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Acting
Marinka
- Born
- Jan 6, 1940 · Aged 81
- Died
- Feb 16, 2021
- Place of birth
- Habana / Cuba
- Gender
- Non-binary
- Movie credits
- 2
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (1)
- Melanie Hunter
Biography
statuesque striptease sensation (dubbed “Queen of the Amazons”) Marinka aka Melanie Hunter (6 January 1940 – 16 February 2021). She was a trailblazer for multiple reasons: as a proud Latina performer (born in Cuba; her family relocated to New York in the 1950s) active in burlesque and traveling the world from the 1960s onward. And as a transgender woman (she disclosed this lifelong secret in her 2021 autobiography Marinka: From Havana to Burlesque. Marinka – aka Melanie Hunter - underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1969). Her closest brush with mainstream showbiz was appearing in the 1979…
