Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Valeska Suratt (June 28, 1882 July 2, 1962) was an American stage and silent film actress. Born in Owensville, Indiana, she moved with her family to Terre Haute when she was six years old. In 1913 Suratt became noted for the New York Casino musical success, The Kiss Waltz. Suratt was known as The Vampire Woman of the silent screen. An actress and singer, Suratt appeared in a few Broadway plays, mostly musicals: The Belle of Mayfair (1906), Hip! Hip! Hooray! 1907 (1907), The Girl With The Whooping Cough (1910, the French farce was closed due to charges of indecency), The Red Rose (1911) and Spice of 1922 (1922). A famous pose of Suratt from The Red Rose had her left breast exposed with her hand and a rose placed over the left nipple.