Tana Louise

Tana Louise was a burlesque^[1] striptease artist, nicknamed the "Cincinnati Sinner",^[2] in the 1950s. However, she was more famous as a fetish model. She contributed regularly to the fetish magazine Exotique, as both a columnist and model, and married the owner of the magazine, Leonard Burtman. Among the photographers that she worked with was Irving Klaw.^[3]

In 1950, she was accused of hitting fellow stripper, Emerald Forrest, over the head with a club. When asked of the charges, Louise responded: "T'ain't so".^[4]

By the late 1950s, her marriage to Burtman had begun to deteriorate and they divorced.^{[citation needed]} Soon after, she left the magazine and disappeared from the public eye. She was one of the most famous fetish models of her day,^{[citation needed]} but, as time went on, she was overshadowed by her peer, Bettie Page.

Louise was sued by Tina Louise for allegedly "swiping her name and capitalizing on her fame".^[5][6]

In the 1960s, Tana Louise and burlesque striptease artist Mara Gaye started an exotic bizarre costumes mail order catalog company called "Tana and Mara".^{[citation needed]}