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Personal
Also known as Zsa Zsa
Chesty Gabor[9]
Zsa Zsa "Chesty" Gabborr[7]
Born [[:Category:1941[18] or 1928 births|1941[18] or 1928]]
Poland
Ethnicity Caucasian
Nationality American
Body
Measurements 73-32-36[20]
Bra/cup size G  (same as FF cup)
Boobs Natural
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[7]
Weight 118 lb (54 kg)[7]
Body type Average
Hair Blonde
Performances
Shown Topless
Databases
  IMDb  

Chesty Morgan was an exotic dancer and film actress, notably in two films directed by Doris Wishman.

Background

Chesty Morgan was born Lillian Wajc[21] in Poland[1] about 1941.[22] Commenting on her development, Morgan said that she was "flat-chested until I was 17. I was like a boy. And then something happened."[8]

Her unusual bust size gave her a mark of distinction in her career as an exotic dancer, and for her later leading roles in film, in which her bust size is a record.[23] 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."[8]

In interviews, Morgan was opinionated about Judaism,[1] and she had spent some time living and working in Israel with her family before coming to the United States.[8] She reported that her family had left Poland for Israel because of the treatment of Jews,[1] indicating that Morgan is probably Jewish. She later quipped that the reason she left Israel was that she "couldn't make enough money to pay for [her] bras."[8]

In fact, Morgan met an American tourist in the late 1950s, and the two were married ten days later.[1] Morgan's husband owned a meat packing company, and she lived a happy life with him in the U.S. The couple had two daughters.[1] Morgan's life in the U.S. took a tragic turn when her husband was killed in a robbery of his business.[1]

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."[1]

Stripping career

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.[1] About 1973,[24] in spite of her aversion to stripping, inexperience and shyness, she decided to to take a job as an exotic dancer.[1] 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?'"[1]

The club owner hired a choreographer to teach Morgan how to walk and perform well as a stripper.[1]


Chesty Morgan was a popular live act by 1973, using variations of the names of Zsa Zsa, Chesty and Gabor.[9] She appeared at the Knight Lounge in Warren, Pennsylvania under the name Zsa Zsa "Chesty" Gabborr during the week of November 19-24, 1973. The performances were promoted as her final appearance at the lounge.[7] 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.[25]

Chesty Morgan striptease publicity photo.

Chesty Morgan's show was usually from twenty to twenty-five minutes in duration, and she would put on three shows a night.[19] 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.[19] Once on stage, she would strip to the waist.[3] Her stripping performances were accompanied by popular songs such as "Delilah" (1968).[19] She would then don a negligee.[3] 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."[14]

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.[1]

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."[19]

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.[13] 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."[19] She claimed to be opposed to Women's Liberation because, "they want to go braless and I can't do it."[8]

Chesty Morgan's daily wardrobe consisted of bras made by the Texas company Command Performance. A 1979 article reported that they cost $50 each.[16] 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.[19] She reported, in 1987, that some of her costumes cost up to eight thousand dollars.[1]

Marriage

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),[26] his first words to her were, "My, my. 73 inches- why, that's over 6 feet!"[11] A talented singer who grew up with show business connections himself,[13] for some time Stello spent his winters as a nightclub MC in New York and New Jersey.[11]

They were married on March 24, 1974 in Pinellas County, Florida.[10] It was Stello's first marriage.[11] 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."[1]

During the baseball off-season Morgan and Stello lived together in St. Petersburg, Florida.[11] 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.[8]

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[27] 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. [28] 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."[9]

film roles for which she is best remembered.


Deadly Weapons

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.


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!"[17]


Double Agent 73

Chesty in Double Agent 73 (1974)

Drive-in goers in Elyria, Ohio could choose from two screens showing Deadly Weapons in April 1975, one of them offering 1,000 calendars, one per car.[5]

The first 200 cars in Nashua, New Hampshire's Tyngsboro Drive-In's showing of Deadly Weapons got the calendar.[4] in Athens Ohio, the calendars were given with a showing of Double Agent 73 in May 1975.[6]

Fellini's Casanova

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.[12] Morgan's role was that of Barbarina, a maid. Morgan described the role simply as "a woman with big boobs."[8] Her scene with Donald Sutherland was filmed, and can be seen in an Italian documentary on the film.[29] During the cutting of the film, however, Morgan's entire scene was removed.[30]

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."[19]

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."[18] 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.[31]

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?"[13]

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."[32]

1979

The ad which The Manitoban refused to run in October 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.[16] 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.[8]

On December 11, 1979, after five years of marriage, Morgan and her husband were divorced.[33]

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."[1]

In October 1983, while performing in Stoughton, Massachussetts-- 15 miles south of Boston[3]-- Morgan again came to the attention of law enforcement officials. A policeman was in attendance during one of her performances.[3] 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.[19] Morgan and the establishment argued that it was unconstitutional to prevent an "occasional instance of 'touching'" during a non-obscene performance.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag 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.[14]

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."[1]

In February 1987, Morgan was performing in Richmond, Virginia, and the subject of an Associated Press biographical/interview article.[1]

By 1987 Morgan was known as a "queen of the nation's strip joints".[1] She had made investments in real estate and the stock market, and worked as an exotic dancer for four months a year.[1] A week-long booking of her show at this time cost a club between six and eight thousand dollars.[1]

"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.[1] 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 a 1987 inerview, but hard to believe she was not joking-- trampoline jumping.[1] 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."[1]

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.[1] Of the Iran-Contra Scandal, Morgan said, "I'd do a free show to support his case."[1]

Morgan expressed patriotism and gratitude to her adopted country, and its military, "This country is super. This is the greatest country in the world."[1]

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.[34]

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

Magazine appearances

  • The Best of Score (1993), "The Legend of Chesty Morgan", p. 38-39.[35]
  • Celebrity Sleuth (1997, vol. 11 #1), p.61.[35]
  • Fling (July 1979), "Chesty Morgan: Life on Top", pp.48-51.[35]
  • Gent (December 1974)
  • Gent (May 1980), p.38-43. "Chesty Morgan and Her Magnificent Bazooms" (interview).[35]
  • Hustler (September 1979), "Udder Nonsense", p.15.[35]
  • Playboy (December 1976), p. 128. (image from Fellini's Casanova)[35]
  • Scoop (Denmark) (1982, issue #8), "Chesty Morgan - bystflickornas Muhammad Ali!" p. 38-39.[35]
  • Score (August 1992)
  • Score Holiday (1999)
  • Voluptuous (August 1998)

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 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.
  2. ↑ "Our Opinion: Teachers, texts and Ms. Morgan", Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas), Southern Newspapers Inc. (Associated Press), December 27, 1983, p. 8-A.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Stripper Loses Touching Plea", Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas), Southern Newspapers Inc. (Associated Press), December 20, 1983, p. 15.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tyngsboro Drive-In Deadly Weapons ad", Nashua Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire), April 10, 1974, p. 46.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lorain Drive In Theater and Aut-O-Rama Twin Drive-In Theater ads", Chronicle Telegram (Elyria, Ohio), April 25, 1975, p. 16.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Double Agent 73 ad", The Athens Messenger (Athens, Ohio), May 28, 1975, p. 16.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Now Appearing; Knight Lounge", Warren Times Observer (Warren, Pennsylvania), November 19, 1973, p. B-16.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Kamin, Hope. "Chesty was really flat at 17; Now her 73-in bust draws the crowds", Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba), October 26, 1979, p. 36.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Falls, Joe. "Joe Falls Column: Ding Dong! It's Montreal Ace", Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah), April 21, 1974, p. 72.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 (2006) Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 (Florida Department of Health: database on-line). Provo, UT: Ancestry.com. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Herskowitz, Mickey. "Hot Line", Chronicle Telegram (Elyria, Ohio), October 05, 1975, p. C-7.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Baxter, John (1994). Fellini: The Biography. New York: St. Martin's Press, pp.174-175. ISBN 0-312-11273-4. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Gregg, Eric (1985). "My Colleagues", Working the Plate; The Eric Gregg Story, pp.174-175. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 CHESTY MORGAN & others vs. TOWN OF STOUGHTON & others. 18 Mass. App. Ct. 977. Massachusetts Cases (November 2, 1984). Retrieved on December 20, 2008.
  15. ↑ Le jazz acidique. www.worldcat.org. Retrieved on December 20, 2008.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Cansino, Barbara. "Phoning the funnies; Trivia", Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba), October 25, 1979, p. 45.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Half-Elf. "Hefty Cleavage Does More Than Fill Custom-Made Bra", The Mass Media (Boston, Massachussetts), April 25, 1974, p. 12.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "Chesty", The Independent (Long Beach, California), February 6, 1975, p. 2.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 "Chesty Morgan Belongs to World", The Paris News (Paris, Texas), (Associated Press), December 28, 1983, p. 65.
  20. ↑ "Chesty Morgan is Coming Live on Stage: Playhouse Theatre ad", Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, Manitoba), October 17, 1979, p. 43.
  21. ↑ Morgan's original name is often given as Lillian Wilczowski. However marriage records show that her name at the time of her marriage to Dick Stello in 1974 was Wilczowski, but that her maiden name was Wajc.
  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ Robertson, Patrick (1988). Guinness Movie Facts & Feats. New York: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-851-12899-8. 
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. ↑ Gallagher, Tag (1986). John Ford; The Man and His Films. University of California Press. ISBN 0520050975. 
  26. ↑ (2006) Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (Florida Department of Health: database on-line). Provo, UT: Ancestry.com. 
  27. ↑ Arnie Burdick. www.syracusehalloffame.com. Retrieved on December 22, 2008.
  28. ↑ Burdick, Arnie. "Hot Line", Syracuse Herald-Journal (Syracuse, New York), October 23, 1975, p. 43.
  29. ↑ Chesty Morgan In Fellini Casanova Videos. www.truveo.com/. Retrieved on December 21, 2008.
  30. ↑ Baxter (1994), p.313.
  31. ↑ "Her Name Fits", Syracuse Herald-Journal (Syracuse, New York), November 13, 1975, p. 52.
  32. ↑ Claerbaut, David (2004). Bart Starr: When Leadership Mattered. Taylor Trade Publications. ISBN 1589791177. 
  33. ↑ (2006) Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001 (Florida Department of Health: database on-line). Provo, UT: Ancestry.com. 
  34. ↑ Bishop, Greg; Joe Oesterle, Mike Marinacci, Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman (1982). "The Exotic World of Dixie Lee Evans", Weird California: Your Travel Guide to California's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. New York: Sterling Publishing Company, p.155. ISBN 1402733844. 
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 Publicity for Chesty Morgan. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 19, 2008. (Google translation)

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