He was often associated with independent filmmaker John Waters and starred in ten of Waters's films, usually in a leading role. Even so, he considered himself to be a character actor and performed male roles in a number of his later films.
Described by People magazine as the 'Drag Queen of the Century', Divine often performed female roles in both cinema and theater and also appeared in women's clothing in musical performances.
Divine (19 October 1945 – 7 March 1988), né Harris Glenn Milstead, was an American actor, singer and drag queen.
