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Divine

American actor, singer and drag queen (1945–1988)

PersonDied aged 42humanQ357786

Born: October 19, 1945
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: March 7, 1988
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Baltimore
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-14
2.“Divine, Transvestite Film Actor, Found Dead in Hollywood at 42”nytimes.com/1988/03/08/obituaries/divine-transvestite-film-actor-found-dead-in-hollywood-at-42.htmlRetrieved 2021-10-26
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Place of death: Los Angeles
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-31
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: film actor
, singer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, actor
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Education: Towson High School
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Overview

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Harris Glenn Milstead, better known by the stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer and drag queen. Closely associated with 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.

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Appears in

14 linked to Divine in Wikidata

Wrote

1 linked to Divine in Wikidata

TThe Diane Linkletter Story1970 · 1970 film by John Waters

Performed

13 linked to Divine in Wikidata

Created

1 linked to Divine in Wikidata

TThe Best of Divine1991 · 1991 compilation album by Divine

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123 statements · 22% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Genre: pop music
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Given name: Harris
Glenn
Family name: Milstead
Place of burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery
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1.Stated in Find a Grave
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Baltimore
Residence: Los Angeles
Website: divineofficial.com language: English
Cause of death: heart failure
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-12
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Unmarried partner: Leo Ford
Different from: Divine criterion used: nickname, stage name or pseudonym not unique
Label: Situation Two
Bellaphon
Instrument: voice
Nominations: Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male(1989) for work: Hairspray
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1.“Film Independent Spirit Awards (1989)”imdb.com/event/ev0000349/1989/1Retrieved 2021-10-26
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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor(1986) statement is subject of: 6th Golden Raspberry Awards · for work: Lust in the Dust
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1.razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=26Retrieved 2019-11-25
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Start of work period: 1966
Social media followers: 12,254(February 3, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 336333652
10,785(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 336333652
9,499(January 7, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 336333652
Discography: Divine discography
Pseudonym: Divine script: Latin script
Birth name: Harris Glenn Milstead
Native language: English
Writing language: English
End of work period: 1988
Manner of death: natural causes
Name in native language: Divine

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