Leigh Bowery

Leigh Bowery

Known for

Acting

Born

March 26, 1961

Birthplace

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Died

December 31, 1994 (aged 33)

Biography

Leigh Bowery was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, and fashion designer. Bowery was known for his flamboyant and outlandish costumes and makeup as well as his performances. Based in London for much of his adult life, he was a significant model and muse for the English painter Lucian Freud.

Best known work

Queerama
Queerama
2017
Wigstock: The Movie
Wigstock: The Movie
1995
The British Guide to Showing Off
The British Guide to Showing Off
2011
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
2002
Read Only Memory
Read Only Memory
1998
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
1991
Hail the New Puritan
Hail the New Puritan
1986
Degrees of Blindness
Degrees of Blindness
1988
Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
1999
Kinky Gerlinky
Kinky Gerlinky
2003

Filmography

  1. 2017

    Queerama

    as (archive footage)

  2. 2011

    The British Guide to Showing Off

    as Self (archive footage)

  3. 2003

    Kinky Gerlinky

    as Self

  4. 2002

    The Legend of Leigh Bowery

    as Self (archive footage)

  5. 1999

    Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

  6. 1998

    What's Your Reaction to the Show?

  7. 1998

    Read Only Memory

  8. 1995

    Wigstock: The Movie

    as Self

  9. 1991

    The Ghosts of Oxford Street

    as King George

  10. 1989

    Because We Must

  11. 1988

    Mirror

  12. 1988

    Degrees of Blindness

  13. 1988

    Mirror

    as Self, Director

  14. 1986

    Hail the New Puritan

    Production Design

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