Divine
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-10-19 (43 years old)
Deathday
1988-03-07
Place of Birth
Towson, Maryland, USA
Also known As
Harris Glenn Milstead
Divine
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 ...
Acting
1972
as Divine / Babs Johnson
1988
as Det. Langella
1985
as Hilly Blue
1974
as Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
1981
as Francine Fishpaw
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1990
as Flash Storm (archive footage)
1985
as Rosie Velez
2015
as Self (archive footage)
2000
as Self
2007
as Self (archive footage)
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as Self
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1980
as Self - Guest of Honour
2016
as Self (archive footage)
1987
1987
1987
2011
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson (archive footage)
2002
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Edna Turnblad (archive footage)
2016
as Self
2010
as Self
1976
as Self
1992
as Self (archive footage)
1999
as Self (archive footage)
1988
as Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile
1970
as Lady Divine
1968
as Jacqueline Kennedy
1969
as Divine / Greaser in Alley
1967
as Party Guest / Man with Scarf
1970
as Diane Linkletter
1985
as Self
1998
as Actriz cantante (Singer actress)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1970
as Writer
1994
as Writer
1988
as In Memory Of
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