Who's The Best Male Movie Star In Drag?

• Wesley Snipes, "To Wong Foo ..." Hands down!!!!!

• shouldn't this large subject be cut into decades or something ?  JCM in Hedwig and PSH in Flawless were both beautiful and fierce and memorable.

• By the way, the guy with the cigarette in the photo of Yul Brynner is...Roman Polanski!

• Terrance Stamp, no question about it.

• Divine is in a class all by himself. Truly amazing, even in the early stuff where Mink Stole is the Religious Whore and gives her a crucifix job in a church..Dawn Davenport is a cinematic icon. I haven't seen the Mad Christian, must now put it on my list

• don't forget: -George Clooney in The Harvest ('93) -Paul Lynde in The Glass Bottom Boat ('66) -Nathan Lane in The Birdcage ('96) -Rupert Everett in St. Trinian's ('07) best: Divine (of course), Tim Curry as Frank-N-Furter, Hedwig, Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, everyone in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Lemmon and Curtis in Some Like It Hot worst: Travolta doing his Kirstie Alley impression in Hairspray, Madea, and Eddie Murphy

• That's "DIVINE" Dahlin !

• actually i think yul brynner is the prettiest. looks like the lost gabor sister.

• I just got the Burt Lancaster drag shot and made it a separate blog post above.

• It has to be DIVINE! John Travolta...seriously??

• A really, really tough call.  I'm going to have to go with Terence Stamp.  Such a wonderful departure from pretty much every other role he has ever played.

• other than that, tony curtis all the way!

• ok, divine should not even be in this category. divine transcends "male actor in drag." divine is simply divine. let's please honor the deity appropriately. :j

• I just added a shot of Yul Brynner doing "Mad About The Boy" in "Magic Christian." One of my faves. In this scene, he always looked like Faye Dunaway to me. (Second shot from bottom)

• Divine!  There can be only one!  Followed by John Cameron Mitchell (just for his rant about putting bras in the dryer alone), Terrence Stamp, Dustin Hoffman as Dorothy Michaels, and Jaye Davidson.  Most Underrated: Stephen Dorff as Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol.  He was a beautiful lady in that.  

• Divine should be in a separate category, really. As far as mainstream Hollywood goes, my vote goes to Terence Stamp.

• Divine and her cha cha heels---the best eva!

• Yul Brynner, singing "Mad About the Boy" in "The Magic Christian." Jack Lemmon in "Some Like It Hot," but NOT Tony Curtis. Most of his "Josephine" voice work was dubbed by Paul Frees. George Sanders in "The Kremlin Letter."

• PS: Thanks to Christian Freedom, who got the idea for this blog when he saw Burt Lancaster in drag in "The Crimson Pirate". Alas, there's no shot of that on the internet, but if anyone has it, please share.

• Jaye Davidson: The Crying Game. Perfect drag. Yes, Dustin H in Tootsie, great stuff. 

• Tim Curry still haunts my dreams!

• Jodie Foster

• Holly Woodlawn & Candy Darling

• I thought he was Ruby Begonia.

• Could only be Divine. Why is there even a competition?? The best, one and only.

• Divine-- two heels up!!!!  To this day we are still watching all the films.  Her music shows were fun as well.  The clothing, the attitude, and let's get real, it was not just one movie.  It was a lifetime of entertainment.

• gael garcia bernal in Bad Education was kinda hot

• DIVINE DUH

• Flip Wilson...AKA  GERALDINE!  She was a pioneer.

• Milton Berle

• Speaking of psychos, you can add Michael Caine in De Palma's 'Dressed to Kill.'

• Ann Coulter.

• Devine, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon.

• Ok, so Divine wins in a landslide (still not sure why), but my vote is for Nathan Lane as Starina in the Bird Cage.  Please! The gay ghetto drama in the first scene!? How could this not win? He was brilliant! Lane should've won an Oscar for that perfomance but the 'mo-phobic, comedy-phobic Academy wouldn't hear of it.

• It has to be Divine- hands down Glen wins

• Almost all of these are fab, but everyone seems to LOVE Divine.  Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon were great.  Always thought Jack Lemon was quite a hot number.  See him in The Apartment.

• Divine! No contest!

• divine of course, and john cameron mitchell as hedwig is a very close second.

• Divine for sure

• I remember as a young lad watching Lust in the Dust and my mother not having much luck in to convincing me that Divine was a man. John Cameron Mitchell though was a better singer!

• DIVINE!

• Always Divine.

• Divine!  With Tim Curry as a very close second! And then John Cameron Mitchell

• If you watch Divine's performances (especially 'Dawn Davenport' in "Female Trouble"), you forget that you're watching a man playing a woman---he transcends sexuality and becomes a nether-sexed creature of his own making.  He was amazingly versatile and even surprisingly subtle at times.  A truly great performer who is hugely missed....hands down, it was Divine.

• DIVINE. DIVINE. DIVINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hands down!

• Terence Stamp was amazing in Priscilla, however Divine was awesome in everything.

• DIVINE!!!! The one and only!!

• Divine!

• Divine, there is not competition.

• There is no doubt that Divine is the best ever.

• Jaye Davidson was marvelous in The Crying Game.

• Divine, Hedwig and Curry: the sexiest drag-trio ;)

• Three way tie:  Divine, Tim Curry, Terence Stamp

• Divine, Frank Further, Terrence Stamp and Hedwig are utterly amazing. If I had to REALLY choose just one... Divine.

• DIVINE

• Divine - absolutely.

• Undoubtably Divine !

• DIVINE...no one can compare...her range of character and longevity of influence is unmatched...

• DIVINE

• DIVINE!!!

• The trashtabulous Devine. For the win!

• antonio fargas as lindy indy movie carwash

• Divine, of course.

• DIVINE!!!

• The one and only Divine. Filth is her politics, filth is her life!

• Divine!  

• Divine. End of discussion!

• Divine is the divine choice

• I may never have sex again after looking at these pictures but Divine is clearly number one.

• Divine. Divine! DIVINE!

• Divine! Hands down! 

• Nathan Lane in the opening scenes of the Bird Cage. He deserved the Oscar for that role.

• How dare you put Divine in the same category as these other "men in a dress". Please huney, get real.

• Divine!

• Would Jaye Davidson fall into this category?? He was awesome in The Crying Game!

• DIVINE!

• The obvious winner is Divine! ..although Gene Hackman does look awfully like Courtney Love...

• Divine!!

• Divine!

• DIVINE! the name alone says it all

• Lovely, lovely Divine hands down is Number 1!!! Terrence Stamp and John Cameron Mitchell  were awesome too.. Robin Williams just always makes me want a Scottish Gran!! :)

• DIVINE!

• Obviously Divine. Tyler Perry is the unfunniest man on earth. 

• Divine... as if anybody else comes close to deserving it...

• Divine!! Followed by Tim Curry.

• It has to be Divine!!! 

• IMO - the best: Divine. Followed by Dustin Hoffman and Tim Curry.

• Tyler Perry is the best!

• And I also added Philip Seymour Hoffman in 'Flawless'.

• I just added to the photo montage: Johnny Depp, John Lithgow, and Dustin Hoffman.

• Tim Curry is JUST PLAIN HOT!

• Hedwig, all the way! Followed by Tim Curry... :)

• Michel Serrault as Albin in the 1978 film of 'La Cage aux Folles.'

• I'm voting John Cameron Mitchell as the sexiest film queen, William Hurt as the most unexpetantly believable, Jack Lemon and Tony Curtis as funniest, and Terence Stamp as favourite.

• I forgot Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie!

• Devine, hands down the best drag queen ever!

• After having seen Terrence Stamp in "The Limey", it took his role as Bernadette Bassinger to an entirely different level. 

• Worst: John Travolta. He probably does it better at home.

• Divine was the best!!!! PS: Thanks for this amazing montage.

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