Daughter of Mobster Ben "Bugsy" Siegel Interviewed 

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

She has a right to her remembering her dad as "Dad".

Aww she seems so sweet and kind.

What a lovely lady , that was her dad and she has a right to remember him anyway she wants .

I will say she turned out to be a very nice person & you can tell she loved her father ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

What a great letter her Dad wrote

Good story. Especially enjoyed the home movies around the swimming pool. Never saw Siegel in that light, as just a regular family man.

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.

Very interesting interview. Well done, thank you for posting this.

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.

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’.

Millicent is a lovely lady. She loved her dad and that’s all that matters.

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!!

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.

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.

It is nice to know more about bugsy siegel...his daughter brought more of who he was.....

Great video. Interview was conducted superbly, and great guest - thank you for this insight 🙄

What a great documentary! Millicent sure looks like her dad!!

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.

This is one aspect of the mob that's rarely considered, their families. Very interesting

The music spoils the whole documentary.

Good interview. A lot of insight.

She set the record straight. Good info. Siegel was a historical figure.

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.

Sweet lady. It's so sad. She still misses her Dad you can see. Leave her alone with her good memories.

I love how all of this was presented.

Finally the whole interview, with Mrs. Rosen!

Excellent interview. Really enjoyed!,,

Wow! What a beautiful testament to her father!!

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.

how gracious she shared her life with us, kind lady

Amazing Interview!!!

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 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!

Great interview. Beautiful soul...

Nicely done piece.

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.

The sound is so low that I can't hear what is being said.

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.

She just died November 17, 2017. She was 86.

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.

“I don’t know where he got all this knowledge from?” One answer-Meyer Lansky

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.

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.

Love the home movies. Great piece!!

She is lovely and has his beautiful eyes!

One of the better docs I’ve seen on Bugsy

He was my great grandmothers first cousin

There is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between the MOB and Governments.

Nice piece... Thx

she seems like a very nice, warm and caring woman.

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.

A very nice and well done piece.

Such a lovely woman.

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."

She does have her dad's eyes for sure..........and Holmby Hills is a fabulous neighborhood !

kids are kids they can't control what their parents choose! to be in Life. God bless her.

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.

Excellent video

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 !

He sure was cute! When u look at him he looks like he's still around!

She's a sweetheart.

Millicent seemed like a lovely genuine woman.

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!

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..

Very sweet, polite lady- she only knew him as Dad, not 'Bugsy"... good people can come from people we deem bad.

Every Hotel in LV should comp Her whenever she is in town!!!

Millicent has her father's eyes; no question.

What a lovely soul rest in peace 💕

Life dictated his knowledge ,the very family he was born into gave him the ability to become who he was .

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.

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. ✅

Nice video!!! Everyone has a dad.

She just passed a few yrs ago. It must've been hard growing up in her dad's shadow!

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.

He was very handsome, and he was murdered because the mob wanted to take over the business . Terrible.

RIP Millicent Rosen

love the way the professor tries to make what these guys do so innocent ...lmao ...

What an incredibly good looking man Bugsy Siegel was!

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).

RIP Millicent

An interesting & seemly nice lady. Would love to sit down & visit with her.

Bugsy is my nickname. How can I not hit like??!!

Can't believe they demolished the original building

I never knew he had a daughter. Bugsy was a visionary, a genius. I’m sure he was a good father

SHE LOOKSJUST LIKE HIM!! AMAZING!

@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.

These people were well knewn. What a life style they had and lived.

You could not put the volume any lower

A humble lady worthy of up most respect.

Odyssey Lighting and Design is OOB now. This is a nice piece.

So sad that the family is left suffering from that lifestyle.

Lepke Buchalter did not start Murder Inc. although he was its biggest client.

Siegel had nothing to do with the birth of The Flamingo Hotel. The land was purchased by William Wilkerson. Wilkerson is the man who had the vision of turning Vegas into a world class gambling city. Wilkerson bought the land, had the hotel designed and named it Flamingo. He ran out of money before it could be finished and Siegel came in with the cash and then forced out Wilkerson. Siegel didn't have a creative bone in his body. The vision was all William Wilkerson's. Wilkerson also started The Hollywood Reporter.

She looks like him. The family seems not to know what these men were. Just as well I guess.