Divine
Biografia
Divine (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), né Harris Glenn Milstead, was an American actor, singer and drag queen. Described by People magazine as the "Drag Queen of the Century", Divine often performed female roles in both cinema and theater and also appeared in women's clothing in musical performances. Even so, he considered himself to be a character actor and performed male roles in a number of his later films. He was often associated with independent filmmaker John Waters and starred in ten of Waters's films, usually in a leading role. Concurrent with his acting career, he also had a successful career as a disco singer during the 1980s, at one point being described as "the most successful and in-demand disco performer in the world." Born in Baltimore, Maryland, into a conservative, wealthy middle class family, he became involved with John Waters and his acting troupe, the Dreamlanders, in the mid-1960s and starred in a number of Waters's early films such as Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble. These films have since become cult classics. In the 1970s, Milstead made the transition to theater and appeared in a number of productions, including Women Behind Bars and The Neon Woman, while continuing to star in such films as Polyester, Lust in the Dust and Hairspray. The New York Times said of Milstead's '80s films: "Those who could get past the unremitting weirdness of Divine's performance discovered that the actor/actress had genuine talent, including a natural sense of comic timing and an uncanny gift for slapstick." He was also described as "one of the few truly radical and essential artists of the century… was an audacious symbol of man's quest for liberty and freedom." Since his death, Divine has remained a cult figure, particularly with those in the LGBT community.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Too Disgusting To Be Confused
Film • 2025
jako Self
My Life with the Waters
Film • 2021
jako Self
Disclosure
Film • 2020
jako Edna Turnblad (archive footage)
BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
Film • 2018
jako Self
Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
Film • 2018
jako Self (archive)
Crime and Beauty: Remembering "Female Trouble"
Film • 2018
jako Self (archive)
Studio 54
Film • 2018
jako Self (archive footage)
Howard
Film • 2018
jako Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson (archive footage)
Discolocos
Film • 2016
jako Self (archive footage)
Night Flight: Born Again
Film • 2016
jako Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
Film • 2015
jako Self (archive)
I Am Divine
Film • 2014
jako Self (archive)
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
Serial • 2013
jako Self (archive footage)
The Sex of Death e o Homem Invisível
Film • 2012
jako Singer (archive footage)
The British Guide to Showing Off
Film • 2011
jako Self (archive footage)
Uncle Bob
Film • 2010
jako Self
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Film • 2008
jako Self (archive)
The Roots of 'Hairspray'
Film • 2007
jako Self (archive)
DIVINE R.I.P.
Film • 2007
jako Self (archive footage)
Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop
Serial • 2005
jako Self
Sex 'n' Pop
Serial • 2004
jako Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes
Film • 2002
jako Self (archive footage)
Divine Trash
Film • 2000
jako Self
Divine: Shoot Your Shot & Live at the Hacienda
Film • 2000
jako Self (archive footage)
In Bad Taste
Film • 1999
jako Self (archive footage)
Agujetas en el alma
Film • 1998
jako Actriz cantante (Singer actress)
Divine: Shoot Your Shot
Film • 1995
Divine: Live at the Hacienda
Film • 1994
Rhythm Divine: The Story of Disco
Film • 1992
jako Self (archive footage)
The Neon Woman
Film • 1990
jako Flash Storm (archive footage)
The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Serial • 1988
jako Self
Out of the Dark
Film • 1988
jako Det. Langella
Lakier do włosów
Film • 1988
jako Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
Film • 1987
jako Self
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
Film • 1987
jako Self
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
Film • 1987
jako Self
Trouble in Mind
Film • 1985
jako Hilly Blue
Lust in the Dust
Film • 1985
jako Rosie Velez
Divine Waters
Film • 1985
jako Self
Tales from the Darkside
Serial • 1984
Late Night with David Letterman
Serial • 1982
jako Self - Guest
Polyester
Film • 1981
jako Francine Fishpaw
The Alternative Miss World
Film • 1980
jako Self - Guest of Honour
Tally Brown, New York
Film • 1979
Underground and Emigrants
Film • 1976
jako Self
Kobiece kłopoty
Film • 1976
jako Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
Różowe Flamingi
Film • 1972
jako Divine / Babs Johnson
Multiple Maniacs
Film • 1970
jako Lady Divine
The Diane Linkletter Story
Film • 1970
jako Diane Linkletter
Mondo Trasho
Film • 1969
jako Divine / Greaser in Alley
Eat Your Makeup
Film • 1968
jako Jacqueline Kennedy
Roman Candles
Film • 1967
jako Party Guest / Man with Scarf
New Line: Independent Legacies
Film
jako Self (archive footage)