because her husband had not yet come home.<ref name="Police Comb Meat Locker Murder Area"/> When police arrived at the Spring Valley Meat Market,<ref name="Police Seek Killers of 3 Butchers"/> they found the three bodies of Wilczkowski, his partner and an employee inside the freezer.<ref name="Police Comb Meat Locker Murder Area"/> All three men had been shot twice in the back of the head.<ref name="2 Youths Held in Gun Killing of 3 Butchers"/> Though about $400 was found on the premises, the police suspected robbery was the motive | On the night of Sunday, March 27, 1965, police responded to a call from the wife of one of the two, who was worried because her husband had not yet come home.<ref name="Police Comb Meat Locker Murder Area">{{cite news |title=Police Comb Meat Locker Murder Area|work=Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas)|publisher=Morris Communications (United Press International)|page=15|date=March 29, 1965}}</ref> When police arrived at the Spring Valley Meat Market,<ref name="Police Seek Killers of 3 Butchers">{{cite news |title=Police Seek Killers of 3 Butchers|work=Great Bend Daily Tribune (Great Bend, Kansas)|publisher=(United Press International)|page=2|date=March 29, 1965}}</ref> they found the three bodies of Wilczkowski, his partner and an employee inside the freezer.<ref name="Police Comb Meat Locker Murder Area"/> All three men had been shot twice in the back of the head.<ref name="2 Youths Held in Gun Killing of 3 Butchers">{{cite news |title=2 Youths Held in Gun Killing of 3 Butchers|work=Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York)|publisher=Advance Publications (Associated Press)|page=8|date=April 02, 1965}}</ref> Though about $400 was found on the premises, the police suspected robbery was the motive for the killings.<ref name="3 Butchers Slain in Mystery"/> It was later found that the three killers had made off with approximately $3,5000.<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> Kazle Anthony, a 20 year old apprentice at the shop, told reporters, "They took me off the streets and treated me very well. Insane people must have done this to them."<ref name="2 Youths Held in Gun Killing of 3 Butchers"/> | ||
The police immediately rounded up dozens of people for questioning in the case.<ref name="Three Brooklyn Butchers Gunned Down in Robbery"/> The apprentice, Anthony, attended the funeral of one of the victims, but, by the end of the month, was accused, with another, of having been involved in the crime.<ref name="2 Youths Held in Gun Killing of 3 Butchers"/> The case became known as the "icebox murders".<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> At the trial, the judge said that the crime was "one of the most atrocious in this country."<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> After a three week trial, beginning on October 7, 1965, the two were | The police immediately rounded up dozens of people for questioning in the case.<ref name="Three Brooklyn Butchers Gunned Down in Robbery">{{cite news |title=Police Seek Triple Killers|work=Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania)|publisher=(United Press International)|page=24|date=March 29, 1965}}</ref> The apprentice, Anthony, attended the funeral of one of the victims, but, by the end of the month, was accused, with another, of having been involved in the crime.<ref name="2 Youths Held in Gun Killing of 3 Butchers"/> The case became known as the "icebox murders".<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> At the trial, the judge said that the crime was "one of the most atrocious in this country."<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> After a three week trial, beginning on October 7, 1965, the two were convicted.<ref name="Triple-Death Slayers Get Life Terms">{{cite news |title=Probe Mystery Slaying of 3 Brooklyn Market Butchers|work=Troy Record (Troy, New York)|publisher=(Associated Press)|page=2|date=December 10, 1965}}</ref> | ||
New York had just recently banned the death sentence,<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> and, regretting that he could not give a more severe punishment,<ref name="Triple-Death Slayers Get Life Terms"/> the judge issued the two men life sentences on December 9, 1965.<ref name="Triple Death Slayers Get Life Terms"/> Because of the new law, they became eligible for parole after 26 years.<ref name="Triple Death Slayers Get Life Terms"/> Kazle Anthony applied for parole dozens of times throughout the years. He was finally granted freedom in March 2007.<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> | New York had just recently banned the death sentence,<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> and, regretting that he could not give a more severe punishment,<ref name="Triple-Death Slayers Get Life Terms"/> the judge issued the two men life sentences on December 9, 1965.<ref name="Triple Death Slayers Get Life Terms">{{cite news |title=Triple Death Slayers Get Life Terms|work=Times Record (Troy, New York)|publisher=(Associated Press)|page=27|date=December 10, 1965}}</ref> Because of the new law, they became eligible for parole after 26 years.<ref name="Triple Death Slayers Get Life Terms"/> Kazle Anthony applied for parole dozens of times throughout the years. He was finally granted freedom in March 2007.<ref name="Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison"/> | ||
==Early stripping career== | ==Early stripping career== | ||
[[Image:Chesty Morgan.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Chesty Morgan striptease publicity photo.]] | [[Image:Chesty Morgan.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Chesty Morgan striptease publicity photo.]] | ||
As a widowed mother, Morgan began dating. A boyfriend took her to a nightclub with exotic dancers and she was outraged. "I got so mad at him that I broke off with him. This dancing was something beyond my imagination, you understand."<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> As her financial situation worsened, and with two daughters to feed, clothe and send to school, Morgan realized that she would have to take a job.<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> About 1972,<ref>According to Douglas (February 1987). "The Stares Hurt But Also Pay", Morgan had first stripped 14 years before, making her first striptease performance to have been 1972 or 1973.</ref> in spite of her aversion to stripping, inexperience and shyness, she decided to to take a job as an exotic dancer.<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> Her first year in the profession was very trying. Morgan reported, "Believe it or not, the first show I did, I forgot to take off my bra. Yes. And the club owner came up to me and said, | As a widowed mother, Morgan began dating. A boyfriend took her to a nightclub with exotic dancers and she was outraged. "I got so mad at him that I broke off with him. This dancing was something beyond my imagination, you understand."<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> As her financial situation worsened, and with two daughters to feed, clothe and send to school, Morgan realized that she would have to take a job.<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> About 1972,<ref>According to Douglas (February 1987). "The Stares Hurt But Also Pay", Morgan had first stripped 14 years before, making her first striptease performance to have been 1972 or 1973.</ref> in spite of her aversion to stripping, inexperience and shyness, she decided to to take a job as an exotic dancer.<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> Her first year in the profession was very trying. Morgan reported, "Believe it or not, the first show I did, I forgot to take off my bra. Yes. And the club owner came up to me and said, 'Excuse me lady, why do you think I pay you this money? To keep your bra on?'"<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | ||
The club owner hired a choreographer to teach Morgan how to walk and perform well as a stripper.<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> Chesty Morgan was a popular live act by 1973, using variations of the names of Zsa Zsa, Chesty and Gabor.<ref name="Joe Falls"/> <!-- the name was taken because of her supposed resemblance to the Gabor sisters NEEDS SOURCE--> | The club owner hired a choreographer to teach Morgan how to walk and perform well as a stripper.<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> Chesty Morgan was a popular live act by 1973, using variations of the names of Zsa Zsa, Chesty and Gabor.<ref name="Joe Falls"/> <!-- the name was taken because of her supposed resemblance to the Gabor sisters NEEDS SOURCE--> During the week of November 19-24, 1973 she appeared at the Knight Lounge in Warren, Pennsylvania under the name Zsa Zsa "Chesty" Gabborr. The performances were promoted as her final appearance at the lounge.<ref name="Knight Lounge"/> The advertisements for Morgan's appearance blared, "The world's chestiest, exotic, she defies medical science Fabulous!! Incredible!! Amazing! Fantastic!!... What your eyes see, you must believe. Stageland's biggest Attraction."<ref name="Knight Lounge 2">{{cite news |title=Knight Lounge|work=Warren Times Observer (Warren, Pennsylvania)|publisher= |page=B-17|date=November 15, 1973}}</ref> | ||
By 1974, she was using the name "Chesty Morgan". Though apparently coincidental, "Chesty Morgan" was the name of a minor character in director John Ford's 1926 silent film, ''The Shamrock Handicap'', which dealt with horse racing in the U.S. and Ireland.<ref>{{cite book |first=Tag |last=Gallagher|year=1986|title=John Ford; The Man and His Films|publisher=University of California Press|location= |isbn=0520050975 |page=p.211}}</ref> | By 1974, she was using the name "Chesty Morgan". Though apparently coincidental, "Chesty Morgan" was the name of a minor character in director John Ford's 1926 silent film, ''The Shamrock Handicap'', which dealt with horse racing in the U.S. and Ireland.<ref>{{cite book |first=Tag |last=Gallagher|year=1986|title=John Ford; The Man and His Films|publisher=University of California Press|location= |isbn=0520050975 |page=p.211}}</ref> She became a regular in Boston's famed "Combat Zone" adult entertainment district.<ref name="Red lights going out">{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Ashbrook|title=Red Lights Going Out on Boston's Sin Strip|work=The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec)|publisher=CanWest Global Communications (column from Boston Globe)|page=A-1 FRO|date=August 5, 1988}}</ref> In May 1974, she was appearing at the Sanderson Theatre in Springfield, Massachusetts as "Chesty Morgan and her All Girl Revue".<ref name="She's Here! In Person!">{{cite news |title=She's Here! In Person!|work=Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)|publisher=MediaNews Group|page=6|date=May 21, 1974}}</ref> As a sign of Morgan's popularity, one "Combat Zone" nightclub pointed to Morgan's appearance there as a life-saver for the institution. In August 1974, the owner of the financially and legally troubled Pilgrim Theater claimed, "She was like a god out of the heavens for us. She saved the theater and I hope she can do it again."<ref name="Honky Tonk Theater Fights for Life">{{cite news |title=Honky Tonk Theater Fights for Life|work=Portsmouth Herald (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)|publisher=Ottaway Community Newspapers|page=23|date=August 26, 1974}}</ref> | ||
She | |||
==Morgan's performance style== | ==Morgan's performance style== | ||
Chesty Morgan's show was usually from twenty to twenty-five minutes in duration, and she would put on three shows a night.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> Her performance regularly began with a walk to the stage through the audience in which she would interact with her patrons. She would talk with members of the audience and allow them to feel and fondle her breasts, encouraging them to test that they were real.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> Once on stage, she would strip to the waist.<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea"/> Her stripping performances were accompanied by popular songs such as "Delilah" (1968).<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> She would then don a negligee.<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea"/> A courtroom description of Morgan's act states that in this part of her act, she would, "occasionally [invite] a patron to come up to the edge of the stage, but not on the stage, and [permit] him or her to touch the top portion of breasts above the neckline of the negligee, or to put his or her face into the top portion of her breasts while she [shook] them in a kootchy-kootchy fashion."<ref name="Massachusetts Cases"/> | Chesty Morgan's show was usually from twenty to twenty-five minutes in duration, and she would put on three shows a night.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world">{{cite news |title=Chesty Morgan Belongs to World |work=The Paris News (Paris, Texas)|publisher= (Associated Press)|page=65|date=December 28, 1983}}</ref> Her performance regularly began with a walk to the stage through the audience in which she would interact with her patrons. She would talk with members of the audience and allow them to feel and fondle her breasts, encouraging them to test that they were real.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> Once on stage, she would strip to the waist.<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea">{{cite news |title=Stripper Loses Touching Plea|work=Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas)|publisher=Southern Newspapers Inc. (Associated Press)|page=15|date=December 20, 1983}}</ref> Her stripping performances were accompanied by popular songs such as "Delilah" (1968).<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> She would then don a negligee.<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea"/> A courtroom description of Morgan's act states that in this part of her act, she would, "occasionally [invite] a patron to come up to the edge of the stage, but not on the stage, and [permit] him or her to touch the top portion of breasts above the neckline of the negligee, or to put his or her face into the top portion of her breasts while she [shook] them in a kootchy-kootchy fashion."<ref name="Massachusetts Cases">{{cite web |url=http://masscases.com/cases/app/18/18massappct977.html|title=CHESTY MORGAN & others vs. TOWN OF STOUGHTON & others. 18 Mass. App. Ct. 977|accessdate=December 20, 2008|date=November 2, 1984|publisher=[http://masscases.com/ Massachusetts Cases]}}</ref> | ||
Morgan's philosophy about her career was that she was sharing her natural endowment with her audience. "My boobs belong to the world," she said, "They're attached to my body, but they belong to the public."<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> She believed that she was showing generosity by inviting her patrons to feel her breasts. "My heart is as big as my chest," she claimed.<ref name="Judge Dismisses Charge Against Chesty Morgan"/> | |||
About the style of her performances, she said, "I don't do a complete nude show. I don't do that kind of show. I'm not a porno star. Even men don't want a complete nude woman. Topless, maybe, but at least a G-string. They want something left to the imagination, something discreet."<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | |||
During her act, Morgan employed much humor directed at her physical attributes. Her walk to the stage would sometimes include two midgets. They would march in front of Morgan, each supporting one of her mammaries.<ref name="Eric Gregg"/> Her speech while on stage included such jokes as, "You know why my feet so small? Because things don't grow in the shade, that's why."<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> She claimed to be opposed to Women's Liberation because, "they want to go braless and I can't do it."<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> | During her act, Morgan employed much humor directed at her physical attributes. Her walk to the stage would sometimes include two midgets. They would march in front of Morgan, each supporting one of her mammaries.<ref name="Eric Gregg">{{cite book |first=Eric|last=Gregg |coauthor=Appel, Marty |chapter=My Colleagues|year=1985|title=Working the Plate; The Eric Gregg Story|publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages=pp.174-175}}</ref> Her speech while on stage included such jokes as, "You know why my feet so small? Because things don't grow in the shade, that's why."<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> She claimed to be opposed to Women's Liberation because, "they want to go braless and I can't do it."<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> | ||
Chesty Morgan's daily wardrobe consisted of bras made by the Texas company Command Performance. A 1979 article reported that they cost $50 each.<ref name="Phoning the funnies"/> On stage she wore an elaborate costume which included an ostrich plume shawl and a black, silver-sequined gown which she had purchased for over $5,000.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> She reported, in 1987, that some of her costumes cost up to eight thousand dollars.<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | Chesty Morgan's daily wardrobe consisted of bras made by the Texas company Command Performance. A 1979 article reported that they cost $50 each.<ref name="Phoning the funnies"/> A 1987 interview reported that the price had gone up to $100 each, and that she wore a double-P cup.<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> On stage she wore an elaborate costume which included an ostrich plume shawl and a black, silver-sequined gown which she had purchased for over $5,000.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> She reported, in 1987, that some of her costumes cost up to eight thousand dollars.<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | ||
==Second marriage== | ==Second marriage== | ||
[[Image:Chesty_and_Husband.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chesty Morgan with her husband, National League umpire Dick Stello before Morgan's nightclub act in Boston, November 13, 1975.]] | [[Image:Chesty_and_Husband.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chesty Morgan with her husband, National League umpire Dick Stello before Morgan's nightclub act in Boston, November 13, 1975.]] | ||
When Morgan met National League umpire Dick Stello (July 20, 1934 - November 18, 1987),<ref name="Florida Death Index"/> his first words to her were, "My, my. 73 inches- why, that's over 6 feet!"<ref name="Hot Line"/> | When Morgan met National League umpire Dick Stello (July 20, 1934 - November 18, 1987),<ref name="Florida Death Index">{{cite book |title=Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (Florida Department of Health: database on-line)|year=2006|accessdate=December 20, 2008|publisher=[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com]|location=Provo, UT}}</ref> his first words to her were, "My, my. 73 inches- why, that's over 6 feet!"<ref name="Hot Line">{{cite news |first=Mickey|last=Herskowitz|coauthor=Perkins, Steve|title=Hot Line|work=Chronicle Telegram (Elyria, Ohio)|publisher= |page=C-7|date=October 05, 1975}}</ref> | ||
Stello had learned his umpiring skills while in the army, and worked in semi-pro games around Boston while working full-time for the phone company.<ref name="Strike Two"/> He began working in National League games in September 1968, and became regular staff in 1969.<ref name="NL Umpire Dies After Being Crushed"/> A talented singer who grew up with show business connections himself,<ref name="Eric Gregg"/> for some time Stello spent his winters as a nightclub MC in New York and New Jersey.<ref name="Hot Line"/> | Stello had learned his umpiring skills while in the army, and worked in semi-pro games around Boston while working full-time for the phone company.<ref name="Strike Two">{{cite book |first=Ron |last=Luciano|coauthors=Fisher David |year=1984|title=Strike Two|publisher=Bantam Books|location=New York|isbn=0-553-05049-4|page=p.9}}</ref> He began working in National League games in September 1968, and became regular staff in 1969.<ref name="NL Umpire Dies After Being Crushed">{{cite news |title=NL Umpire Dies After Being Crushed|work=The News (Frederick, Maryland)|publisher=Randall Family, LLC (Associated Press)|page=D-4|date=November 19, 1987}}</ref> A talented singer who grew up with show business connections himself,<ref name="Eric Gregg"/> for some time Stello spent his winters as a nightclub MC in New York and New Jersey.<ref name="Hot Line"/> | ||
They were married on March 24, 1974 in Pinellas County, Florida.<ref name="Florida Marriage Collection"/> It was Stello's first marriage.<ref name="Hot Line"/> Though Morgan and Stello would remain friends until Stello's untimely death in 1987, Morgan said of this marriage, "I knew hours after I got married it wouldn't work."<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | They were married on March 24, 1974 in Pinellas County, Florida.<ref name="Florida Marriage Collection"/> It was Stello's first marriage.<ref name="Hot Line"/> Though Morgan and Stello would remain friends until Stello's untimely death in 1987, Morgan said of this marriage, "I knew hours after I got married it wouldn't work."<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | ||
"Anyone who needed money, Dick was the one they contacted. They knew Dick was an easy mark. He always wanted to help people."<ref name="Stello Left Memories for His Many Friends"/> | "Anyone who needed money, Dick was the one they contacted. They knew Dick was an easy mark. He always wanted to help people."<ref name="Stello Left Memories for His Many Friends">{{cite news |first=Kevin|last=Thomas |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EB5284DEAFA78C2/25BDDD9B91CF4278985B1339326C0BAB|title=NL Umpire Dies After Being Crushed|work=The News (Frederick, Maryland)|publisher=Randall Family, LLC (Associated Press)|page=D-4|date=November 19, 1987|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref> | ||
During the baseball off-season Morgan and Stello lived together in St. Petersburg, Florida.<ref name="Hot Line"/> Morgan worked as a real estate agent when she was not performing, explaining, "When I'm home I have to do something. I can't rely only on this," referring to her career as a stripper.<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> | During the baseball off-season Morgan and Stello lived together in St. Petersburg, Florida.<ref name="Hot Line"/> Morgan worked as a real estate agent when she was not performing, explaining, "When I'm home I have to do something. I can't rely only on this," referring to her career as a stripper.<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> | ||
Stello took a good deal of kidding from his sports colleagues after his marriage. Syracuse (New York) ''Herald-Journal'' sports editor and writer Arnie Burdick<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syracusehalloffame.com/pages/inductees/1996/arnie_burdick.html|title=Arnie Burdick|accessdate=December 22, 2008|publisher=[http://www.syracusehalloffame.com/ www.syracusehalloffame.com]}}</ref> described Stello's new wife as "an exotic dancer with a front that's about as imposing as the Fenway Wall", a reference to the 37 foot wall in Boston's Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox baseball team. <ref>{{cite news |first=Arnie |last=Burdick|title=Hot Line|work=Syracuse Herald-Journal (Syracuse, New York)|publisher= |page=43|date=October 23, 1975}}</ref> Columnist Joe Falls mis-identified the groom as umpire Ed Sudol, but, noting "Chesty"'s nickname, wrote, "The bride's measurements were listed as 76-26-36, which will require no further comment."<ref name="Joe Falls"/> | Stello took a good deal of kidding from his sports colleagues after his marriage. Syracuse (New York) ''Herald-Journal'' sports editor and writer Arnie Burdick<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syracusehalloffame.com/pages/inductees/1996/arnie_burdick.html|title=Arnie Burdick|accessdate=December 22, 2008|publisher=[http://www.syracusehalloffame.com/ www.syracusehalloffame.com]}}</ref> described Stello's new wife as "an exotic dancer with a front that's about as imposing as the Fenway Wall", a reference to the 37 foot wall in Boston's Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox baseball team. <ref>{{cite news |first=Arnie |last=Burdick|title=Hot Line|work=Syracuse Herald-Journal (Syracuse, New York)|publisher= |page=43|date=October 23, 1975}}</ref> Columnist Joe Falls mis-identified the groom as umpire Ed Sudol, but, noting "Chesty"'s nickname, wrote, "The bride's measurements were listed as 76-26-36, which will require no further comment."<ref name="Joe Falls"/> | ||
==Films== | |||
==''[[Deadly Weapons]]''== | ===''[[Deadly Weapons]]''=== | ||
[[Image:deadly_weapons.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Chesty in ''[[Deadly Weapons]]'' (1974)]] | [[Image:deadly_weapons.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Chesty in ''[[Deadly Weapons]]'' (1974)]] | ||
Though Morgan's stripping career was quite successful, her film performances are often the subject of ridicule from critics. Due to the transient nature of live performance, it is her film roles for which she is best remembered. | Though Morgan's stripping career was quite successful, her film performances are often the subject of ridicule from critics. Due to the transient nature of live performance, it is her film roles for which she is best remembered. | ||
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The reviewer was also critical of Morgan's physical appearance, writing, "The skin on her chest was translucent and she had a bulging vein on the inside of her left breast. Her derriere was flabby and saggy." Nor did the reviewer find the costumes used in the film to his approval. "All she wore was frilly scoop neck shirts and frilly v-neck shirts that did not enhance the lure of her chest." | The reviewer was also critical of Morgan's physical appearance, writing, "The skin on her chest was translucent and she had a bulging vein on the inside of her left breast. Her derriere was flabby and saggy." Nor did the reviewer find the costumes used in the film to his approval. "All she wore was frilly scoop neck shirts and frilly v-neck shirts that did not enhance the lure of her chest." | ||
The review ended by noting that Morgan's genitalia are never exposed in the film, "a fact that has led to some nasty rumors that, perhaps. Chesty is really a man... I mean, you gotta have a strong back to carry around all that excess weight!"<ref name="Half-Elf"/> | The review ended by noting that Morgan's genitalia are never exposed in the film, "a fact that has led to some nasty rumors that, perhaps. Chesty is really a man... I mean, you gotta have a strong back to carry around all that excess weight!"<ref name="Half-Elf">{{cite news |last=Half-Elf|title=Hefty Cleavage Does More Than Fill Custom-Made Bra|work=The Mass Media (Boston, Massachussetts)|publisher= |page=12|date=April 25, 1974}}</ref> | ||
Drive-in goers in Elyria, Ohio could choose from two screens showing ''Deadly Weapons'' in April 1975, one of them offering 1,000 "Chesty Morgan" calendars, one per car.<ref name="Lorain and Aut-O-Rama"/> The first 200 cars in Nashua, New Hampshire's Tyngsboro Drive-In's showing of ''Deadly Weapons'' got the calendar.<ref name="Tyngsboro Drive-In"/> | Drive-in goers in Elyria, Ohio could choose from two screens showing ''Deadly Weapons'' in April 1975, one of them offering 1,000 "Chesty Morgan" calendars, one per car.<ref name="Lorain and Aut-O-Rama">{{cite news |title=Lorain Drive In Theater and Aut-O-Rama Twin Drive-In Theater ads|work=Chronicle Telegram (Elyria, Ohio)|publisher= |page=16|date=April 25, 1975}}</ref> The first 200 cars in Nashua, New Hampshire's Tyngsboro Drive-In's showing of ''Deadly Weapons'' got the calendar.<ref name="Tyngsboro Drive-In">{{cite news |title=Tyngsboro Drive-In Deadly Weapons ad|work=Nashua Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire)|publisher= |page=46|date=April 10, 1974}}</ref> | ||
==''[[Double Agent 73]]''== | ===''[[Double Agent 73]]''=== | ||
[[Image:Chestymorgan001.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Chesty in ''[[Double Agent 73]]'' (1974)]] | [[Image:Chestymorgan001.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Chesty in ''[[Double Agent 73]]'' (1974)]] | ||
In Athens Ohio, the "Chesty Morgan" calendars were given with a showing of ''Double Agent 73'' in May 1975.<ref name="Athens Messenger - Double Agent 73"/> | In Athens Ohio, the "Chesty Morgan" calendars were given with a showing of ''Double Agent 73'' in May 1975.<ref name="Athens Messenger - Double Agent 73">{{cite news |title=Double Agent 73 ad|work=The Athens Messenger (Athens, Ohio)|publisher= |page=16|date=May 28, 1975}}</ref> | ||
==''Fellini's Casanova''== | ===''Fellini's Casanova''=== | ||
[[Image:fellini_casanova_barberina.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Chesty as Barberina in Fellini's ''Casanova'' (1976)]] | [[Image:fellini_casanova_barberina.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Chesty as Barberina in Fellini's ''Casanova'' (1976)]] | ||
Morgan's next cinematic experience was to be worlds away from Doris Wishman's world. The celebrated Italian director Federico Fellini and his wife were in New York in late August 1974 in conjunction with the U.S. release of his most recent film, ''Amarcord'' (1973). During the visit, Fellini became aware of Chesty Morgan and her prodigious physique, and decided to include her in his next film, ''Fellini's Casanova''.<ref name="Fellini Baxter p300">{{cite book |first=John|last=Baxter |year=1994|title=Fellini: The Biography|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn=0-312-11273-4|pages=pp.174-175}}</ref> Morgan's role was that of Barbarina, a maid. Morgan described the role simply as "a woman with big boobs."<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> Her scene with Donald Sutherland was filmed, and can be seen in an Italian documentary on the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.truveo.com/search.php?query=Chesty+Morgan+in+Fellini+Casanova&uqs=|title=Chesty Morgan In Fellini Casanova Videos|accessdate=December 21, 2008|publisher=[http://www.truveo.com/ www.truveo.com/]}}</ref> During the cutting of the film, however, Morgan's entire scene was removed.<ref>Baxter (1994), p.313.</ref> | Morgan's next cinematic experience was to be worlds away from Doris Wishman's world. The celebrated Italian director Federico Fellini and his wife were in New York in late August 1974 in conjunction with the U.S. release of his most recent film, ''Amarcord'' (1973). During the visit, Fellini became aware of Chesty Morgan and her prodigious physique, and decided to include her in his next film, ''Fellini's Casanova''.<ref name="Fellini Baxter p300">{{cite book |first=John|last=Baxter |year=1994|title=Fellini: The Biography|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn=0-312-11273-4|pages=pp.174-175}}</ref> Morgan's role was that of Barbarina, a maid. Morgan described the role simply as "a woman with big boobs."<ref name="Chesty was really flat"/> Her scene with Donald Sutherland was filmed, and can be seen in an Italian documentary on the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.truveo.com/search.php?query=Chesty+Morgan+in+Fellini+Casanova&uqs=|title=Chesty Morgan In Fellini Casanova Videos|accessdate=December 21, 2008|publisher=[http://www.truveo.com/ www.truveo.com/]}}</ref> During the cutting of the film, however, Morgan's entire scene was removed.<ref>Baxter (1994), p.313.</ref> | ||
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In connection with her occupation, Chesty Morgan had several encounters with the law. Morgan attributed these troubles to politics. While in the midst of one of these incidents, she told a newspaper reporter, "The reason I get in trouble, you know, is because of these people that run for politics. These politicians don't like the hoochy-koochy."<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> | In connection with her occupation, Chesty Morgan had several encounters with the law. Morgan attributed these troubles to politics. While in the midst of one of these incidents, she told a newspaper reporter, "The reason I get in trouble, you know, is because of these people that run for politics. These politicians don't like the hoochy-koochy."<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> | ||
In early 1975, while performing at the 79th Street Burlesque in Miami, Morgan was arrested with two other strippers. Morgan was charged with "exposing parts of her body in a manner intended to arouse the sexual desire of onlookers."<ref name="February 6, 1975"/> In mid-November 1975, Morgan was performing at a nightclub in Boston. She was photographed with her husband before one of the shows, and the picture ran in the Syracuse, New York ''Herald-Journal''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Her Name Fits|work=Syracuse Herald-Journal (Syracuse, New York)|publisher= |page=52|date=November 13, 1975}}</ref> | In early 1975, while performing at the 79th Street Burlesque in Miami, Morgan was arrested with two other strippers. Morgan was charged with "exposing parts of her body in a manner intended to arouse the sexual desire of onlookers."<ref name="February 6, 1975"/> In mid-November 1975, Morgan was performing at a nightclub in Boston. She was photographed with her husband before one of the shows, and the picture ran in the Syracuse, New York ''Herald-Journal''.<ref name="Her Name Fits">{{cite news |title=Her Name Fits|work=Syracuse Herald-Journal (Syracuse, New York)|publisher= |page=52|date=November 13, 1975}}</ref> | ||
Proud of his wife's career, Morgan's husband sometimes took his sports colleagues to her performances. In his autobiography, fellow Major League Baseball umpire Eric Gregg recalled seeing one of Morgan's performances with Stello. He called the experience, "one of the strangest nights of my life." Gregg remembered Stello as "a class act", generous and a teacher to him. He wrote that Morgan's show was, "a riot", but that his thoughts on the situation were, "here we were sitting with her husband. What were you supposed to say under the circumstances? Hey, nice boobs?"<ref name="Eric Gregg"/> | Proud of his wife's career, Morgan's husband sometimes took his sports colleagues to her performances. In his autobiography, fellow Major League Baseball umpire Eric Gregg recalled seeing one of Morgan's performances with Stello. He called the experience, "one of the strangest nights of my life." Gregg remembered Stello as "a class act", generous and a teacher to him. He wrote that Morgan's show was, "a riot", but that his thoughts on the situation were, "here we were sitting with her husband. What were you supposed to say under the circumstances? Hey, nice boobs?"<ref name="Eric Gregg"/> | ||
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==1983: Stoughton, Massachusetts== | ==1983: Stoughton, Massachusetts== | ||
In October 1983, while performing in Stoughton, Massachusetts-- 15 miles south of Boston<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea"/>-- Morgan again came to the attention of law enforcement officials. A policeman was in attendance during one of her performances.<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea"/> Her long-time practise of allowing audience members to touch her was against the town's laws. Alex's Lounge, the establishment at which she had been performing, had their entertainment license suspended for one day and their liquor license suspended for five days due to Morgan's act.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> | In October 1983, while performing in Stoughton, Massachusetts-- 15 miles south of Boston<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea"/>-- Morgan again came to the attention of law enforcement officials. A policeman was in attendance during one of her performances.<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea"/> Her long-time practise of allowing audience members to touch her was against the town's laws. Alex's Lounge, the establishment at which she had been performing, had their entertainment license suspended for one day and their liquor license suspended for five days due to Morgan's act.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> | ||
Morgan returned to perform at the lounge for a week beginning on Monday, December 12, 1983.<ref name="Judge Refuses to Bar Action Against Morgan"/> On December 7, she went to Suffolk Superior Court to request the issue of a temporary injunction to prevent the town from taking further action against the establishment.<ref name="Chesty Goes to Court Over Right to Cavort"/> Morgan and the establishment argued that the purpose of this part of her act was to "establish a link between her and and the audience,"<ref name="Chesty Goes to Court Over Right to Cavort"/> and that it was unconstitutional to prevent an "occasional instance of 'touching'" during a non-obscene performance.<ref name="Teachers, texts and Ms. Morgan"/> | Morgan returned to perform at the lounge for a week beginning on Monday, December 12, 1983.<ref name="Judge Refuses to Bar Action Against Morgan">{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EB9780CED0DFB36/25BDDD9B91CF4278985B1339326C0BAB|title=Judge Refuses to Bar Action Against Morgan|work=The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts)|publisher=The New York Times Company (Associated Press)|page= |date=December 10, 1983|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref> On December 7, she went to Suffolk Superior Court to request the issue of a temporary injunction to prevent the town from taking further action against the establishment.<ref name="Chesty Goes to Court Over Right to Cavort">{{cite news |last=Harvey|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EB9780B412F345E/25BDDD9B91CF4278985B1339326C0BAB|title=Chesty Goes to Court Over Right to Cavort|work=The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts)|publisher=The New York Times Company|page=1|date=December 8, 1983|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref> Morgan and the establishment argued that the purpose of this part of her act was to "establish a link between her and and the audience,"<ref name="Chesty Goes to Court Over Right to Cavort"/> and that it was unconstitutional to prevent an "occasional instance of 'touching'" during a non-obscene performance.<ref name="Teachers, texts and Ms. Morgan">{{cite news |title=Our Opinion: Teachers, texts and Ms. Morgan|work=Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas)|publisher=Southern Newspapers Inc. (Associated Press)|page=8-A|date=December 27, 1983}}</ref> | ||
Chief Justice Alan Hale asked Morgan's lawyer incredulously, "Are you seriously saying to me that this woman letting some people touch her breasts or snuggle up is protected speech?" | Chief Justice Alan Hale asked Morgan's lawyer incredulously, "Are you seriously saying to me that this woman letting some people touch her breasts or snuggle up is protected speech?" | ||
"Yes," he replied, "and the state bears the burden of proving it is not."<ref name="Judge Rules Stripper Doesn't Have Right"/> | "Yes," he replied, "and the state bears the burden of proving it is not."<ref name="Judge Rules Stripper Doesn't Have Right">{{cite news |title=Judge Rules Stripper Doesn't Have Right to Let Bar Patrons Touch Her Bosom|work=Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|publisher=FP Canadian Newspapers|page=37|date=December 15, 1983}}</ref> | ||
Nevertheless, on December 9,<ref name="Judge Refuses to Bar Action Against Morgan"/> Justice William J. Brennan denied the request.<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea"/><ref name="Massachusetts Cases"/> News of the situation made national papers, and a ''Galveston Daily News'' opinion commented, tongue-in-cheek, "The Supreme Court has ruled on some 'towering' cases in its long and distinguished history, but none more 'monumental' than the State of Massachusetts vs. Chesty Morgan."<ref name="Teachers, texts and Ms. Morgan"/> | Nevertheless, on December 9, 1983<ref name="Judge Refuses to Bar Action Against Morgan"/> Justice William J. Brennan denied the request.<ref name="Stripper Loses Touching Plea"/><ref name="Massachusetts Cases"/> News of the situation made national papers, and a ''Galveston Daily News'' opinion commented, tongue-in-cheek, "The Supreme Court has ruled on some 'towering' cases in its long and distinguished history, but none more 'monumental' than the State of Massachusetts vs. Chesty Morgan."<ref name="Teachers, texts and Ms. Morgan"/> | ||
Morgan's performances at the lounge in December dispensed with the audience interaction, but, claiming that the ban on touching infringed on her right to freedom of expression, she filed an appeal to the December decision.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> The appeal was argued on September 19, 1984,<ref>{{cite book|chapter=App. 977 Chesty MORGAN et al.1 TOWN OF STOUGHTON et al.2 Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.|year=1985|title=North eastern reporter. second series|publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages=p.139}}</ref> claiming that Morgan's performance was "protected expression." On November 2 the decision was made against Morgan and George F. Alexopoulos, the owner of Alex's Lounge.<ref name="Massachusetts Cases"/> The opinion of the court was that, since the town had no intention of further action against the lounge, and injuction was unnecessary.<ref name="Chesty Morgan Loses a Round in Court of Appeals"/> | Morgan's performances at the lounge in December dispensed with the audience interaction, but, claiming that the ban on touching infringed on her right to freedom of expression, she filed an appeal to the December decision.<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> The appeal was argued on September 19, 1984,<ref>{{cite book|chapter=App. 977 Chesty MORGAN et al.1 TOWN OF STOUGHTON et al.2 Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.|year=1985|title=North eastern reporter. second series|publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages=p.139}}</ref> claiming that Morgan's performance was "protected expression." On November 2 the decision was made against Morgan and George F. Alexopoulos, the owner of Alex's Lounge.<ref name="Massachusetts Cases"/> The opinion of the court was that, since the town had no intention of further action against the lounge, and injuction was unnecessary.<ref name="Chesty Morgan Loses a Round in Court of Appeals">{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EB979D4F2ADB0CD/25BDDD9B91CF4278985B1339326C0BAB|title=Chesty Morgan Loses a Round in Court of Appeals|work=The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts)|publisher=The New York Times Company (Associated Press)|page=25|date=November 3, 1984|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref> | ||
==Later 1980s== | ==Later 1980s== | ||
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Morgan expressed patriotism and gratitude to her adopted country, and its military, | Morgan expressed patriotism and gratitude to her adopted country, and its military, | ||
"This country is super. This is the greatest country in the world."<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> In her post-show business life, Morgan retired to her real estate profession, working as a landlord.<ref name="Kidnapping Suspect Met Boy on Internet, Cops Say"/> | "This country is super. This is the greatest country in the world."<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> In her post-show business life, Morgan retired to her real estate profession, working as a landlord.<ref name="Kidnapping Suspect Met Boy on Internet, Cops Say">{{cite news |first=George |last=Coryell|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/s/InfoWeb/aggdocs/AWNB/0EB0F5C973CDF44D/25BDDD9B91CF4278985B1339326C0BAB|title=Kidnapping Suspect Met Boy on Internet, Cops Say|work=The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida)|publisher=Media General (The Tribune Co.)|page=2|date=March 19, 1996|accessdate=December 25, 2008}}</ref> | ||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
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Memorabilia related to Chesty Morgan is preserved at Exotic World Burlesque Museum & Striptease Hall of Fame in Helendale, California, under the supervision of [[Dixie Evans]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=The Exotic World of Dixie Lee Evans|last=Bishop|first=Greg|coauthors=Joe Oesterle, Mike Marinacci, Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman|year=1982|title=Weird California: Your Travel Guide to California's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company|location=New York|isbn=1402733844|pages=p.155}}</ref> | Memorabilia related to Chesty Morgan is preserved at Exotic World Burlesque Museum & Striptease Hall of Fame in Helendale, California, under the supervision of [[Dixie Evans]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=The Exotic World of Dixie Lee Evans|last=Bishop|first=Greg|coauthors=Joe Oesterle, Mike Marinacci, Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman|year=1982|title=Weird California: Your Travel Guide to California's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company|location=New York|isbn=1402733844|pages=p.155}}</ref> | ||
By 1992, Morgan's starring role in ''Deadly Weapons'' could be seen nationwide on cable TV channel TMC at 11:00 p.m.<ref name="TMC - Deadly Weapons"/> | By 1992, Morgan's starring role in ''Deadly Weapons'' could be seen nationwide on cable TV channel TMC at 11:00 p.m.<ref name="TMC - Deadly Weapons">{{cite news |title=Deadly Weapons|work=Syracuse Herald Journal (Syracuse, New York)|publisher= |page=28|date=May 23, 1992}}</ref> | ||
John Waters used clips of Morgan's films for his 1994 comedy ''Serial Mom''. ''San Francisco Chronicle'' film critic, Mick LaSalle, reviewing Waters' film noted, "Waters' love of the vulgar and the absurd permeates ''Serial Mom''... By the time a teenage boy is shown getting off on a grotesque video of porn star Chesty Morgan, Waters' sensibility has become infectious."<ref name="Turner, Waters"/> | John Waters used clips of Morgan's films for his 1994 comedy ''Serial Mom''. ''San Francisco Chronicle'' film critic, Mick LaSalle, reviewing Waters' film noted, "Waters' love of the vulgar and the absurd permeates ''Serial Mom''... By the time a teenage boy is shown getting off on a grotesque video of porn star Chesty Morgan, Waters' sensibility has become infectious."<ref name="Turner, Waters">{{cite news |title=Turner, Waters' ''Serial Mom'' -- It's a Killer|work=San Francisco Chronicle|publisher= Hearst Communications|page=C-1|date=April 15, 1994}}</ref> | ||
== Filmography == | == Filmography == | ||
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{{film|Third Hand|style=listfull|released=[[1981]]}} | {{film|Third Hand|style=listfull|released=[[1981]]}} | ||
{{filmography end}} | {{filmography end}} | ||
==Known performance history== | |||
* November 19-24, 1973 - Knight Lounge; Warren, Pennsylvania (as Zsa Zsa "Chesty" Gabborr "final appearance")<ref name="Knight Lounge"/> | |||
* April 1974 - film ''[[Deadly Weapons]]'' released | |||
* May 1974 - Sanderson Theatre; Springfield, Massachusetts (as "Chesty Morgan and her All Girl Revue)<ref name="She's Here! In Person!"/> | |||
* early 1975 - 79th Street Burlesque; Miami, Florida (arrested)<ref name="February 6, 1975"/> | |||
* November 1975 "a nightclub in Boston"<ref name="Her Name Fits"/> | |||
* October 26th to October 30, 1979 - Winnepeg Playhouse; Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada<ref name="Phoning the funnies"/> | |||
* June 1980 - Hanrahan's Tavern; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (arrested)<ref name="Judge Dismisses Charge Against Chesty Morgan"/> | |||
* October and December 12-16, 1983, Alex's Lounge; Stoughton, Massachusetts (law suit)<ref name="Chesty Morgan belongs to world"/> | |||
* November 1986 - TV talk show in Boston<ref name="Tales of Woe From the Book Tour"/> | |||
* February 1987 - Greca Restaurant; Richmond, Virginia<ref name="The Stares Hurt But Also Pay"/> | |||
* November 1987 - Virginia<ref name="Stello Left Memories for His Many Friends"/> | |||
==Magazine appearances== | ==Magazine appearances== | ||
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| Also known as | Zsa Zsa Chesty Gabor[2] Zsa Zsa "Chesty" Gabborr[3] |
| Born | [[:Category:1941[5] or 1928 births|1941[5] or 1928]] Poland[9] |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Nationality | American |
| Body | |
| Measurements | 73-32-36[10] |
| Bra/cup size | Q (same as PP cup)[9][11] |
| Boobs | Natural |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[9] |
| Weight | 118 lb (54 kg)[3] |
| Body type | Average |
| Hair | Blonde |
| Performances | |
| Shown | Topless |
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| IMDb | |
Chesty Morgan was an exotic dancer and film actress, notably in two films directed by Doris Wishman.
Early life
Chesty Morgan was born Lillian Wajc[12] in Poland[9] about 1941.[13] Commenting on her development, Morgan said that she was "flat-chested until I was 17. I was like a boy. And then something happened."[14]
Her unusually large bust was to give her a mark of distinction in her later career as an exotic dancer, and in her later leading roles in film, in which her bust measurement is a record.[15] There were problems associated with her large bust. "I have back problems," she said, "but that's not the main problem. It's when you go out you have so much audience. I always wanted to have a small bust. It's difficult to get clothes."[14]
In interviews, Morgan was opinionated about Judaism,[9] and she had spent some time living and working in Israel with her family before coming to the United States.[14] She reported that her family had left Poland for Israel because of the treatment of Jews,[9] indicating that Morgan is probably Jewish. At one point, she served in the Israeli army.[11] She later quipped that the reason she left Israel was that she "couldn't make enough money to pay for [her] bras."[14]
In fact, Morgan met Joseph Wilczkowski-- an American tourist and survivor of the Holocaust--[16] in the late 1950s. The two were married ten days after their first meeting, and moved to the U.S. where Morgan and Wilczkowski lived a happy life together for over five years. Morgan recalled, "It worked perfectly."[9]
The "Icebox murders"
By 1965, Morgan and Wilczkowski had two daughters,[17][9] and Wilczkowski was a co-owner of two meat markets in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.[18] Wilczkowski operated the smaller of the two markets, which were across the street from each other.[17] A high-crime section of the city, Bedford-Stuyvesant had been the setting of a race-related killing in March 1965, and looting and rioting the previous summer.[19] In early March, 1965, Wilczkowski and an employee were robbed of $1,500. The five robbers threatened to kill the two, but a third employee prevented this by pleading with the robbers.[20]
On the night of Sunday, March 27, 1965, police responded to a call from the wife of one of the two, who was worried because her husband had not yet come home.[21] When police arrived at the Spring Valley Meat Market,[22] they found the three bodies of Wilczkowski, his partner and an employee inside the freezer.[21] All three men had been shot twice in the back of the head.[23] Though about $400 was found on the premises, the police suspected robbery was the motive for the killings.[20] It was later found that the three killers had made off with approximately $3,5000.[16] Kazle Anthony, a 20 year old apprentice at the shop, told reporters, "They took me off the streets and treated me very well. Insane people must have done this to them."[23]
The police immediately rounded up dozens of people for questioning in the case.[24] The apprentice, Anthony, attended the funeral of one of the victims, but, by the end of the month, was accused, with another, of having been involved in the crime.[23] The case became known as the "icebox murders".[16] At the trial, the judge said that the crime was "one of the most atrocious in this country."[16] After a three week trial, beginning on October 7, 1965, the two were convicted.[25]
New York had just recently banned the death sentence,[16] and, regretting that he could not give a more severe punishment,[25] the judge issued the two men life sentences on December 9, 1965.[26] Because of the new law, they became eligible for parole after 26 years.[26] Kazle Anthony applied for parole dozens of times throughout the years. He was finally granted freedom in March 2007.[16]
Early stripping career
As a widowed mother, Morgan began dating. A boyfriend took her to a nightclub with exotic dancers and she was outraged. "I got so mad at him that I broke off with him. This dancing was something beyond my imagination, you understand."[9] As her financial situation worsened, and with two daughters to feed, clothe and send to school, Morgan realized that she would have to take a job.[9] About 1972,[27] in spite of her aversion to stripping, inexperience and shyness, she decided to to take a job as an exotic dancer.[9] Her first year in the profession was very trying. Morgan reported, "Believe it or not, the first show I did, I forgot to take off my bra. Yes. And the club owner came up to me and said, 'Excuse me lady, why do you think I pay you this money? To keep your bra on?'"[9]
The club owner hired a choreographer to teach Morgan how to walk and perform well as a stripper.[9] Chesty Morgan was a popular live act by 1973, using variations of the names of Zsa Zsa, Chesty and Gabor.[2] During the week of November 19-24, 1973 she appeared at the Knight Lounge in Warren, Pennsylvania under the name Zsa Zsa "Chesty" Gabborr. The performances were promoted as her final appearance at the lounge.[3] The advertisements for Morgan's appearance blared, "The world's chestiest, exotic, she defies medical science Fabulous!! Incredible!! Amazing! Fantastic!!... What your eyes see, you must believe. Stageland's biggest Attraction."[28]
By 1974, she was using the name "Chesty Morgan". Though apparently coincidental, "Chesty Morgan" was the name of a minor character in director John Ford's 1926 silent film, The Shamrock Handicap, which dealt with horse racing in the U.S. and Ireland.[29] She became a regular in Boston's famed "Combat Zone" adult entertainment district.[30] In May 1974, she was appearing at the Sanderson Theatre in Springfield, Massachusetts as "Chesty Morgan and her All Girl Revue".[31] As a sign of Morgan's popularity, one "Combat Zone" nightclub pointed to Morgan's appearance there as a life-saver for the institution. In August 1974, the owner of the financially and legally troubled Pilgrim Theater claimed, "She was like a god out of the heavens for us. She saved the theater and I hope she can do it again."[32]
Morgan's performance style
Chesty Morgan's show was usually from twenty to twenty-five minutes in duration, and she would put on three shows a night.[33] Her performance regularly began with a walk to the stage through the audience in which she would interact with her patrons. She would talk with members of the audience and allow them to feel and fondle her breasts, encouraging them to test that they were real.[33] Once on stage, she would strip to the waist.[34] Her stripping performances were accompanied by popular songs such as "Delilah" (1968).[33] She would then don a negligee.[34] A courtroom description of Morgan's act states that in this part of her act, she would, "occasionally [invite] a patron to come up to the edge of the stage, but not on the stage, and [permit] him or her to touch the top portion of breasts above the neckline of the negligee, or to put his or her face into the top portion of her breasts while she [shook] them in a kootchy-kootchy fashion."[35]
Morgan's philosophy about her career was that she was sharing her natural endowment with her audience. "My boobs belong to the world," she said, "They're attached to my body, but they belong to the public."[33] She believed that she was showing generosity by inviting her patrons to feel her breasts. "My heart is as big as my chest," she claimed.[8]
About the style of her performances, she said, "I don't do a complete nude show. I don't do that kind of show. I'm not a porno star. Even men don't want a complete nude woman. Topless, maybe, but at least a G-string. They want something left to the imagination, something discreet."[9]
During her act, Morgan employed much humor directed at her physical attributes. Her walk to the stage would sometimes include two midgets. They would march in front of Morgan, each supporting one of her mammaries.[36] Her speech while on stage included such jokes as, "You know why my feet so small? Because things don't grow in the shade, that's why."[33] She claimed to be opposed to Women's Liberation because, "they want to go braless and I can't do it."[14]
Chesty Morgan's daily wardrobe consisted of bras made by the Texas company Command Performance. A 1979 article reported that they cost $50 each.[6] A 1987 interview reported that the price had gone up to $100 each, and that she wore a double-P cup.[9] On stage she wore an elaborate costume which included an ostrich plume shawl and a black, silver-sequined gown which she had purchased for over $5,000.[33] She reported, in 1987, that some of her costumes cost up to eight thousand dollars.[9]
Second marriage
When Morgan met National League umpire Dick Stello (July 20, 1934 - November 18, 1987),[37] his first words to her were, "My, my. 73 inches- why, that's over 6 feet!"[38]
Stello had learned his umpiring skills while in the army, and worked in semi-pro games around Boston while working full-time for the phone company.[39] He began working in National League games in September 1968, and became regular staff in 1969.[40] A talented singer who grew up with show business connections himself,[36] for some time Stello spent his winters as a nightclub MC in New York and New Jersey.[38]
They were married on March 24, 1974 in Pinellas County, Florida.[4] It was Stello's first marriage.[38] Though Morgan and Stello would remain friends until Stello's untimely death in 1987, Morgan said of this marriage, "I knew hours after I got married it wouldn't work."[9]
"Anyone who needed money, Dick was the one they contacted. They knew Dick was an easy mark. He always wanted to help people."[41]
During the baseball off-season Morgan and Stello lived together in St. Petersburg, Florida.[38] Morgan worked as a real estate agent when she was not performing, explaining, "When I'm home I have to do something. I can't rely only on this," referring to her career as a stripper.[14]
Stello took a good deal of kidding from his sports colleagues after his marriage. Syracuse (New York) Herald-Journal sports editor and writer Arnie Burdick[42] described Stello's new wife as "an exotic dancer with a front that's about as imposing as the Fenway Wall", a reference to the 37 foot wall in Boston's Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox baseball team. [43] Columnist Joe Falls mis-identified the groom as umpire Ed Sudol, but, noting "Chesty"'s nickname, wrote, "The bride's measurements were listed as 76-26-36, which will require no further comment."[2]
Films
Deadly Weapons
Though Morgan's stripping career was quite successful, her film performances are often the subject of ridicule from critics. Due to the transient nature of live performance, it is her film roles for which she is best remembered.
A contemporary Boston reviewer criticized Morgan's "lethargic" performance and characterized her as "pretty close to a zombie." The review continued, "It's obvious that Chesty... can't act," and summarized her performance techniques as, "she makes contortions with her mouth, she talks in 3 word sentences, and she fondles herself a lot."
The reviewer was also critical of Morgan's physical appearance, writing, "The skin on her chest was translucent and she had a bulging vein on the inside of her left breast. Her derriere was flabby and saggy." Nor did the reviewer find the costumes used in the film to his approval. "All she wore was frilly scoop neck shirts and frilly v-neck shirts that did not enhance the lure of her chest."
The review ended by noting that Morgan's genitalia are never exposed in the film, "a fact that has led to some nasty rumors that, perhaps. Chesty is really a man... I mean, you gotta have a strong back to carry around all that excess weight!"[44]
Drive-in goers in Elyria, Ohio could choose from two screens showing Deadly Weapons in April 1975, one of them offering 1,000 "Chesty Morgan" calendars, one per car.[45] The first 200 cars in Nashua, New Hampshire's Tyngsboro Drive-In's showing of Deadly Weapons got the calendar.[46]
Double Agent 73
In Athens Ohio, the "Chesty Morgan" calendars were given with a showing of Double Agent 73 in May 1975.[47]
Fellini's Casanova
Morgan's next cinematic experience was to be worlds away from Doris Wishman's world. The celebrated Italian director Federico Fellini and his wife were in New York in late August 1974 in conjunction with the U.S. release of his most recent film, Amarcord (1973). During the visit, Fellini became aware of Chesty Morgan and her prodigious physique, and decided to include her in his next film, Fellini's Casanova.[48] Morgan's role was that of Barbarina, a maid. Morgan described the role simply as "a woman with big boobs."[14] Her scene with Donald Sutherland was filmed, and can be seen in an Italian documentary on the film.[49] During the cutting of the film, however, Morgan's entire scene was removed.[50]
1975
In connection with her occupation, Chesty Morgan had several encounters with the law. Morgan attributed these troubles to politics. While in the midst of one of these incidents, she told a newspaper reporter, "The reason I get in trouble, you know, is because of these people that run for politics. These politicians don't like the hoochy-koochy."[33]
In early 1975, while performing at the 79th Street Burlesque in Miami, Morgan was arrested with two other strippers. Morgan was charged with "exposing parts of her body in a manner intended to arouse the sexual desire of onlookers."[5] In mid-November 1975, Morgan was performing at a nightclub in Boston. She was photographed with her husband before one of the shows, and the picture ran in the Syracuse, New York Herald-Journal.[51]
Proud of his wife's career, Morgan's husband sometimes took his sports colleagues to her performances. In his autobiography, fellow Major League Baseball umpire Eric Gregg recalled seeing one of Morgan's performances with Stello. He called the experience, "one of the strangest nights of my life." Gregg remembered Stello as "a class act", generous and a teacher to him. He wrote that Morgan's show was, "a riot", but that his thoughts on the situation were, "here we were sitting with her husband. What were you supposed to say under the circumstances? Hey, nice boobs?"[36]
Another sports related figure to attend Morgan's show was Bart Starr, Jr., the son of the Green Bay Packers' head coach. In 1976, while under the Wisconsin legal drinking age, Starr and some other underage friends were enjoying alcoholic beverages before Morgan's performance. Bruce Van Dyke, a Green Bay Packer guard, happened to be at the show too and noticed the young Starr at the nightclub. Van Dyke approached Starr and said, laughing, "I won't tell if you won't."[52]
1979
When Morgan performed at the Winnepeg Playhouse in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada from October 26th to October 30, 1979, The Manitoban, the campus newspaper for The University of Manitoba, refused to carry the advertisement for Morgan's appearance, claiming that it was sexist.[6] Morgan held a press conference on October 25, 1979, the day before her performances, in which she answered questions from representatives of print media, radio and television.[14]
On December 11, 1979, after nearly six years of marriage, Morgan and her husband were divorced.[53] Stello and Morgan would remain friends for the rest of his life, calling each other often and spending holidays together.[41] Of her romantic life after her second marriage, Morgan said, "I like to date men and go out, but I don't want to get married. One divorce is enough."[9]
1980: Hamilton, Ontario
A June 1980 performance in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada caused Morgan some more legal difficulties. A vice-squad officer who had attended four of Morgan's shows at Hanrahan's Tavern, arrested her after her June 27th performance.[8] According to Morgan, a large number of policemen came to stare through her window by while she was in her cell. "It was like Grand Central Station," she said.[8]
She was brought to trial in December, 1980. The Provincial Court accused the portion of her act in which she allowed patrons to touch her breasts of being indecent and "grossly vulgar". The Crown attorney stated, "She encouraged the audience to touch her breasts. Breasts are a sexual organ, in my respectful submission. It was a minor version of a live sex act.[7]
Morgan's lawyer counter-argued, "We heard from police officers, city inspectors and high school teachers, and not one of them said they were embarrassed by the performance, let alone saying they were horrified."[7]
The witnesses cited by the lawyer testified that Morgan had indeed encouraged members of the mostly male audience of approximately 250 to inspect her breasts, but that the act was done humorously rather than lewdly. A police sergeant also confirmed that, though he found Morgan's accent difficult to understand, he was amused by her act and laughed at several of her jokes.[7]
On January 29, 1981, the judge dismissed the charge. He described the portion of the act which had been accused of indecency as merely "audience participation" after "a dialogue concerning the genuineness or authenticity of her ample proportions."[8]
In spite of the favorable decision, Morgan said that she had "had it with Hamilton," because she had been a "victim of very, very narrow-minded people."[8] Her negative impression of Hamilton did not extend to the judge in the case whom she described as "just great; I'm crazy about him." Regretting that he had had "to waste his fine mind on listening to such nonsense," she gave him an invitation to attend one of her performances.[8]
1983: Stoughton, Massachusetts
In October 1983, while performing in Stoughton, Massachusetts-- 15 miles south of Boston[34]-- Morgan again came to the attention of law enforcement officials. A policeman was in attendance during one of her performances.[34] Her long-time practise of allowing audience members to touch her was against the town's laws. Alex's Lounge, the establishment at which she had been performing, had their entertainment license suspended for one day and their liquor license suspended for five days due to Morgan's act.[33]
Morgan returned to perform at the lounge for a week beginning on Monday, December 12, 1983.[54] On December 7, she went to Suffolk Superior Court to request the issue of a temporary injunction to prevent the town from taking further action against the establishment.[55] Morgan and the establishment argued that the purpose of this part of her act was to "establish a link between her and and the audience,"[55] and that it was unconstitutional to prevent an "occasional instance of 'touching'" during a non-obscene performance.[56]
Chief Justice Alan Hale asked Morgan's lawyer incredulously, "Are you seriously saying to me that this woman letting some people touch her breasts or snuggle up is protected speech?"
"Yes," he replied, "and the state bears the burden of proving it is not."[57]
Nevertheless, on December 9, 1983[54] Justice William J. Brennan denied the request.[34][35] News of the situation made national papers, and a Galveston Daily News opinion commented, tongue-in-cheek, "The Supreme Court has ruled on some 'towering' cases in its long and distinguished history, but none more 'monumental' than the State of Massachusetts vs. Chesty Morgan."[56]
Morgan's performances at the lounge in December dispensed with the audience interaction, but, claiming that the ban on touching infringed on her right to freedom of expression, she filed an appeal to the December decision.[33] The appeal was argued on September 19, 1984,[58] claiming that Morgan's performance was "protected expression." On November 2 the decision was made against Morgan and George F. Alexopoulos, the owner of Alex's Lounge.[35] The opinion of the court was that, since the town had no intention of further action against the lounge, and injuction was unnecessary.[59]
Later 1980s
About 1984 one of Morgan's two daughters died in a car accident. In an eventful life with many trials, Morgan commented of her daughter's death, "It was the greatest tragedy of my life."[9]
In November 1986, humorist Dave Berry wrote in his column that during his book tour he had met Chesty Morgan on a TV talk show in Boston. He commented of Morgan, "She has a very interesting and tragic life story, and I wouldn't be surprised if, in the very near future, she comes out with a book."[11]
In February 1987, Morgan was performing in Richmond, Virginia, and the subject of an Associated Press biographical/interview article.[9] She was referred to in the article as a "queen of the nation's strip joints".[9] She had made investments in real estate and the stock market, and worked as an exotic dancer for four months a year.[9] A week-long booking of her show at this time cost a club between six and eight thousand dollars.[9]
She stated that she continued her exotic dancing career because she enjoyed it. "It makes me feel young. It makes me take care of my body. I meet very nice people. It gives me something to look forward to. If I didn't have to go to work, I wouldn't have to take such good care of myself. This keeps me in line.[9] Morgan did not abuse drugs or alcohol, and did not smoke. She followed a healthy excercise routine including a daily seven-mile walk, and-- according to the 1987 interview, but hard to believe she was not joking-- trampoline jumping.[9] She pointed out, "The difference between me and a lot of those girls that do have a big chest is that they're heavy. I'm size 5."[9]
Dick Stello's death
On November 18, 1987, Morgan's ex-husband, Dick Stello died.[37] He had been standing between two parked cars on Florida State Road 33 when a third car hit one of the cars, crushing Stello.[40] Friends and colleagues expressed their grief at his sudden and unexpected death. Umpire Joe Brinkman said that Stello's MC background left him with a good sense of humor and sharp wit, "He was always a comic relief."[41] Another friend recalled, "He always had a joke to tell you and never a bad word about anybody."[41] Don Barber, head pro at Feather Sound, Florida, said, "Every time he walked in, it was a ray of sunshine... It's a tremendous loss to everybody. He has a lot of friends around the country."[41]
Morgan had been working in Virginia when she received news of Stello's death. She came to St. Petersburg the night of the news. They had planned to spend Thanksgiving together, as they had done in the six years since their divorce. Morgan said, "We were just talking about it. He said, 'We're divorced and look, we're still together. How come we are still together?' I just can't believe he won't be calling me anymore."[41]
Post-show business life
When interviewed in 1987, Morgan reported that she enjoyed a quiet life at home, listening to Frank Sinatra records and going to the movies. She was a fan of the U.S. president of the time, saying, "President Reagan is my favorite man. When Reagan comes up on the TV, everything is dead in the house. You know, he always holds his wife's hand. They stick together. There's something there.[9] Of the Iran-Contra Scandal, Morgan said, "I'd do a free show to support his case."[9]
Morgan expressed patriotism and gratitude to her adopted country, and its military, "This country is super. This is the greatest country in the world."[9] In her post-show business life, Morgan retired to her real estate profession, working as a landlord.[60]
Legacy
Memorabilia related to Chesty Morgan is preserved at Exotic World Burlesque Museum & Striptease Hall of Fame in Helendale, California, under the supervision of Dixie Evans.[61]
By 1992, Morgan's starring role in Deadly Weapons could be seen nationwide on cable TV channel TMC at 11:00 p.m.[62]
John Waters used clips of Morgan's films for his 1994 comedy Serial Mom. San Francisco Chronicle film critic, Mick LaSalle, reviewing Waters' film noted, "Waters' love of the vulgar and the absurd permeates Serial Mom... By the time a teenage boy is shown getting off on a grotesque video of porn star Chesty Morgan, Waters' sensibility has become infectious."[63]
Filmography
| Title | Released | Company | Director | Starring | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Deadly Weapons | April 1974 | Juri Productions Hallmark Releasing Corp. |
Doris Wishman | Chesty Morgan | |
|
Double Agent 73 | 1974 | Juri Productions International Film Distributors Tigon Film Distributors |
Doris Wishman | Chesty Morgan | |
|
Fellini's Casanova | 1976 | Produzioni Europee Associati Titanus Distribuzione Universal Pictures |
Federico Fellini | Donald Sutherland | Chesty Morgan's scenes deleted |
| Third Hand | 1981 |
Known performance history
- November 19-24, 1973 - Knight Lounge; Warren, Pennsylvania (as Zsa Zsa "Chesty" Gabborr "final appearance")[3]
- April 1974 - film Deadly Weapons released
- May 1974 - Sanderson Theatre; Springfield, Massachusetts (as "Chesty Morgan and her All Girl Revue)[31]
- early 1975 - 79th Street Burlesque; Miami, Florida (arrested)[5]
- November 1975 "a nightclub in Boston"[51]
- October 26th to October 30, 1979 - Winnepeg Playhouse; Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada[6]
- June 1980 - Hanrahan's Tavern; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (arrested)[8]
- October and December 12-16, 1983, Alex's Lounge; Stoughton, Massachusetts (law suit)[33]
- November 1986 - TV talk show in Boston[11]
- February 1987 - Greca Restaurant; Richmond, Virginia[9]
- November 1987 - Virginia[41]
Magazine appearances
- The Best of Score (1993), "The Legend of Chesty Morgan", p. 38-39.[64]
- Celebrity Sleuth (1997, vol. 11 #1), p.61.[64]
- Fling (July 1979), "Chesty Morgan: Life on Top", pp.48-51.[64]
- Gent (December 1974)
- Gent (May 1980), p.38-43. "Chesty Morgan and Her Magnificent Bazooms" (interview).[64]
- Hustler (September 1979), "Udder Nonsense", p.15.[64]
- Playboy (December 1976), p. 128. (image from Fellini's Casanova)[64]
- Scoop (Denmark) (1982, issue #8), "Chesty Morgan - bystflickornas Muhammad Ali!" p. 38-39.[64]
- Score (August 1992)
- Score Holiday (1999)
- Voluptuous (August 1998)
External links
- Chesty Morgan Worship Page archived from the original on February 2, 2008
- The Chesty Morgan Shrine archived from [pages.ripco.net/~brian/chesty_morgan.html the original] on June 21, 2000
- Chesty Morgan at The Big Breast Archive
- Chesty Morgan at the Pinup Tributes site
- Retrocrush
- NNDB Profile/Bio
- Rotten Tomatoes Profile
- Chesty Morgan Films Descriptions
- Vintage Boob
- Chesty Morgan In Fellini Casanova Videos. www.truveo.com/. Retrieved on December 21, 2008.
References
- ↑ Le jazz acidique. www.worldcat.org. Retrieved on December 20, 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Falls, Joe. "Joe Falls Column: Ding Dong! It's Montreal Ace", Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah), April 21, 1974, p. 72.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Now Appearing; Knight Lounge", Warren Times Observer (Warren, Pennsylvania), November 19, 1973, p. B-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 (2006) Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 (Florida Department of Health: database on-line). Provo, UT: Ancestry.com.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Chesty", The Independent (Long Beach, California), February 6, 1975, p. 2.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Cansino, Barbara. "Phoning the funnies; Trivia", Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba), FP Canadian Newspapers, October 25, 1979, p. 45.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Invitations Called Lewd", The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ontario), Thomson Group, December 23, 1980, p. 9.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 "Judge Dismisses Charge Against Chesty Morgan", The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ontario), Thomson Group, January 30, 1981, p. 9.
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 Douglas, Frank. "The Stares Hurt But Also Pay", Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), Media General (Associated Press), February 1, 1987, p. 8-A. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
- ↑ "Chesty Morgan is Coming Live on Stage: Playhouse Theatre ad", Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba), FP Canadian Newspapers, October 17, 1979, p. 43.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Berry, Dave. "Tales of Woe From the Book Tour", The Record (New Jersey), North Jersey Media Group (Wire services), November 23, 1986, p. f08. Retrieved on December 25, 2008.
- ↑ Morgan's maiden name is often given as Lillian Wilczowski (or Wilczkowski). However marriage records show that her name at the time of her marriage to Dick Stello in 1974 was Wilczkowski-- the name of her first husband, but that her maiden name was Wajc.
- ↑ Chesty Morgan is often reported to have been born in 1928, but according to a news report-- "Chesty", The Independent (Long Beach, California), February 6, 1975-- she was 34 years of age in February 1975, making her birth to be about 1941.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 Kamin, Hope. "Chesty was really flat at 17; Now her 73-in bust draws the crowds", Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba), FP Canadian Newspapers, October 26, 1979, p. 36.
- ↑ Robertson, Patrick (1988). Guinness Movie Facts & Feats. New York: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-851-12899-8.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 Klein, Melissa. "Killer in '65 'Icebox' Bloodbath Out of Prison: Kazle Anthony; Triple slayer freed", The News (Frederick, Maryland), News Corporation, Triple slayer freed., p. D-4. Retrieved on December 27, 2008.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Probe Mystery Slaying of 3 Brooklyn Market Butchers", Times Record (Troy, New York), (Associated Press), March 29, 1965, p. 3.
- ↑ "3 Butchers Found Slain in Market; Freezer Yields Bodies", San Antonio Express (San Antonio, Texas), Hearst Corporation (Associated Press), March 29, 1965, p. 1.
- ↑ "Police Seek Triple Killers", The Holland Evening Sentinel (Holland, Michigan), (United Press International), March 29, 1965, p. 7.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Police Seek Triple Killers", Independent (Long Beach, California), (Associated Press), March 29, 1965, p. 1.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Police Comb Meat Locker Murder Area", Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas), Morris Communications (United Press International), March 29, 1965, p. 15.
- ↑ "Police Seek Killers of 3 Butchers", Great Bend Daily Tribune (Great Bend, Kansas), (United Press International), March 29, 1965, p. 2.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 "2 Youths Held in Gun Killing of 3 Butchers", Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York), Advance Publications (Associated Press), April 02, 1965, p. 8.
- ↑ "Police Seek Triple Killers", Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), (United Press International), March 29, 1965, p. 24.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Probe Mystery Slaying of 3 Brooklyn Market Butchers", Troy Record (Troy, New York), (Associated Press), December 10, 1965, p. 2.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Triple Death Slayers Get Life Terms", Times Record (Troy, New York), (Associated Press), December 10, 1965, p. 27.
- ↑ According to Douglas (February 1987). "The Stares Hurt But Also Pay", Morgan had first stripped 14 years before, making her first striptease performance to have been 1972 or 1973.
- ↑ "Knight Lounge", Warren Times Observer (Warren, Pennsylvania), November 15, 1973, p. B-17.
- ↑ Gallagher, Tag (1986). John Ford; The Man and His Films. University of California Press. ISBN 0520050975.
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