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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.
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.
Divine. Actor: Pink Flamingos. Originally born Harris Glen Milstead just after the end of WWII, Baltimore's most outrageous resident eventually became the international icon of bad taste cinema, as the always shocking and highly entertaining transvestite performer, Divine.
Mar 8, 1988 · Divine, the 300-pound transvestite star of ''Pink Flamingos,'' ''Hairspray'' and other John Waters films, was found dead yesterday morning in his room at the Regency Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
An indomitable icon of queer culture, Harris Glenn Milstead, better known by his stage name, Divine, was a trailblazing performer whose alter ego was rude, raunchy and outrageous: a joyously self-determined, deeply liberating figure.
The Official Website of Divine, actor, recording star and legendary drag icon, born Harris Glenn Milstead. Star of John Waters’ Pink Flamingos and Hairspray.
Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by the stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen.
May 26, 2023 · Illustrator and director Rob Minkoff recounts how the legendary drag queen and trash cinema icon Divine came to be immortalized as a Disney supervillain.
Divine. Actor: Pink Flamingos. Originally born Harris Glen Milstead just after the end of WWII, Baltimore's most outrageous resident eventually became the international icon of bad taste cinema, as the always shocking and highly entertaining transvestite performer, Divine.
Oct 12, 2015 · Fabulously attired, bold, and deliciously vile, the drag queen was the unquestioned star in some of Waters’ most celebrated and career defining films early on. Sadly, Divine died of a heart attack at the age of 42 and next week, on October 19, it would have been his 70th birthday.
