Charles Busch
Nacimiento : 1954-08-23,
Historia
Charles Louis Busch (born August 23, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and female impersonator, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He wrote and starred in his early plays Off-off-Broadway beginning in 1978, generally in drag roles, and also acted in the works of other playwrights. He also wrote for television and began to act in films and on television in the late 1990s. His best known play is The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (2000), which was a success on Broadway.
Jimmy
When the death of a close friend unearths the long-thought lost final reel of a classic Tod Browning horror film, Jimmy and his cohorts each concoct underhanded schemes involving false romances, drag personas….and maybe vampires?…to cash in on a big sale of the film. But can the urge to bring the moviegoing community together with this lost classic prevail over the desire to get rich quick?
Screenplay
When the death of a close friend unearths the long-thought lost final reel of a classic Tod Browning horror film, Jimmy and his cohorts each concoct underhanded schemes involving false romances, drag personas….and maybe vampires?…to cash in on a big sale of the film. But can the urge to bring the moviegoing community together with this lost classic prevail over the desire to get rich quick?
Director
When the death of a close friend unearths the long-thought lost final reel of a classic Tod Browning horror film, Jimmy and his cohorts each concoct underhanded schemes involving false romances, drag personas….and maybe vampires?…to cash in on a big sale of the film. But can the urge to bring the moviegoing community together with this lost classic prevail over the desire to get rich quick?
Lily Dare
Played against the gaudy tapestry of turn of the century California’s notorious Barbary Coast, The Confession of Lily Dare tells the story of one woman’s tumultuous passage from convent girl to glittering cabaret chanteuse to infamous madame of a string of brothels. Behind her every move lies her greatest secret, her undying devotion to the child she was forced to abandon.
Writer
Played against the gaudy tapestry of turn of the century California’s notorious Barbary Coast, The Confession of Lily Dare tells the story of one woman’s tumultuous passage from convent girl to glittering cabaret chanteuse to infamous madame of a string of brothels. Behind her every move lies her greatest secret, her undying devotion to the child she was forced to abandon.
Self
'The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin' homenajea a uno de los narradores más alabados del mundo, siguiendo su evolución desde sus orígenes conservadores hasta su lucha por los derechos de los homosexuales.
Self
An overview of the iconic actresses' legendary careers, as well as the rivalry that colored "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
Writer
Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil. Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast as a mentor to Gil in having to prepare the sensitive boy for life with his cousins in Florida after his grandmother's death.
Director
Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil. Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast as a mentor to Gil in having to prepare the sensitive boy for life with his cousins in Florida after his grandmother's death.
Jan
Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil. Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast as a mentor to Gil in having to prepare the sensitive boy for life with his cousins in Florida after his grandmother's death.
Leading Lady
Tender and upbeat, THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH is the affectionate and entertaining tribute to actor, writer, drag performer, and glamorous leading lady Charles Busch.
Self
A short documentary about the Bette Davis film, The Star from 1952.
Photoplay and Direction by Charles Busch
Writer
Photoplay and Direction by Charles Busch
Director
Photoplay and Direction by Charles Busch
Writer
Angela Arden is washed up, has-been singing star who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. In an attempt to escape her marriage so that she can be with a hunky layabout, she poisons her husband. However, Angela's manipulative daughter, gay son and alcoholic maid are not going to make it easy for her.
Angela / Barbara Arden
Angela Arden is washed up, has-been singing star who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. In an attempt to escape her marriage so that she can be with a hunky layabout, she poisons her husband. However, Angela's manipulative daughter, gay son and alcoholic maid are not going to make it easy for her.
Self
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their association with her, and numerous film clips show off her talent from her start in silents to bad science fiction/horror movies at the end of her career.
Himself
A collection of interviews recorded for the making of the 1995 documentary "The Celluloid Closet," on the subject of LGBT representation in film history.
Screenplay
Una adolescente con un labio leporino, un chaval con soriasis, un joven con un solo testículo... En las playas de Malibú de los años 60 un asesino está acabando con los chicos y chicas que tienen algún rasgo que los hace diferentes a los demás. “Yogurcito” es una aspirante a surfista con múltiples personalidades que se convierte en la principal sospechosa. ¿Puede ser ella la homicida sin saberlo? ¿Será su madre con su aversión por los hombres la que está detrás de los crímenes? ¿O quizás alguno de los surfistas?
Theatre Play
Una adolescente con un labio leporino, un chaval con soriasis, un joven con un solo testículo... En las playas de Malibú de los años 60 un asesino está acabando con los chicos y chicas que tienen algún rasgo que los hace diferentes a los demás. “Yogurcito” es una aspirante a surfista con múltiples personalidades que se convierte en la principal sospechosa. ¿Puede ser ella la homicida sin saberlo? ¿Será su madre con su aversión por los hombres la que está detrás de los crímenes? ¿O quizás alguno de los surfistas?
Captain Monica Stark
Una adolescente con un labio leporino, un chaval con soriasis, un joven con un solo testículo... En las playas de Malibú de los años 60 un asesino está acabando con los chicos y chicas que tienen algún rasgo que los hace diferentes a los demás. “Yogurcito” es una aspirante a surfista con múltiples personalidades que se convierte en la principal sospechosa. ¿Puede ser ella la homicida sin saberlo? ¿Será su madre con su aversión por los hombres la que está detrás de los crímenes? ¿O quizás alguno de los surfistas?
Himself
A film that revels in the sheer delightful fabulousness of drag! A joyful look into the lives of some of the most famous drag queens of today: Varla Jean Merman, Candis Cayne, Lady Bunny and Lypsinka. These frocked out femmes of fashion light up the screen!
Ms. Ellen
Jeff Steward, a psychologist, takes good care of his patients mostly living in the same apartment. One day a piece of the bathroom ceiling collapses so he can watch the woman living in the upper apartment taking a bath. This causes total disorder of his normal life and he starts mixing the patients' psychoses up with his own.
Documentary about the creation of the iconic Broadway show
Timothy
Charlie Lang es un buen policía que está casado con Muriel, una mujer muy ambiciosa que sólo sueña con tener mucho dinero y abandonar el humilde barrio de Queens. Un día entra con su compañero Bo en una pequeña cafetería y, como no tiene dinero para dejar propina, le hace a la camarera Yvonne una promesa: si gana en el próximo sorteo de la loto, compartirá el premio con ella. Inesperadamente, el billete resulta premiado con cuatro millones de dólares. Para desesperación de Muriel, Charlie mantiene su promesa y entrega la mitad a Yvonne. La prensa y la televisión se harán eco inmediatamente del insólito caso. (FILMAFFINITY)
Countess Cousin Aphasia du Berry
Fue amor al primer susto cuando Gomez y Morticia acogieron a un nuevo miembro en el grupo familiar -Pubert, su delicado, blandito y bigotudo niño. Fue entonces cuando Fétido se enamoró de la voluptuosa niñera. Pero tras algunas investigaciones, Miércoles y Pugsley descubren que la inocente niñera es en realidad una viuda negra asesina que planea añadir a Fétido a su colección de maridos muertos.
