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Harris Glenn Milstead, better known by his stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with the independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career.
Birth Name
Harris Glen Milstead
Born
Friday, 19 October 1945
Died
Monday, 07 March 1988
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Studio One Forever | Self, archival | 2023 |
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Self - Actor | 2022 |
| The Andy Warhol Diaries | Self / (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Disclosure | Edna Turnblad / Edna Turnblad (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Howard | Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson / Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Studio 54 | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| I Am Divine | Self / Herself (archive footage) | 2013 |
| The British Guide to Showing Off | Self | 2011 |
| New York Memories | Self | 2010 |
| Uncle Bob | Himself / Self | 2010 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Studio One Forever | Self, archival | 2023 |
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Self - Actor | 2022 |
| The Andy Warhol Diaries | Self / (archive footage) | 2022 |
| Disclosure | Edna Turnblad / Edna Turnblad (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Howard | Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson / Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Studio 54 | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| I Am Divine | Self / Herself (archive footage) | 2013 |
| The British Guide to Showing Off | Self | 2011 |
| New York Memories | Self | 2010 |
| Uncle Bob | Himself / Self | 2010 |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
| Arias with a Twist | Self | 2010 |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | Self | 2009 |
| Starz Inside: In the Gutter | Self | 2008 |
| Here's Looking at You, Boy | Self | 2007 |
| Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema | Self | 2006 |
| Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream | Self | 2005 |
| The Cockettes | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2002 |
| In Bad Taste | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2000 |
| Divine Trash | Self / Himself | 1998 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself (archive footage) | 1996 |
| Out of the Dark | Det. Langella / Langella | 1988 |
| Hairspray | Arvin Hodgepile / Edna Turnblad | 1988 |
| Queen: Magic Years, Volume One - A Visual Anthology | Self | 1987 |
| Trouble in Mind | Hilly Blue | 1985 |
| Lust in the Dust | Rosie Velez | 1985 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Ambassador Chia Fung | 1983 |
| Late Night with David Letterman | Self - Guest | 1982 |
| Polyester | Francine Fishpaw | 1981 |
| The Alternative Miss World | Self - Guest of Honour | 1980 |
| Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed | Self | 1980 |
| Tally Brown, New York | Self | 1979 |
| The South Bank Show | Edna Turnblad (clip from Hairspray (1988)) | 1978 |
| Underground and Emigrants | Self | 1976 |
| Lady Divine | Self | 1975 |
| Female Trouble | Earl Peterson / Dawn Davenport | 1974 |
| Pink Flamingos | Babs Johnson / Divine | 1972 |
| The Diane Linkletter Story | Diane Linkletter | 1970 |
| Multiple Maniacs | Lady Divine | 1970 |
| Mondo Trasho | Greaser in Alley / Divine | 1969 |
| Eat Your Makeup | Jacqueline Kennedy | 1968 |
| Roman Candles | Party Guest / Man with Scarf | 1967 |
| Top of the Pops | Himself - Musical Guest / Himself (credit only) | 1964 |
