Life of Rose Chan

Rose Chan was a famous striptease in the 50s. If you have heard of the song "Rose Rose I love YOu", that's the song about her.

She started her career as a cabaret dancer who became the legendary striptease Queen in the 1950s and 1960s. The first time I heard of her was in my late teen. People were talking about her incredible acts.

Her life changed while she was performing at the Majestic Theatre in Ipoh(Malaysia), her brassiere snapped. The enthusiastic applause from the audience caught her by surprise, and set her thinking : Here I dance all night and sweat so much, and nobody claps. My bra breaks and they clap? With that, a famous Queen of striptease was born.

Men especially businessmen throng to see her performances. Besides stripping, she did some daring stunts herself. She was famous for her crude acts. She could open the cap of a coca cola bottle using her private part.


The tickets then were priced at RM10 and RM15. She raked in a lot of money but she did not forget the unfortunates. Always donating part of her proceeds to charity ,benefiting children and old folks' homes, institutions for the blind, and tuberculosis patients.


In 1954, Rose Chan introduced circus stunts that included :
-her famous python-wresting act
-bending iron rods, stuck to the base of her throat
-carrying a man on her shoulders
-placing plans across her body, and having motorcycles ride over her

Her daring stunts made her famous and she took her act around the world including Germany, France, Britain, Australia and Indonesia.






to be continued...
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Comments (4)

Very interesting. I'm not gonna wait. I am gonna goggle this lady!
Blog was easy reading and i feared it wouldent be. You're a good writer. Looking forward to part two.

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Hi Ed, yup you can google to find out about the lady. If she's still alive , I think she'll be in her late 80s or early 90s.

When I was younger I used to heard about her act from people around me.

I googled her life some few years back because I was curious to know her life back then.
Hi Morgen, thank you for the like. This is a real life story of Rose Chan. She was a Malaysian and very famous for her act in the 50s and 60s. Many men even women would go and see her performed in Kuala Lumpur.
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