Superstar in a Housedress
- Director: Craig Highberger
- Writer: Craig Highberger
- Producer: Craig Highberger; Andrew La Barbera
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'Jackie Curtis is not a drag queen. Jackie is an artist. A pioneer without a frontier.' -- Andy Warhol. Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright, performer, and one of the great personalities of his time. Jackie both lived and performed sometimes as a man, sometimes as a woman - and died tragically of a drug overdose under bizarre circumstances when he was only 38. The film features on-camera interviews with actor Harvey Fierstein who played Jackie's mother in 'Americka Cleopatra' when he was 18, Ellen Stewart, founder of LaMama Experimental Theater Club, John Vaccaro, founder of the Playhouse of the Ridiculous, Paul Morrissey, Director of the Andy Warhol films, and surviving superstars Holly Woodlawn and Joe Dallesandro, plus 24 other friends and colleagues of Jackie's.
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Cast & Characters
Paul Ambrose as Himself;
Michael Andre as Himself;
Penny Arcade as Herself;
Michael Arian as Himself;
Gretchen Berg as Herself;
David Bowie as Himself;
Styles Caldwell as Himself;
Leee Black Childers as Himself;
Jackie Curtis as Herself;
Joe Dallesandro as Himself;
Candy Darling as Himself;
Laura de Coppet as Herself;
Alexis Del Lago as Herself;
Harvey Fierstein as Himself;
Joe Franklin as Himself