Lili St. Cyr (born Willis Marie Van Schaack on June 3, 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died January 29, 1999) was a well-known striptease artist of the 1940s and 1950s. She first became famous performing at the Gayety Theater in Montreal in 1944. Her performance was notable for such acts as taking a bath on stage and the reverse strip. She was married six times, including to the actors Paul Valentine and Ted Jordan and the restaurateur Armando Orsini; she reportedly dated Orson Welles and Victor Mature. She was quoted as saying "Sex is currency. What's the use of being beautiful if you can't profit from it?"
