Legend: Camille 2000

Featured Legend for Red Hots Burlesque

Can we just say that this lady is most definitely a Red Hots Burlesque favorite? She literally puts the red hots in burlesque!

CAMILLE 2000

The out of this world bombshell that is Camille 2000, well known as “The Girl for Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” during her career in the ’60s and ’70s, is recognized as one of the last queens of burlesque’s heyday. Camille 2000 grew up in the Bible Belt of Alabama, with dreams of being a rock star. Instead she left home to join the carnival Amusements of America, and became instantly infatuated with their girlie show: watching the ladies in long beaded gowns made her realize that she was officially in show business. Over her 20-year burlesque career, Camille 2000 would not settle on just being a performer, but realizing her destiny to be a headliner. She posed for top photographers and traveled the world, initially doing fan dances and performances choreographed by world-famous burlesque choreographer Paul Markoff, but becoming notorious for her tribute to the Marquis De Sade and her number as a black widow spider. Her fame also extended to the silver screen. Camille 2000 starred alongside Burt Reynolds in B.L. Stryker and appeared in 13 episodes of Miami Vice, a feat for an untrained actress. With her platinum blonde hair and long, long legs, Camille 2000 is still striking, and returned to the stage after more than 25 years in retirement after her husband Eddy passed away, citing dancing as the only thing that kept her going. She returned to neo-burlesque with her tell-all autobiography “Cosmic Queen,” with only the names of gangsters changed to protect her from their possible retaliation. This year, she performed with nunchucks to Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield” at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, maintaining her reputation for pushing the envelope even as a legend.