Leigh Bowery
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2017
Queerama as (archive footage)
2011The British Guide to Showing Off as Self (archive footage)
2003Kinky Gerlinky as Self
2002The Legend of Leigh Bowery as Self (archive footage)
1999Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
1998Read Only Memory
1998What's Your Reaction to the Show?
1995Wigstock: The Movie as Self
1991The Ghosts of Oxford Street as King George
1989Because We Must
1988Degrees of Blindness
1986Hail the New Puritan