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Divine

1945 - 1988

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Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), 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. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a conservative middle-class family, Milstead developed an early interest in drag while working as a women's hairdresser. By the mid-1960s he had embraced the city's countercultural scene and befriended Waters, who gave him the name "Divine" and the tagline of "the most beautiful woman in the world, almost". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Divine is the 261st most popular actor (up from 1,940th in 2019), the 585th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,196th in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Divine ranks 261 out of 13,578. Before him are Rock Hudson, Nǃxau ǂToma, Isabelle Huppert, Monica Vitti, Timothy Dalton, and Viggo Mortensen. After him are David Suchet, Julianne Moore, Marcel Marceau, Liza Minnelli, Lon Chaney, and Christopher Reeve.

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Among people born in 1945, Divine ranks 42. Before him are Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Moshe Katsav, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Dusty Rhodes, and Mircea Lucescu. After him are Anselm Kiefer, Mia Farrow, Adly Mansour, Goldie Hawn, Dési Bouterse, and James Avery. Among people deceased in 1988, Divine ranks 14. Before him are Bacha Khan, Ernst Ruska, Valery Legasov, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, and André Frédéric Cournand. After him are Robert A. Heinlein, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Chiang Ching-kuo, Tibor Sekelj, Juan Pujol García, and Trevor Howard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Divine ranks 585 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian De Palma (1940), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Charlie Parker (1920), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Melvin Calvin (1911), and Tim Walz (1964). After him are Chester A. Arthur (1829), William P. Murphy (1892), Jack LaLanne (1914), Mike Tyson (1966), Julianne Moore (1960), and Yehudi Menuhin (1916).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Divine ranks 137. Before him are Shirley Temple (1928), Jodie Foster (1962), Jeff Bridges (1949), Lauren Bacall (1924), Rock Hudson (1925), and Viggo Mortensen (1958). After him are Julianne Moore (1960), Liza Minnelli (1946), Lon Chaney (1883), Christopher Reeve (1952), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), and Ed Harris (1950).

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