- Jean Mode
Jean Mode (born 1922) is a former burlesque star and eroticdancer.
Night club dancer
In August 1942 Mode was part of a 10 "hitliner", 2:30 a.m. bill, at Leon and Eddie's night club at 33 West
52nd Street (Manhattan) . Other entertainers featured were Johnny Morgan, "Wacky Wayne",Leo Fuld , and Cesar and Rosita. ["No Title",New York Times , August 18, 1942, Page 16.] The "cafe" owners were Leon Enken and Eddie Davis. Mode was in a cast of performers at the same 52nd Street establishment, in February 1944. A new Ruth Lanerevue and formerlightweight championTony Canzoneri were also there. ["News of the Night Clubs",New York Times , February 20, 1944, Page X4.] In June 1945 she was again at Leon and Eddie's. Mode took an ice cold shower prior to each performance to give her skin a "pinky glow". ["Dorothy Kilgallen ",Lowell Sun ,June 20, 1945, Page 40.] She made a return tostriptease in April 1952 under the management of Miles Ingalls. ["Bumpkin OnBroadway (Manhattan) ":Earl Wilson ,Galveston Daily News , April 16, 1952, Page 4.]Mode was among the cast of the carnival comedy, "Bigger Than Barnum" (1946), staged by Fred Rath and Lee Sands. ["Benny Baker Signs For Role In Farce",
New York Times , February 8, 1946, Page 27.] ["News of the Stage",New York Times , March 30, 1946, Page 10.] The show openedinBoston, Massachusetts and closed in a short time, in thespring of 1946.Patricia Neal was one of the production's performers. ["Regina, The Younger",New York Times , December 1, 1946, Page X3.]Attempts suicide
Mode attempted
suicide in herBeekman Tower Hotel apartment,3 Mitchell Place,New York City , on December 30, 1952. She swallowed anoverdose of sleeping pills. The hotel manager knocked on her door around 3:15 a.m., after theswitchboard light indicated that the telephone in her room was off the hook. He called the police when he found Mode on the bathroom floor. An emergency squad policeman worked on her for an hour and twenty minutes before she was revived sufficiently to be taken to Metropolitan Hospital. Her condition was listed as serious. She was 30 years old. ["Suicide Attempt Fails",New York Times , December 31, 1952, Page 32.]References
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