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

May 5, 2004
1h 35m
★ 3.5

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.

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Highberger Media Inc.

Cast

Jackie Curtis

Self (archive footage)

Jackie Curtis

No Image

Self

Paul Ambrose

No Image

Self

Michael André

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Self

Penny Arcade

David Bowie

Self (archive footage)

David Bowie

Joe Dallesandro

Self

Joe Dallesandro

Candy Darling

Self (archive footage)

Candy Darling

Taylor Mead

Self

Taylor Mead

Sylvia Miles

Self

Sylvia Miles

Paul Morrissey

Self

Paul Morrissey

Lily Tomlin

Self

Lily Tomlin

Holly Woodlawn

Self

Holly Woodlawn

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