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Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by the stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer and drag queen.Closely associated with independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career.
I Am Divine is a 2013 American documentary film produced and directed by Jeffrey Schwarz of the Los Angeles-based production company Automat Pictures.The documentary focuses on the American actor, singer, and drag performer Divine (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), born Harris Glenn Milstead, a lifelong friend and collaborator of filmmaker John Waters.
But the iconic villainess’s creation was, in fact, inspired by one of the most famous drag queens in pop culture history: Divine (born Harris Glenn Milstead), the star of John Waters’s ...
Edna Turnblad is a fictional character from the 1988 film Hairspray and its stage musical adaption of the same name, as well as its film and television adaptations.. Edna is a laundress living in Baltimore with her husband Wilbur and mother of Tracy, the plot's protagonist.
The new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ exhibition, “John Waters: Pope of Trash,” is the biggest retrospective of Waters’ work to date. Running until August 2024, it features over 400 ...
His boyhood friend and muse, Glenn Milstead, later known as Divine, also lived in Lutherville. [8] Waters lived at 313 Morris Avenue in Lutherville from his early teenage years until he moved out in his early twenties. Waters and Milstead shot many of their early films at the house, dubbing the front lawn the "Dreamland Lot". [9]
Glenn Close has been a Hollywood mainstay for five decades. In addition to her roles in box office smashes for heavy hitters like Disney and Marvel, the three-time Golden Globe, Emmy, and Tony ...
The Regency Hotel is infamous for being the building where actor Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead) died of an enlarged heart - due to his obese frame he had an additional sleep apnea, so that his physician told him to not sleep on his back, which he then ignored and thus died in his sleep from cardiac arrest through sleep apnea - March 7, 1988 ...