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Superstar in a Housedress (2004)

95 min | Documentary, Biography

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"Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. Jackie is an artist. A pioneer without a frontier." -- Andy Warhol. Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright, ...See more"Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. Jackie is an artist. A pioneer without a frontier." -- Andy Warhol. Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright, performer, and one of the great personalities of his time. Jackie both lived and performed sometimes as a man, sometimes as a woman - and died tragically of a drug overdose under bizarre circumstances when he was only 38. The film features on-camera interviews with actor Harvey Fierstein who played Jackie's mother in "Americka Cleopatra" when he was 18, Ellen Stewart, founder of LaMama Experimental Theater Club, John Vaccaro, founder of the Playhouse of the Ridiculous, Paul Morrissey, Director of the Andy Warhol films, and surviving superstars Holly Woodlawn and Joe Dallesandro, plus 24 other friends and colleagues of Jackie's. The film includes never-before-seen video and film clips of Jackie performing in stage plays including "Femme Fatale," "Glamour, Glory and Gold," and "Vain Victory: The Vicissitudes of the Damned." and cabarets. The music of jazz musician and composer Paul Serrato is featured, as is the photography of Jack Mitchell who took more photographs of Curtis and the Warhol crowd than any other professional. Interviews with media personalities, writers and editors put the work and life of Jackie Curtis in historical perspective. Narrated by Lily Tomlin. Written by Craig Highberger See less

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34 cast members

Name	STARmeter	Known for
Paul Ambrose Self Self See fewer	Members only	Population: 1 (1986)
Michael André Self Self See fewer	Members only	Caché (2005)
Penny Arcade Self Self See fewer	Members only	Women in Revolt (1971)
Michael Arian Self Self See fewer	Members only	Superstar in a Housedress (2004)
Gretchen Berg Self Self See fewer	Members only	Superstar in a Housedress (2004)
David Bowie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Top 5000	Labyrinth (1986)
Styles Caldwell Self Self See fewer	Members only	Wanda Nevada (1979)
Leee Black Childers Self Self See fewer	Members only	Sid: The Final Curtain
Jackie Curtis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Members only	Women in Revolt (1971)
Joe Dallesandro Self Self See fewer	Members only	The Limey (1999)
Candy Darling Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Members only	Women in Revolt (1971)
Laura de Coppet Self Self See fewer	Members only	Superstar in a Housedress (2004)
Alexis Del Lago Self Self See fewer	Members only	Take Off (1978)
Harvey Fierstein Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Joe Franklin Self Self See fewer	Members only	Ghostbusters (1984)
Robert Heide Self Self See fewer	Members only	Beautiful Darling (2010)
Don Herron Self Self See fewer	Members only	Superstar in a Housedress (2004)
Timothy Holder Self (as Rev. Timothy Holder) Self (as Rev. Timothy Holder) See fewer	Members only	Superstar in a Housedress (2004)
Madeleine Le Roux Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Members only	Cry Uncle (1971)
Agosto Machado Self Self See fewer	Members only	Keep the Lights On (2012)
Sasha McCaffrey Self Self See fewer	Members only	Pay It No Mind: Marsha P. Johnson (2012)
Taylor Mead Self Self See fewer	Members only	Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
Sylvia Miles Self Self See fewer	Members only	Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Jack Mitchell Self Self See fewer	Members only	Jack Mitchell: My Life Is Black and White (2006)
Paul Morrissey Self Self See fewer	Members only	Mixed Blood (1984)
Michael Musto Self Self See fewer	Members only	Vamp Bikers (2013)
Joey Preston Self Self See fewer	Members only	Superstar in a Housedress (2004)
Rose Royalle Self Self See fewer	Members only	Charmed Life (2006)
Paul Serrato Self Self See fewer	Members only	There Is No 13 (1974)
Ellen Stewart Self Self See fewer	Members only	Mama's Pushcart: Ellen Stewart and 25 Years of La MaMa E.T.C. (1988)
Lily Tomlin Self Self See fewer	Top 5000	Nashville (1975)
John Vaccaro Self Self See fewer	Members only	No President (1967)
Steven Watson Self Self See fewer	Members only	Superstar in a Housedress (2004)
Holly Woodlawn Self Self See fewer	Members only	Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972)