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