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Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

He was a celebrated playwright and poet. A pioneer in 1960's experimental film and theater. A Warhol superstar. He lived, and performed... sometimes as a man, sometimes as a woman.

3.5 average rating
3.5
English / 95 MIN. / 2004

The Genres

The Synopsis

Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her work and her influence, along with clips from Curtis’s Warhol films as well as never-before-seen footage from her stage shows.

The Cast

Jackie CurtisPaul AmbroseMichael AndréPenny ArcadeDavid BowieJoe DallesandroCandy DarlingTaylor MeadSylvia MilesPaul MorrisseyLily TomlinHolly WoodlawnHarvey Fierstein

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