Gypsy

Dec 27, 2015

2h 15m

★ 7.8

Overview

Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

BBC

Gypsy Trailers

Cast

Rose

Imelda Staunton

Louise

Lara Pulver

Herbie

Peter Davison

Uncle Jocko / Cigar

Billy Hartman

Georgie / Kansas

Damien Poole

Baby June

Scarlet Roche

Baby Louise

Lara Wollington

Pop

Patrick Romer

Mr Weber / Boucheron

Tom Hodgkins

June

Gemma Sutton

Tulsa

Dan Burton

Yonkers / Pastey

Kieran Jae

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