Charles Busch
출생 : 1954-08-23,
약력
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 celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to reclaim their lives.
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
미국의 60년대는 엄청난 격동의 시기였다. 60년대 중반부터 본격화된 흑인 민권운동과 베트남 반전운동은 미국이란 존재 자체에 대한 문제제기를 포함하고 있었다. 이런 격동의 미국 60년대가 다가오기 전, 50년대 중반 엘비스 프레슬리에 의해 락큰롤이란 음악이 정립되어 젊은이들을 열광시키고 있던, 즐겁고 좋았던 시절에 정서적인 배경과 근원을 두고 있다. 머릿기름을 발라 빗어넘긴 짧은 머리의 젊은이들, 촌스러운 비키니 수영복과 나비 선글라스, 데이트를 위해 드라이브 인 극장으로 몰려 가는 십대들의 코믹한 이야기.
Theatre Play
미국의 60년대는 엄청난 격동의 시기였다. 60년대 중반부터 본격화된 흑인 민권운동과 베트남 반전운동은 미국이란 존재 자체에 대한 문제제기를 포함하고 있었다. 이런 격동의 미국 60년대가 다가오기 전, 50년대 중반 엘비스 프레슬리에 의해 락큰롤이란 음악이 정립되어 젊은이들을 열광시키고 있던, 즐겁고 좋았던 시절에 정서적인 배경과 근원을 두고 있다. 머릿기름을 발라 빗어넘긴 짧은 머리의 젊은이들, 촌스러운 비키니 수영복과 나비 선글라스, 데이트를 위해 드라이브 인 극장으로 몰려 가는 십대들의 코믹한 이야기.
Captain Monica Stark
미국의 60년대는 엄청난 격동의 시기였다. 60년대 중반부터 본격화된 흑인 민권운동과 베트남 반전운동은 미국이란 존재 자체에 대한 문제제기를 포함하고 있었다. 이런 격동의 미국 60년대가 다가오기 전, 50년대 중반 엘비스 프레슬리에 의해 락큰롤이란 음악이 정립되어 젊은이들을 열광시키고 있던, 즐겁고 좋았던 시절에 정서적인 배경과 근원을 두고 있다. 머릿기름을 발라 빗어넘긴 짧은 머리의 젊은이들, 촌스러운 비키니 수영복과 나비 선글라스, 데이트를 위해 드라이브 인 극장으로 몰려 가는 십대들의 코믹한 이야기.
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
찰리 랭이 인생에서 원하는 것은 좋은 경찰과 도움을 주는 이웃이 되는 것과는 달리 아내는 모든 일이 돈으로 필요한 것 뿐이다. 미용사인 그녀는 가난한 퀸스 동네를 벗어나 맨하탄에 진출하고 싶어한다. 그리고 또 한 명, 작은 커피숍의 마음씨 착한 웨이트리스 이본느 비아시는 헤어진 남편 때문에 방금 파산 선고를 받고 말았다. 그녀가 법원으로부터 파산 선고를 받던 날 찰리는 단지 점심을 먹으려고 그 커피샵에 들어오게 된다. 천성은 못속인다고, 찰리는 이본느의 그늘진 얼굴을 지나치지 못하고 기분을 풀어주려 마음을 쓴다. 점심값외의 팁이 모자란 찰리는 아내를 위해 샀던 복권을 생각해 내고, 이본느에게 복권에 당첨되면 상금의 반을 나누고, 떨어지면 팁의 2배를 주겠다고 약속한다. 놀랍게도 찰리는 4백만달러 복권에 당첨된다. 더군다나 그는 이본느에 한 약속을 지켰다는 사실이다. 돈독이 오른 아내는 화를 냈지만 뉴욕 신문들은 백마탄 기사같은 경찰과 신데렐라같은 웨이트리스 얘기에 스포트라이트를 비춘다. 찰리, 이본느, 머리얼에게 주어진 갑작스런 부와 명성은 그들이 예상치 못한 경험을 하게 한다.
Countess Cousin Aphasia du Berry
아담스 가족에게 새 아기가 태어나자 누나 웬즈데이와 형 퍽슬리는 고심한다. 한 집에 아이가 셋까지는 필요없다면서 계속 동생을 없애려 하는 것이다. 하지만 아기를 돌봐줄 유모를 고용하기로 결정이 난다. 유모가 집으로 오기로 한 날, 아담스의 형인 페스티는 유모 데비에게 첫눈에 반하고 우여곡절 끝에 두 사람은 결혼하게 된다. 그러나 데비는 부잣집 남자만 골라 결혼한 뒤, 첫날밤을 치른 후 살해하는 '검은 이끼거미'라 불리는 살인마였다. 살인계획을 진행하던 데비는 자신을 의심하는 웬즈데이와 퍽슬리를 강제로 청소년 캠프로 보내고, 사랑의 노예가 되어버린 폐스티는 데비의 꾀임에 빠져 가족들과 인연을 끊고 지낸다. 그러나 우연히 데비의 본색을 알게 된 페스티는 가족에게로 돌아오지만, 이미 데비가 아담스의 집으로 먼저와 아담스 집안의 모든 가족을 죽이려 하는데.
