Award-winning films include Behind the Burly Q, Bound by Flesh, and Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer. Author of three best-selling books, Behind the Burly Q, the definitive oral history of burlesque, Goddess of Love Incarnate; and Feuding Fan Dancers. As an actress she has worked in films alongside Tom Hanks, Steve Carell, Jim Carrey and Richard Lawson. Honored for her work inspiring women, Zemeckis will be awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for “sharing and preserving stories of women...”