- From restaurant waitress in low-cut uniforms in the late 1940s (in Lafayette and Orinda, CA) she became an exotic dancer and stripper at the El Rey Burlesk at San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA. Peter A. DeCenzie presented her as Tempest Storm, from Paris. Still photographer Russ Meyer met her there, and contributed to her popularity with a number of photo-packs and 16mm Kodachrome films, shown as "French Peep Show". Her retirement as a stripper was announced in the 1960s but, according to an Associated Press release dated July 11, 2008, she was still stripping on stage in Las Vegas, and was not considering retirement.
- According to Russ Meyer, with whom she had an on-and-off relationship in 1947-48, her name was Annie Locke and she was from Daytona Beach, FL.
- Profiled in "The Bare Truth: Stars of Burlesque From the '40s and '50s" by Len Rothe. (1998)
- Featured in "New York Burlesque: Photographs by Roy Kemp" by Roy Kemp. (2014)
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