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Divine
Acting

Divine
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-10-19,Towson, Maryland, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Divine (19 October 1945 – 7 March 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

6.2

Pink Flamingos
1972-03-17

Out of the Dark

5.5

Out of the Dark
1988-06-02

Trouble in Mind

5.58

Trouble in Mind
1985-12-11

6.9

Female Trouble
1974-10-11

7

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

5.94

Lust in the Dust
1985-03-01

Tab Hunter Confidential

7.281

Tab Hunter Confidential
2015-03-15

7.194

Divine Trash
2000-03-31

0

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

My Life with the Waters

0

My Life with the Waters

7.3

I Am Divine
2014-03-26

The Alternative Miss World

1

The Alternative Miss World
1980-09-18

10

Discolocos
2016-12-31

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3

0

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

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1

9

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

6.779

Howard
2018-04-22

6.5

The Cockettes
2002-01-16

7.805

Disclosure
2020-06-19

Night Flight: Born Again

0

Night Flight: Born Again
2016-04-10

4.333

Uncle Bob
2010-06-26

Tally Brown, New York

5

Tally Brown, New York
1979-05-04

Underground and Emigrants

0

Underground and Emigrants
1976-10-25

Divine: Shoot Your Shot

4

Divine: Shoot Your Shot
1995-01-01

Divine: Live at the Hacienda

6

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

6.8

Hairspray
1988-02-26

Multiple Maniacs

6.3

Multiple Maniacs
1970-04-10

Eat Your Makeup

7.1

Eat Your Makeup
1968-02-23

5.083

Mondo Trasho
1969-03-14

6.4

Roman Candles
1967-05-10

The Diane Linkletter Story

5

The Diane Linkletter Story
1970-04-10

7.2

Divine Waters
1985-01-01

3

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

6.4

Studio 54
2018-06-15

Too Disgusting To Be Confused

0

Too Disgusting To Be Confused
2025-06-26

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

10

The Incredibly Strange Film Show
1988-08-05