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

05/05/2004

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1hr 35min

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Documentary

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.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Jackie Curtis
  • Paul Ambrose
  • Michael André
  • Penny Arcade
  • David Bowie

    Director

  • Craig Highberger

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Highberger Media Inc.

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Jackie Curtis

Self (archive footage)

Paul Ambrose

Self

Michael André

Self

Penny Arcade

Self

David Bowie

Self (archive footage)

Joe Dallesandro

Self

Candy Darling

Self (archive footage)

Taylor Mead

Self

Sylvia Miles

Self

Lily Tomlin

Self

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