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- Though Divine made his biggest splash as an actor, he also carved out a noteworthy music career. He wasn't exactly a natural singer, but his sassy sprechgesang (speak singing) vocal style proved a good fit for Hi-NRG music, an uptempo offshoot of disco that became popular on the gay scene in the early 1980s.
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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 ...
Jan 23, 2023 · Harris Glenn Milstead, more commonly known as Divine, became the larger-than-life star in many of director John Waters' raunchy trash films. The female impersonator from Baltimore grew from...
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- Hairspray (1988) And finally, there is John Waters and Divine's most-known collaboration the 1998 comedy Hairspray, in which the lovable drag queen trades in his days of murder and mayhem to take on the role of Edna Turnblad, the somewhat kind and overbearing mother of the film's main character Tracy Turnblad (played by Ricki Lake).
- Pink Flamingos (1972) Next, we have Pink Flamingos, which made for one of the most unsettling, disgusting, and memorable movie experiences of my life.
- Polyester (1981) The 1981 comedy Polyester might have had a larger budget than John Waters' earlier work, but that doesn't mean the obscene director held back on the shock and awe of this sick and twisted story of murder, deceit, and broken families.
- Female Trouble (1974) Next on the list is John Waters 1974 cult-classic Female Trouble which the filmmaker dedicated to Charles "Tex" Watson of the Manson Family.
May 25, 2018 · “I only ask you for what is rightfully mine, what the good lord has bestowed on me: being divine!” — Divine in John Waters’s Mondo Trasho, 1969. Born Harris Glenn Milstead in 1945, Divine was called the “Drag Queen of the Century” by People Magazine upon his death in 1988.
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Mar 22, 2013 · Following the European premiere of documentary I Am Divine at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Katherine McLaughlin looks back over the career of the actor, drag queen, performer and singer.
Mar 28, 2024 · March 7 marked the 36th anniversary of the death of the beloved Harris Glenn Milstead, better known to us as Divine. A character actor at heart, Divine became a cult figure during the ’70s and ’80s for his over-the-top performances as female characters in a string of independent films directed by longtime collaborator John Waters.
