Dita von Teese
Also known as: Dita - Heather Renée Sweet - Heather Sweet 
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Dita Von Teese, born Heather Renée Sweet on September 28, 1972, in Rochester, Michigan, is an American burlesque dancer, model, actress, and businesswoman, widely credited with re-popularizing burlesque, earning the title "Queen of Burlesque." Raised in West Branch, Michigan, by a machinist father and manicurist mother, with two sisters, she developed an early fascination with 1940s Hollywood glamour, inspired by her mother’s love for stars like Betty Grable, per Wikipedia and IMDb. At 15, she worked in a lingerie store, sparking her interest in vintage lingerie and corsets, and by 19, she began stripping, adopting vintage-inspired costumes to stand out, per scalar.usc.edu. Choosing the stage name Dita after silent film actress Dita Parlo, she added “Von Teese” (misspelled from “Von Treese” by Playboy in 2002), per Wikipedia. She debuted in burlesque in 1992, performing iconic acts like the martini glass routine, and has since headlined four major revues: Strip, Strip Hooray! (2013–2016), The Art of the Teese (2017), Dita Von Teese and the Copper Coupe (2018), and Glamonatrix (2019–2023), selling out venues like the London Palladium and Paris’ Folies Bergère, per dita.net. Known for her jet-black hair, red lipstick, and tightlaced 22-inch waist (down to 16.5 inches with corsets), she appeared in Playboy (1999, 2001, 2002), fetish films like Romancing Sara (1995) and Andrew Blake’s Pin Ups 2 (1998), and mainstream projects like The Death of Salvador Dali (2005, Best Actress at Beverly Hills Film Festival), CSI, and RuPaul’s Drag Race, per IMDb and The Movie Database. A businesswoman, she launched Dita Von Teese Lingerie and Von Follies (2012), four perfumes (2011–2013), and Dita Von Teese Eyewear, and authored Your Beauty Mark (2015), per ditavonteeselingerie.com and allamericanspeakers.com.
Von Teese did two hardcore movies in her career. Both for Andrew Blake. Pin Ups 2 (1998) and Decadeance (1999). Blake believed Von Teese could be his new muse, like Dahlia Grey. But he realized during the filming of Pin Ups 2 that Von Teese was rather shy and not that interested in adult films. She had told him she experimented with women in her early 20s and would be comfortable having sex with them. But she backed out of doing any oral, and while her scenes did include some penetration and kissing, Blake found her very cold with her co-stars. Von Teese confirmed in 2014 that she was straight and that she found the whole thing awkward. In Decadence, she would only do solo one scene with some minor masturbation. She said she had a deal for a third movie, but both she and Blake decided that adult films weren't for her. She would continue to do softcore fetish movies.
Vanity Fair (2015) called her “the Meryl Streep of burlesque,” praising her retro elegance. A 2024 X post lauded her 2013 3D-printed gown with 12,000 Swarovski crystals (@vickyhaddock). Fans on LibraryThing (2018) admired her as “self-made” and “genuine,” citing her book’s empowering glamour advice. AVN (2016) described her as “a visionary blending sensuality and art.” The Rialto Report noted her “transformative impact on neo-burlesque,” cementing her as a global icon.
Married to Marilyn Manson from 2005 to 2007, in a relationship she described as toxic, she later dated French aristocrat Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac (2009–2012) and graphic designer Adam Rajcevich (2014–present), with no children, per Marilyn Manson Wiki. As of July 30, 2025, Von Teese, now 52, stars in Diamonds and Dust at London’s Emerald Theatre and maintains a Las Vegas residency at The Venetian, with no active X presence (@DitaVonTeese, last posted 2023), per westendtheatre.com and broadwayworld.com.
Awards & Honors: Dita Von Teese
🏆 Award Wins & Honors
2006 – Best Female Performance, Beverly Hills Film Festival (The Death of Salvador Dalí)
2008 – Award of Courage, AmfAR (for contributions to AIDS awareness)
2011 – Sassy Lassy Award, Burlesque Hall of Fame
Inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame (year not publicly listed)
🥇 Award Nominations
No formal AVN/XRCO or mainstream award nominations publicly documented beyond her performance and recognition categories
🌟 Legacy & Recognition
Queen of Burlesque and neo‑burlesque revival pioneer known for elaborate, high‑glamour stage productions like “Martini Glass,” “Opium Den,” and “The Champagne Glass”
Revived classic glamour aesthetics across decades, headlining international tours—Strip, Strip, Hooray!, The Art of the Teese, Copper Coupe, and Glamonatrix
First ever guest star at Paris’s legendary Crazy Horse cabaret in 2006
Built a luxury lifestyle brand with lingerie, perfumes, eyewear, and her published guide to glamour (Your Beauty Mark)
Collaborated with major music and fashion icons—including appearing alongside Taylor Swift in the “Bejeweled” video—and served as global ambassador for Cointreau and Perrier
Widely celebrated for disciplined vintage style, feminist advocacy, and cross‑arts creative influence
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Butterface!
2025-07-13 20:36 🛈 ⚠
Cast her as 'Snow White'.
2025-04-02 05:49 🛈 ⚠
maybe if the movie came out in 1990. She can play Snow White's grandmother or the old fairy godmother now(oh wait,wrong fairytale), too old for the evil queen obviously. Charlize Theron was 35 as evil queen when filming, Gal Gadot was also 35 when actually filming the movie.
2025-05-21 01:50 🛈 ⚠
Happy birthday. Very hot woman
2024-09-28 23:41 🛈 ⚠
Happy birthday!!
2023-09-29 00:37 🛈 ⚠
queen of burlesque ,successor of Betty Page
2021-12-10 11:06 🛈 ⚠
Bernie Dexter is more likely to become Bettie Page's successor
2025-01-01 16:17 🛈 ⚠
