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  Glen Milstead Divine
Divine was born Harris Glen Milstead on October 19, 1945 in Towson, Maryland.
Harris Glen Milstead Died on March 7th,1988 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 42 of complication of sleep apnea.
The fabulous drag queen DIVINE is buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Towson, Maryland., which was accompanied with a funeral procession that stopped traffic.
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  Divine (Glen Milstead) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Towson, Maryland to Bernard and Diana Frances Milstead, at the age of 12 the family moved to Lutherville, a suburb of Baltimore.
Milstead starred in a number of films and was part of the regular cast known as the Dreamlanders.
In 1988, Milstead was chosen to portray the dual character of Peggy Bundy's Mother and her Uncle Otto on the new FOX prime-time series Married With Children.
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 glbtq >> arts >> Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
His parents, Bernard and Diana Francis Milstead, were generous and indulgent, perhaps because Harris was picked on at school for being plump and effeminate.
Waters, who became a neighborhood friend in Baltimore, was responsible both for creating Milstead's stage name, supposedly a religious reference, and for crafting a host of outrageous roles for him.
However, in a sad twist of fate, Milstead, because of an enlarged heart, died in his sleep on March 7, 1988, soon after the film's opening.
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 Biography for Divine (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Originally born Harris Glen Milstead just after the end of WWII, Baltimore's most outrageous resident eventually became the international icon of bad taste cinema, as the always shocking and highly entertaining transvestite performer, Divine.
Milstead met maverick film director & good friend, John Waters, at high school in Baltimore, and the two combined to star in and direct several ultra low budget, taboo breaking cult films of the early 1970s.
Milstead's health deteriorated due to to his obese frame, and he passed away in his sleep from a combination of heart attack and apnea in 1988.
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Harris Glen Milstead) Baltimore-born Milstead was a fat and effeminate as a boy, which of course made him a target for abuse as school.
Milstead met maverick film director and good friend John Waters at high school.
Milstead considered himself a character actor and wanted out of being stereotyped as a drag act and departed Waters’ company for a few years.
www.theoinquirer.com /divine.htm   (470 words)

  
 Milstead A 999 Network Site - Milstead, England, United Kingdom Search: Milstead Last Milstead Glenn Mil
The company, Milstead and Associates, in overseeing work done throughout the district using voter-approved bond funds Also, the district will pay Milstead another $31 080 for work the.
She was the daughter of Walter ODD and Laura Mary WHYMAN (previously Milstead).
Apartment For Rent in Kennesaw, GA. George Milstead batting, fielding and pitching major league baseball lifetime statistics for each season and his career, and a list of any post-season awards he has won and his rank on various season.
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 Men in Drag! quiz -- free game
Which of these actors was NOT a member of the three man drag team in the film 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'?
What was the screen name of the transvestite actor Harris Glen Milstead, who appeared in a number of John Waters' more famous movies, including 'Hairspray' and 'Pink Flamingos'?
One of the all-time greatest cross-dressing performances was put on by Dustin Hoffman in 1982's 'Tootsie'.
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 Divine (Glen Milstead) - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Divine (Glen Milstead) - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 - March 7, 1988) was better known by his drag persona Divine.
Divine starred in a number of films, and was particularly well known as being part of the regular crew known as the Dreamlanders that appeared in many of John Waters' earlier works such as Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Polyester and Hairspray.
www.music.us /education/D/Divine-(Glen-Milstead).htm   (401 words)

  
 HNN - HuntingtonNews.Net
She was also friendly with and was married briefly to Laurence Harvey, the A-list British actor who starred in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Butterfield 8,” and “Room at the Top.” Harvey comes across as a bit of a rotter in Hunter’s telling — living in real time the character he played in the latter two movies.
He made movies in Europe, including several “spaghetti westerns,” and became a star to a new generation with roles in movies by Baltimore indie director John Waters: “Lust in the Dust” and “Polyester”, both co-starring transvestite actor Divine (born Harris Glen Milstead), a high school classmate of Waters.
In the 1970s and 1980s he was a frequent guest star on TV shows like “CHiPs” and “McMillan and Wife”; he was also a regular on the dinner theater circuit throughout the nation.
www.huntingtonnews.net /columns/051108-kinchen-tabhunter.html   (837 words)

  
 Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services Pollution Control   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Felcor Airport Utilities, L.L.C. Attn: Tim Milstead Eng.
Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 51
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www.hd.co.harris.tx.us /pcd/ViolationNotices/1996HCPCDVNs.htm   (1577 words)

  
 1975 Chronicle
Divine, born Harris Glen Milstead in Baltimore in 1945, has fulfilled the dream of every drag queen by becoming a genuine movie star.
Avoriaz, 26 January: At the closing ceremony of the third International Fantasy Film Festival, the main prize was awarded to the musical horror film, Phantom of the Paradise, a satirical rock opera from director Brian De Palma.
She found the screenplay and reworked it, chose the cast and director and sold it to Warners for 10 percent of the profits.
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 NPR : Divine, the late leading lady of John Waters' films
Fresh Air from WHYY, August 9, 2002 · Divine, the late leading lady of John Waters' films.
Born Harris Glen Milstead, the 300-pound transvestite passed away in March of 1988, shortly after starring in John Waters' first big budget studio film, Hairspray.
Divine was an integral part of Waters' ensemble cast, appearing in all his earlier films except Desperate Living.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148034   (209 words)

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