Bette Bourne

Nacimiento : 1939-09-22, England, UK

Películas

Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Porter
When three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to occupy the throne of Scotland, he and his wife choose to become the instruments of their fate and to kill the first man standing in their path, the virtuous King Duncan. But to maintain his position, Macbeth must keep on killing – first Banquo, his old comrade-in-arms; then, as the atmosphere of guilt and paranoia thickens, anyone who seems to threaten his tyrant’s crown.
Bette Bourne: It Goes with the Shoes
himself
An encounter with an unforgettable legend: Bette Bourne, reveals his varied life through a series of interviews, partly based on a theatre collaboration between Bourne and Ravenhill. This is a richly enjoyable exploration of the life of a born performer with some great archive footage and rare photographs. A highly successful career on the London stage was put on hold when Bette discovered gay liberation. But out of a gay drag commune in Notting Hill, Bette fashioned a glorious theatre troupe Bloolips, bringing together a unique blend of costume, camp and musical theatre leavened with sexual politics. The film offers an insight into a passionate and gifted actor who has made a great contribution to gay life, art and politics.
Chéri
Baronne
A principios del siglo XX, París es el centro del mundo. Los artistas, la moda, el teatro, la música… y las cortesanas, esas mujeres tan bellas y experimentadas en el arte del amor que llegan a ser mantenidas por los hombres poderosos de la época. Léa de Lonval es una cortesana que ha conseguido llevar una vida agradable y ya no ejerce como tal. Una mañana va a almorzar con su antigua compañera Madame Peloux, que está acompañada por un joven que resulta ser su hijo, Chéri, como ella le llama. Madame Peloux tiene grandes proyectos para él, pero Chéri debe convertirse primero en un hombre.
The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp
Herself
Quentin Crisp was a writer, raconteur, social rebel, and "professional being". He was nearly 91 when he died of heart failure in 1999, and his death powerfully affected those who loved him. In this portrait, Tim Fountain (Crisp's biographer, and author of the play RESIDENT ALIEN) interviews friends and family of Crisp, to learn something of the significance of his death, and the "enigma of his life".
Meeting Mr. Crisp
Self
March 1999. Tim Fountain and Bette Bourne meet Quentin Crisp in his famously filthy New York apartment for one of his very last interviews before his sudden death in England a few months later during Tim and Bette's production of Resident Alien, a play based on Quentin's life and writing at the Bush Theatre, London.
A Little Bit of Lippy
Venus Lamour
Kenneth Cranham and Rachel Davies star as the parents of 19-year-old Marian Fairley, who finds a pair of women's knickers in her husband's laundry. Outraged to think he is havingan affair, she takes the TV, the microwave and the baby, and moves in with her parents down the road. But an even bigger shock awaits her.
Caught Looking
Narrator (voice)
Caught Looking sees a lonely gay man attempt to explore his sexual fantasies with the help of an interactive computer game, guiding his virtual reality persona through a series of potential encounters (naval rough trade, a moustachioed 'clone', a 50s muscle man) while offering wry commentary on the shifting landscape of queer cruising. But is it love he’s really looking for?
Edward II
Edmund of Kent
The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.