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Divine
Acting

Divine
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-10-19,Towson, Maryland, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.139

Pink Flamingos
1976-03-31

Out of the Dark

5.573

Out of the Dark
1988-06-02

Trouble in Mind

5.8

Trouble in Mind
1985-12-11

6.885

Female Trouble
1976-02-15

6.995

Polyester
1981-05-29

Divine: Shoot Your Shot & Live at the Hacienda

0

Divine: Shoot Your Shot & Live at the Hacienda
2000-01-01

0

The Neon Woman
1990-01-01

Lust in the Dust

6

Lust in the Dust
1985-03-01

Tab Hunter Confidential

7.271

Tab Hunter Confidential
2015-03-15

7.243

Divine Trash
2000-03-31

0

DIVINE R.I.P.
2007-08-09

My Life with the Waters

0

My Life with the Waters

7.315

I Am Divine
2014-03-26

The Alternative Miss World

5

The Alternative Miss World
1980-09-18

10

Discolocos
2016-12-31

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3

7

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
1987-11-30

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1

8.5

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
1987-11-30

Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology

6.5

Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
1987-11-30

The British Guide to Showing Off

6.6

The British Guide to Showing Off
2011-11-11

6.8

Howard
2018-04-22

6.737

The Cockettes
2002-01-16

7.809

Disclosure
2020-06-19

Night Flight: Born Again

0

Night Flight: Born Again
2016-04-10

4.3

Uncle Bob
2010-06-26

Tally Brown, New York

7.5

Tally Brown, New York
1979-05-04

Underground and Emigrants

7

Underground and Emigrants
1976-10-25

Divine: Shoot Your Shot

5.333

Divine: Shoot Your Shot
1995-01-01

Divine: Live at the Hacienda

7.5

Divine: Live at the Hacienda
1994-01-01

Rhythm Divine: The Story of Disco

0

Rhythm Divine: The Story of Disco
1992-09-20

8

In Bad Taste
1999-09-03

6.811

Hairspray
1988-02-26

Multiple Maniacs

6.246

Multiple Maniacs
1970-04-10

Eat Your Makeup

7.4

Eat Your Makeup
1968-02-23

5.237

Mondo Trasho
1969-03-14

6.778

Roman Candles
1967-05-10

The Diane Linkletter Story

5.045

The Diane Linkletter Story
1970-04-10

7.556

Divine Waters
1985-01-01

4.75

Soul Ache
1998-08-14

BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends

0

BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
2018-12-11

6.464

Studio 54
2018-06-15

Too Disgusting To Be Confused

0

Too Disgusting To Be Confused
2025-06-26

The Sex of Death e o Homem Invisível

0

The Sex of Death e o Homem Invisível
2012-08-27

Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’

0

Crime and Beauty: Making ‘Female Trouble’
2018-06-26

Starz Inside: In the Gutter

4.5

Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008-07-29

Tales from the Darkside

7.2

Tales from the Darkside
1984-09-30

Cachitos de hierro y cromo

7.7

Cachitos de hierro y cromo
2013-10-27

Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop

0

Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop
2005-10-23

2

Sex 'n' Pop
2004-07-15

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

9

The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988-08-05

Late Night with David Letterman

6.052

Late Night with David Letterman
1982-02-01