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This is a list of drag queens, sometimes known as female impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists. Rock M. Sakura Trixie Mattel Francis Leon Miss Shangay Lily John Epperson RuPaul Pabllo Vittar Zsa Zsa Shakespeer (1976)
Kim Christy (born 1950) was a female impersonator of the 1960s and 1970s, magazine editor and publisher, [1] book author, [2] screenwriter, [3] adult film producer, [4] and first genderfluid person to be inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.
Articles relating to female impersonators, male theatrical performers dressed in women's clothing for the sole purpose of entertaining an audience
She attended over one hundred performances at the Jewel Box Lounge, and interacted extensively with the female impersonators there. [3] Her doctoral dissertation was published and later collected into the 1972 book, Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America. [3] Mother Camp was the first book-length ethnography focusing on a gay community. [4]
Amber Marie Williams (November 17, 1957 – May 12, 1996), [1] [2] better known by the stage name Amber Richards, was an American transgender female impersonator, performer, and television personality. [3]
Bailey as comic actress Phyllis Diller. Bailey was born on January 10, 1938, in Philadelphia to Sara and Claude Bailey. He had one brother, Claude. As a teenager he studied opera at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, and was on the television program The Children's Hour for almost a year, where he performed by acting, singing and dancing.
Gov. Ron DeSantis filed a complaint last month against R House over its drag shows, citing a 1947 state Supreme Court case that shut down the Ha Ha Club.
Other vaudeville female impersonators included Gilbert Sarony as his female character Giddy Gusher, Neil Burgess as the Widow Bedotte, and the Russell Brothers who portrayed Irish maids. [16] In New York City, famous female impersonator Julian Eltinge found success, and he eventually made his way to the Broadway stage performing as a woman. [15]