Ann Corio
Toronto Daily Star, May 15 1937
The start time of Sunday at midnight was to circumvent the laws that forbade opening on Sundays: after midnight, it was technically Monday.
The Casino Theatre was known for frequently featuring burlesque artists and other controversial performers. And Ann Corio (1909-1999) fit squarely into this category, as she was a well-known striptease artist.
Ms. Corio worked regularly at Minsky's burlesque house in New York. When burlesque was shut down there in 1939, she moved to Los Angeles and appeared in movies, mostly in scanty costumes.
In 1962, she created and performed in her own off-Broadway show, This Was Burlesque. She was famous enough that she appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1970s.
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