Divine
Birthday
1945/10/19
Day of death
1988/03/07 (42 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Towson, Maryland, USA
Also know as
Harris Glenn Milstead
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...Read more
Acting
(1972) Pink Flamingos
as Divine / Babs Johnson
(1988) Out of the Dark
as Det. Langella
(1985) Trouble in Mind
as Hilly Blue
(1974) Female Trouble
as Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
(1981) Polyester
as Francine Fishpaw
(2000) Divine: Shoot Your Shot & Live at the Hacienda
as Self (archive footage)
(1990) The Neon Woman
as Flash Storm (archive footage)
(1985) Lust in the Dust
as Rosie Velez
(2015) Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive footage)
(2000) Divine Trash
as Self
(2007) DIVINE R.I.P.
as Self (archive footage)
My Life with the Waters
as Self
(2013) I Am Divine
as Self (archive footage)
(1980) The Alternative Miss World
as Self - Guest of Honour
(1987) Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
as Self
(1987) Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
as Self
(1987) Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
as Self
(2016) Discolocos
as Self (archive footage)
(2011) The British Guide to Showing Off
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Howard
as Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson (archive footage)
(2002) The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
(2020) Disclosure
as Edna Turnblad (archive footage)
(2016) Night Flight: Born Again
as Self
(2010) Uncle Bob
as Self
(1976) Underground and Emigrants
as Self
(1979) Tally Brown, New York
as ---
(1994) Divine: Live at the Hacienda
as ---
(1995) Divine: Shoot Your Shot
as ---
(1992) Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) In Bad Taste
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) Hairspray
as Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile
(1970) Multiple Maniacs
as Lady Divine
(1967) Roman Candles
as Party Guest / Man with Scarf
(1968) Eat Your Makeup
as Jacqueline Kennedy
(1969) Mondo Trasho
as Divine / Greaser in Alley
(1970) The Diane Linkletter Story
as Diane Linkletter
(1985) Divine Waters
as Self
(1998) Soul Ache
as Actriz cantante (Singer actress)
(2018) BEAT. Contour. Snatched. How Drag Queens Shaped the Biggest Makeup Trends
as ---
(2018) Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
(2010) Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) Tales from the Darkside
as ---
(2013) Cachitos de hierro y cromo
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop
as Self
(2004) Sex 'n' Pop
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) The Incredibly Strange Film Show
as Self