Daughter of Mobster Ben "Bugsy" Siegel Interviewed
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2011
- Millicent Rosen, the daughter of mobster Ben "Bugsy" Siegel, gives her only U.S. television interview to Clark County Television (CCTV) in Las Vegas. Siegel opened the Flamingo Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in 1946, bringing Hollywood glamour to the Western tourist town. His life after that was short-lived. This video is the full story that aired on CCTV during Clark County's centennial in 2009, featuring other interviews and some intriguing Siegel home video and personal correspondence. Previously, we were only able to upload a 4-min. segment of the show. Enjoy!
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I was so excited when I came across this video, I thought I'd have a chance to reconnect with my old friend Millicent. Only to find out that she passed away a few years ago. Millicent was quiet, poised, classy and kind. She and I worked at the same famous posh Beverly Hills retail store for years. We met on the 'bench' as it was called. We both were smokers and it was the only place that it was ok to smoke. We'd have a smoke break several times a day and she'd tell me what kind of day it was in the millinery department (hats) where she worked and I'd tell her about my department where I was manager. We were friends for years before another employee asked me why I was friends with her. I asked why would you say that, why wouldn't I be friends? That was the first I knew of her father. i had heard the name Bugsy Siegel, I didn't know his first name was Ben. Later that day I told her I had heard something and wanted to know if it was true. Was Bugsy your dad? That's the only time she was a bit cross with me . She was upset that I had called him Bugsey and that he never liked being called that. I apologized and asked what his name was. I explained that was the only name I had ever heard and didn't mean to be disrespectful. What would you do if suddenly you discovered a good friend had a famous connection? I had a thousand questions. She never grew impatient with me. Of course after a few days the novelty of it wore off and we were back to sharing our day watching life go by from the bench. In a store that is known for it's snobby, unfriendly staff and that place was over stocked with them from the General Manager all the way down the line, Millicent was, from the first day I met her, polite, welcoming and while perhaps a little stoic at first I was always able to get a couple giggles. She was incredibly kind to me when she didn't have to be. I didn't agree with the direction management was taking my department so I left suddenly and have never gone back. The only regrets I have is I lost touch with a few good friends. I will always remember you with fond memories my friend. Rest in peace. mk
Great story. What did she say about her dad?
What a beautiful memories thank you for sharing .
NOW DAT U THROUGH WIT ALL DAT GO BACK 2 MEXICO AND STAY DERE 😵
@@jordancooke5980 WELL SHE SAID HER DAD WAZ YO DAD AND DA OTHER 5 FAMILIES
@@Seekyourtruth777 SHUT UP YA SAP 😠 😡
She has a right to her remembering her dad as "Dad".
@@johnlegion8796 eat shit you don't know him nor her so shut up.
@@sheilareid5656 yeah we kind of do know him. we know all about him.
Pine Box
Why be so rude?
Your message is lost bc of how u respond
he was a jew,,they dont eat pork..
@@sheilareid5656 u ether fool
What a lovely lady , that was her dad and she has a right to remember him anyway she wants .
Aww she seems so sweet and kind.
Liberals love criminals and their families. Ask Newsom, Cuomo and Deblasio.
For those criticizing her, of course she knew what Dad was as she grew older, but why does she have to admit it in an interview? Answer:she doesn’t. Its nothing to be proud of. Her father’s character and crimes were not her fault. I hope she had a good life.
Do you hope that the daughters of all the people that he killed and left without a father have a good life as well?
kevinsrocks71 - of course we would all hope that. What kind of question is that? You hold this woman responsible for her fathers crimes?
That's on them for living that life there's consequences every one knows that even non gangsters
She looks like her Dad... big time. I'm glad he was a good father and considering she lost him at a young age at least she has these good memories. She seems like a very nice lady so he must have done something right.
@Josh Traffanstedt Programmed meaning instinctual? Depends if you think your child is a blessing or burden. That's a choice.
@Josh Traffanstedt Well at least we don't eat our young. :o)
@Mister Google I meant HER not Bugsy.
Then there's Eucharist
@@GreenCanvasInteriorscape I don't think that was an issue for Bugsy...Jewish, you know. :o)
I will say she turned out to be a very nice person & you can tell she loved her father ...
17:45 She let her husband sell the land 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ her father KNEW what he was doing!! That would have set her up for life. He left her so much more than her husband thought.... She kept talking about how smart he was she should have trusted him
Yes she did care about her dad, and she is not responsible for the underside of his life.
Underside? Hell he was a major part of the Over world The 4 Kings of Murder Inc.
@@hypnotyz147 turnoftheevent only stated that her father was responsible for his own doing but ppl will be the asses that they are n follow the dung from the sheep into the bar/barn regurgitating a new story by the time the old one isn't fresh paint
Wow...what would the world do without your tidbits of wisdom ?
He was certainly gorgeous. I don’t care who you are, losing your daddy suddenly was/is devastating. Don’t know if she was a stuck up little rich girl when she was young, but she seems like a nice lady now.
My great grandfather told me when he was young, he use to run errands for Bugsy Siegel, back in the 30’s. So cool to watch an interview from HIS daughter.
Now you gotta run errands for her. IE: you're gonna whack Ethel @ the next bingo game lol
Yup pretty much hahaha
Peyton Bell - haha 😂
Yea rite lol
I loved this interview. People are far too complex, too layered, to pigeonhole them into ‘this is who they are’. This interview shows this more clearly than anything. To his family, he was ‘daddy’, ‘honey’, ‘son’. To his friends he was reliable and fun. To the FBI (and I’m certain, others), he was an enemy. I am glad his daughter did this interview and let people see something other than ‘Bugs’.
He don’t linked being called bugs
street devil house angel
I didn’t know he had any kids
@@Scoobydoo19677NOW THERE'S A WOP NAME. DO U FET A CHECK FROM MURDER INC. DAILY, WEEKLY OR MONTHLY? HAHAHAHAHA DUMB HEEBIES.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
A great doccie, thanks. She's very poised and a pleasure to listen to, unlike some of the Mob women who have been interviewed in the past.
Millicent is a lovely lady. She loved her dad and that’s all that matters.
She can't help whom she was born to. She has her memories of him, the few there were because she was so little. I think she's a great gal, whose done the best she can with her life. If I were her, I would've denied being related to Bugsy though. The stupid questions & curiosity seekers must drive her nuts.
That is all that matters to you. These mobsters greatly damaged our naion.
@@homerosanchez204 .. What is a naion ?
@Eat the pork .. Well if you were better at the English language you'd know that queenly means queen-like. So now what is naion ?
Use your imagination jew!
I live in Beverly Hills and not far from the home where Bugsy was killed. Every time I pass the house, I think of him.
George Vreeland Hill you’re a sweetheart.
What a great letter her Dad wrote
I lived in Las Vegas 35 years and one job I had was managing a Union 76 Gas station, complete with auto repair, emission services, and repair. One of my customers was "Jimmy Siegel", he had a 1967 Rolls Royce that he would bring in for services. While he was there, many of the mechanics would stop working and hang around him and listen to the stories he would tell about his and Ben's childhood. Nobody would address him as "Bugsy", that was a 'no-no', they called him Mr. Siegel. The stories that came out of Jimmy's mouth would be enough to write another movie about Ben Siegel. What a life the man lived.
Bobby Tucker another mobster heroworshipper! Wonder how complimentary he would have been in his message, had his own family been among the people ‘Mr Siegel’ extorted or raped.
Please share some stories
@@Indusxstan finally someone that has their head on straight. Its sad how people worship and praise these absolute garbage of human beings.
Good story. Especially enjoyed the home movies around the swimming pool. Never saw Siegel in that light, as just a regular family man.
He was a scumbag criminal
Very interesting interview. Well done, thank you for posting this.
the best part of this "exclusive interview" is in the beginning when she straight said she pretty much don't know anything about that side of his lifestyle.....I'm at the edge of my seat..lol....let that lady live HER life!!
An "exclusively boring interview". Millicent was soo
clueless to her father's lifestyle as most mobsters try to
keep their kids in the closet about their "vocation" It
can only go so far as they get older and it falls apart.
Tony Curtis (alias Bernie Schwartz) would have played
a good Bugsy. They both were good looking and from similar neighborhoods. Tony never lost his Bronx accent.
She didn't just say it in the beginning..she repeated..her cluelessnes throughout..we're all clueless as children..now she's grown..get a clue sister !
@@captainvin9009 She was barely 4-5 years old when he was killed. She couldn't have understood his 'lifestyle' if she tried back then!!! All SHE knew, was "daddy"!!!!!!
@@annechester770 and she would still not have any first hand information, she would still be his daughter and she would still love him as her PERSONAL memories of him are good ones
I don’t understand how she could be so close to her father when he was never really around. She is so sweet and soft spoken. Her parents obviously sheltered and cared deeply for her. I was extremely surprised to learn she and her sister spent time at the hotel.
He was doing what he did. Soccer games and helicopter parenting were not the time. It's not that tough to understand. Get a clue!
Sweet lady. It's so sad. She still misses her Dad you can see. Leave her alone with her good memories.
I knew the comments would flood on how benign and pure this woman is: despite her dad being a notorious mobster, she loved him dearly!!! How she speaks of him and merely her demeanor is Soo heartwarming!
It is nice to know more about bugsy siegel...his daughter brought more of who he was.....
She set the record straight. Good info. Siegel was a historical figure.
I am still I am re-incarnated in the Netherlands the USA don't won't me back fucking pezents
Why would his daughter know anything about his life in the mob? These men didn't talk about it with their families. She can only speak about him as her father. I found what she said very interesting and revealing of him as a family man. It makes perfect sense that she never had any idea what he did for a living. These mob figures had two separate lives - their business and their families.
I also think its their way of protecting their families. If the families don't know anything when questioned by law enforcement they are not complicit to the crime.
+Mindy Moore Especially for an intelligent person born 1931, in that era to grow up and be educated in good schools, assumably learning history and current events, yet stay "see and hear no evil" oblivious to who Lansky and Luciano were and what they were all about was astoundingly hermetically ostrich. Not credible.
This lady is forthright, honest, and endearing - I adore her! Beautiful lady - a genuine essence about her reflections. How difficult it must have always been for her to deal with the little minds - whom eat up the medias "stories" and editorials - about a man/father that she knew and loved and respected.
The cruel tongues, attitudes, judgements of people are equally as brutal as any - physical pain that (might have been associated with Mr Siegel's job).
Nicely done interview.
Best wishes to this lady and her family.
Thanks for sharing this post.
+Beth Bartlett Listen you absolute fool, the so called Mr Siegel was nothing short of a serial murderer.He was a sociopath/psychopath and a criminal.Get with it idiot.That man got what he deserved and no empathy or sympathy should be so casually dished out.Fuck what's with you half tards anyways.?
+Trev Mac What's with you "half tards" who can't write a paragraph without vulgarity, and personal attacks. I understand your job at Wendy's must be stressful, counting change and pouring soft drinks. However, show some respect, if not for another person, at least for yourself. Have a nice day :)
When did she claim he was any of those things? She was talking about his daughter and her relationship with him.
Trev Mac - "got lithium" "?"
:-D.
Mercy calm down.
Trev Macs a run of the mill idiot Beth. This country seems to produce a lot of them these days....sad.
The Lower East Side was seriously bad. My family left the neighborhood as soon as they could. As early as 1940, most of the Jews who worked there didn't live there. By the 1950's, it was a no-go area. You couldn't go out at night.
Great video. Interview was conducted superbly, and great guest - thank you for this insight 🙄
Some. Say this is the past some say you pay for ancestry ..i say live for you ..your path ..your wants and wishes..
This is one aspect of the mob that's rarely considered, their families. Very interesting
What a great documentary! Millicent sure looks like her dad!!
YES. SHE DOES...SHE HAS HIS SMILE AND HIS EYES.
SHE SEEMED TO BE SUCH A GENTLE SOUL.
I can understand why his daughter would be proud of him he was not just her dad but he was a Visionary, apparently - and the Flamingo is my Favorite Hotel in Las Vegas.
I have read that Bugsy was a good father. It was smart to keep his business life seperate from his personal family life. Im glad she grew up not being part of that or seeing any of it.
My dad was manager of a bowling ally. There were mobsters there. I shot pool with them. I had no idea who they were but I loved hanging with them.
The music spoils the whole documentary.
Ussually music spoils ALL documentaries
Good interview.
A lot of insight.
Finally the whole interview, with Mrs. Rosen!
I love how all of this was presented.
Wow! What a beautiful testament to her father!!
Excellent interview. Really enjoyed!,,
Ben Siegel's vision for Las Vegas is his legacy and it far outweighs his dark past. Rest in Peace Ben Siegel. It is obvious that Ben protected his children from his other life with the mob and his wife did a very good job raising their children.
Uhhh yeah because building a town of filthy houses of ill repute absolutely wipes clean any heinous tortures and murders you committed. He and all like him are not worthy of one ounce of recognition. Only "Sin" City and those possessed by its carnal offerings (apparently those such as yourself)could find a way to literally glorify such a piece of human excrement like this coward of a man.
You wouldn't feel that way had he murdered you or anybody you cared about.
Because he helped create Vegas as we know it shouldn’t outweigh the violent crime he was involved in. I do find it amusing how people celebrate violent criminal gangs but if they were ever a victim of mob crime would feel differently. It’s the glamour folk get blinded by. Doubt you’d feel Somali pirates or African warlords were decent folk. It’s the hypocrisy of stupid folk that kept the mob going for years.
Great interview. Beautiful soul...
MOST of the mobsters lived a completely separate life from their families. Families lived in the best neighborhoods and went to the best schools. Dad's were often pillars of their communities. They came home from work like any wall street broker. Few people asked back then how much income you had or pried into business matters- you were judged by the outer trappings of success. The Dads especially wanted to keep their families as far from the dangers of their profession as possible. Even close neighbors had no clue a mobster was living next door . There's a good possibility Bugsy was killed BECAUSE he was getting too well known !
Amazing Interview!!!
how gracious she shared her life with us, kind lady
I admire the fact she's been low key all these years. You look at John Gottis daughter, Sammy the Bulls daughter they seem to want to make money off their Dads.
She is a strong woman for sure taking her own direction
.
And never knew LUCKY LUCIANO had children we are a real apple dumpling gang
Is he related Eva Schumacher
She is from a different era than those girls
Their just trash!
I was born in Beverly hills on the day he passed away. My signature also looks super similar to his. I barely learned of him when I finally made my solo trip to Vegas to explore it beyond the tables & slots.
The sound is so low that I can't hear what is being said.
Nicely done piece.
She just died November 17, 2017. She was 86.
she was beautiful-even in her later years-rip
Dan Cutler Really? I didn’t know that. Very beautiful woman
What's crazy is that I was born Nov. 18th 1984 Meyer lansky died Nov 15 1981 and she died Nov 17 2017.
RIP
R.I.P what a sweet woman.
“I don’t know where he got all this knowledge from?” One answer-Meyer Lansky
Wrong.
All knowledge comes from YAH
She is lovely and has his beautiful eyes!
Bugsy was very good looking. Hard to believe he was a tough gangster, with that beautiful face and elegant way
of dressing, so slick like in the old movies..
Soo much credit to a mob !
It's obvious he loved his family a lot. Sad, he wanted to go down such a dark and violent path. Millicent is definitely heart broken over it.
He died of natural causes so doesn't mean much .
Its just a product of the upbringing. Don't blame the man, blame the times he lived, where he was raised and the people he was influenced by.. We can be quick to point blame, but we forget that times were different and people were much broker than we can imagine today.
@@AerialEscape What about all the other poor people who didn't choose that route?
@@TonyVega123 Assuming you mean the victims.. Casualties to crimes or fortune I suppose. There are always winners and losers, but there are few old drug dealers or retired gangsters for a reason I suppose.
@@AerialEscape I am blaming the man for choosing such an awful route. HE made the decision to murder, rob and rape. So many people grew up the EXACT same way as Bugsy Siegel did, and they NEVER chose to do what he did. BLAME THE MAN. Don't be so naive. Only a teenager would give the answers you just gave me.
He sure was cute! When u look at him he looks like he's still around!
she seems like a very nice, warm and caring woman.
She does have her dad's eyes for sure..........and Holmby Hills is a fabulous neighborhood !
The mob paid for Virginia Hill's house. She was kept by 2-3 mobsters; not just Bugsy.
Millicent is a beautiful name for a beautiful classy lady with a beautiful childhood that was normal and not knowing her fathers life outside of the house. 💜❤️💚 As it should be for a child not to know of gangster activity and to have a great childhood. ✅
Tami Weber Well spoken.
One of the better docs I’ve seen on Bugsy
Love the home movies. Great piece!!
Millicent has her father's eyes; no question.
Basically just under half an hour of a few people with historical anecdotes and his daughter saying "he was really nice, I don't know anything about his criminal life."
Very sweet, polite lady- she only knew him as Dad, not 'Bugsy"... good people can come from people we deem bad.
Millicent seemed like a lovely genuine woman.
Thank you for sharing this video, Millicent was a nice lady who had a dad that loved her and her sister. She also has her dad's eyes. My sister and I have visited her grave and paid our respects to her. Strange though, the city buried her, it was not a private burial. My sister goes there each week and leaves flowers there.
He was my great grandmothers first cousin
Our condolences.
Mine too
Such a lovely woman.
Nice piece... Thx
She's a sweetheart.
A very nice and well done piece.
There is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between the MOB and Governments.
@gemini232003 EXACTLY!
If you truly think that then youre an absolute idiot..an imbecile...you should STFU and stop embarassing yourself..idiot
@gemini232003 and your a bigger idiot than the pister you responded to.
Imbecile
Very connected.
Really..youre one dumbfuck arent you...
kids are kids they can't control what their parents choose! to be in Life. God bless her.
It’s too bad they destroyed the original flamingo. Im not sure why they did it, but if it were still standing today I’d for sure book a room. Everything down there is always new, and more glamorous but I’m an old Binions type of person (beautiful but down to earth atmosphere).
They always do that. I saw so many brought down and re-built while I lived there. The destruction of the Desert Inn made me sad.
@ericdisney#1 Bugsy was a Lucky Luciano soldier thats what mafia gang he belonged too Lucky,Bugsy,Costello,Lansky were all little young street killers no older then 11/12 years old running around the new york slums in the early 1900s by the time they hit the roaring 20s they were all already veteren killers in a brutal war against another powerful mafia gang Lucky Luciano and his gang including Bugsy were all amazing killers who knows how many other gangs they wiped out.
Excellent video
Life dictated his knowledge ,the very family he was born into gave him the ability to become who he was .
Every Hotel in LV should comp Her whenever she is in town!!!
What a lovely soul rest in peace 💕
This was a very interesting video, thanks for posting.
Mellicent was great to listen to. But the way the reporters spoke about Bugsy, and the whole attitude of this feature, really rubs me the wrong way. They make it sound like Bugsy's only crime was illegal business, completely ignoring the fact that he was also a murderer and a rapist.
I admire how upfront Mellicent was, admitting that she has no idea what her father's bad side was really like, and that the people who made the "Bugsy" movie "just made a movie." I think a lot of other people would have been in denial that their father did anything bad, or been overly offended by a historically inaccurate portrayal of him. Mellicent's ability to love her father's memory while still living in reality are is very admirable.
But as for the people narrating this video, just smiling away like they were talking about some cute celebrity, paid a great disrespect to all of the people who Bugsy hurt in his business. What about the family of the teenage boy, who was his first murder victim? What about the woman he raped, and coerced not to testify against him? I'm not saying they should have gone into detail about his crimes in this video, with his daughter involved; but to just act like they never happened at all was in very poor taste IMO.
TheLegendaryBlackBeastOf Aaagh Are you a saint? If so time for you to exposed corruptuon inside U.S leader's including Bush, Obama and Killary administration smh......
lol. Simone--where the heck did you pull this rebuttal from? Saint? President's? If you're making a mob vs. politics analogy-we got that from the Godfather movies in 1972.
You don't know what you're talking about.
Simone King COMPARED to you, yes they are a saint, POS.
Pal Beau you shut up, lump of shit.
He was very handsome, and he was murdered because the mob wanted to take over the business . Terrible.
@yackbackatcha Bugsy was a member of the mob, so tecnically the mob already owned the business. He was killed because he got too rich too fast and that made some of the other mobsters jealous and wanting his "territory". That's what gangsters do - kill other gangsters for their turf.
Millicent remebered her father as a caring person. And this is ok. The remarks about not knowing anything about her fathers real profession can be true or false. It was wise to not address any activities concering the mafia even still to this day. We can assume that he was as well responsible for killings. But it was quite obvious that the film crew did not want to dig into this dicey topic.
Yes, her father definitely took care of things well...
Good video. Can you imagine you dad calling you into the family room like Millicent said and there in the flesh is Cary Grant! lol!
She looks like him.
The family seems not to know what these men were.
Just as well I guess.
An interesting & seemly nice lady. Would love to sit down & visit with her.
What an incredibly good looking man Bugsy Siegel was!
But a POS none the less
Hard to imagine he was a stone cold killer.
His daughter looks like shit
A Will Let’s see what you look like when you’re in your 80’s Smartass.
@@awill5895 AND SHE EAT SHIT SANDWICHES
I think it's odd some of the old Hollywood stars liked to hang out with gangsters. They knew what these guys were into.
His daughter was a kid, she had no idea what her dad did at work.
My father was a nuclear scientist in the 70's & 80's. All I knew is he was in the Air Force and worked at the weapons lab. I only had a broad and vague idea of what he did at work.
She probably only knew something very vague about her fathers work. He works at the casino, or something like that. It sounds like her father had a "home life" and a work/criminal life and tried to keep those separate.
Her father was a bad guy, no doubt, she knew that too but when he was alive, she only knew him from his home life which would give her fond memories. It looks like she felt guilty for remembering him in a fond way. She probably feels a little torn. Her good memories vs. her father's crimes.
Great interview, she seems like an interesting woman.
RIP Millicent Rosen
She just passed a few yrs ago. It must've been hard growing up in her dad's shadow!
Some of these comments make it seem like she is responsible for her fathers decisions.
She is not.
Your parents also did bad things (without a doubt-regardless of the scope) don’t get all high and mighty.
RIP Millicent
These people were well knewn.
What a life style they had and lived.
SHE LOOKSJUST LIKE HIM!! AMAZING!
Nice video!!! Everyone has a dad.
Bugsy is my nickname. How can I not hit like??!!
How did you get the nickname?
love the way the professor tries to make what these guys do so innocent ...lmao ...
I'd laugh if I could stop wanting to kick his ass
3 minutes into the video, “Sometimes they HAD TO work the other side of the law”...um, no, they CHOSE TO.
You don't understand this territory.
I'm doing my family history and its so crazy that I can't find anything about my maternal grandfather and there's like no pictures or anything about him and he had like two last names and there's secrets in my family and this makes me wonder about my maternal grandfather like if he was apart of mobs or whatever
Audio is bad. I’ve often seen comments on other sites where folks have said the same but I didn’t agree. So, maybe it’s just me? 🤷♀️. I really wanted to enjoy this video, too. The narration was absolutely fine and clear, just not the interviews.
I never knew he had a daughter. Bugsy was a visionary, a genius. I’m sure he was a good father
Hhhhhh
You forgot murderous psychopath
He had 2 daughters Barbara was his other daughter
Cool she did this interview. I love the swimming caps.