Divine
Birthday: 19 October 1945, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Birth Name: Harris Glen Milstead
Height: 188 cm
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 high ...Show More
"Divine" and "Glenn Milstead" are both just names. Glenn is the name I was brought up with, Divine i Show more
"Divine" and "Glenn Milstead" are both just names. Glenn is the name I was brought up with, Divine is the name I've been using for the past 23 years. I guess it's always Glenn and it's always Divine. Do you mean the character Divine or the person Divine? You see, it gets very complicated. There's the Divine you're talking to now and there's the character Divine, which is just something I do to make a living. She doesn't really exist at all. Hide
"All my life I wanted to look like Elizabeth Taylor. Now Elizabeth Taylor looks like me".
"All my life I wanted to look like Elizabeth Taylor. Now Elizabeth Taylor looks like me".
[on Pink Flamingos (1972)'s infamous final scene]: I followed that dog around for three hours just z Show more
[on Pink Flamingos (1972)'s infamous final scene]: I followed that dog around for three hours just zooming in on its asshole. Hide
[on Pink Flamingos (1972)'s infamous final scene, in which he consumes dog feces]: [People think tha Show more
[on Pink Flamingos (1972)'s infamous final scene, in which he consumes dog feces]: [People think that I] run around doing it all the time. I've received boxes of dog shit - plastic dog shit. I have gone to parties where people just sit around and talk about dog shit because they think it's what I want to talk about. Hide
My favorite part of dressing in drag is getting out of it. Drag is my work clothes. I only put it on Show more
My favorite part of dressing in drag is getting out of it. Drag is my work clothes. I only put it on when someone pays me to. Hide
[1973] Divine. That's my name. It's the name John [John Waters] gave me. I like it. That's what ever Show more
[1973] Divine. That's my name. It's the name John [John Waters] gave me. I like it. That's what everybody calls me now, even my close friends. Not many of them call me Glenn at all anymore, which I don't mind. They can call me whatever they want. They call me fatso, and they call me asshole, and I don't care. You always change your name when you're in the show business. Divine has stuck as my name. Did you ever look it up in the dictionary? I won't even go into it. It's unbelievable. Hide
Of course the last thing my parents wanted was a son who wears a cocktail dress that glitters, but t Show more
Of course the last thing my parents wanted was a son who wears a cocktail dress that glitters, but they've come around to it. Hide
"He's one of my finest leading ladies" - Tab Hunter [who co-starred with Divine in Polyester (1981)] Show more
"He's one of my finest leading ladies" - Tab Hunter [who co-starred with Divine in Polyester (1981)]. Hide
I think I've always been respectable. What I do onstage is not what I do in my private life... It's Show more
I think I've always been respectable. What I do onstage is not what I do in my private life... It's an act... It's how I make my living. People laugh, and it's not hurting anyone. Hide
People who used to make fun are now fans. I had the last laugh.
People who used to make fun are now fans. I had the last laugh.
Divine's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (17)
Divine'S roles
Edna Turnblad
