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Divine net worth is
$1.7 Million

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Originally born Harris Glen Milstead just after the end of WWII, Baltimore's most outrageous resident eventually became the international icon of bad taste cinema, as the always shocking and highly entertaining transvestite performer, Divine. Milstead met maverick film director & good friend, John Waters, at high school in Baltimore, and the two ...

Full Name	Divine
Net Worth	$1.7 Million
Date Of Birth	October 19, 1945
Died	March 7, 1988, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Height	6' 2" (1.88 m)
Profession	Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Nationality	American
IMDB
Movies	Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Hairspray, Multiple Maniacs, Polyester, Lust in the Dust, Mondo Trasho, Eat Your Makeup, Out of the Dark, The Diane Linkletter Story, Trouble in Mind, Tally Brown, New York, The Neon Woman
Star Sign	Libra

#	Quote
1	[on Pink Flamingos (1972)'s infamous final scene]: I followed that dog around for three hours just zooming in on its asshole.
2	[1973] Divine. That's my name. It's the name John [John Waters] gave me. I like it. That's what everybody calls me now, even my close friends. Not many of them call me Glenn at all anymore, which I don't mind. They can call me whatever they want. They call me fatso, and they call me asshole, and I don't care. You always change your name when you're in the show business. Divine has stuck as my name. Did you ever look it up in the dictionary? I won't even go into it. It's unbelievable.
3	[on Pink Flamingos (1972)'s infamous final scene, in which he consumes dog feces]: [People think that I] run around doing it all the time. I've received boxes of dog shit - plastic dog shit. I have gone to parties where people just sit around and talk about dog shit because they think it's what I want to talk about.
4	"Divine" and "Glenn Milstead" are both just names. Glenn is the name I was brought up with, Divine is the name I've been using for the past 23 years. I guess it's always Glenn and it's always Divine. Do you mean the character Divine or the person Divine? You see, it gets very complicated. There's the Divine you're talking to now and there's the character Divine, which is just something I do to make a living. She doesn't really exist at all.
5	I think I've always been respectable. What I do onstage is not what I do in my private life... It's an act... It's how I make my living. People laugh, and it's not hurting anyone.
6	My favorite part of dressing in drag is getting out of it. Drag is my work clothes. I only put it on when someone pays me to.
7	Of course the last thing my parents wanted was a son who wears a cocktail dress that glitters, but they've come around to it.
8	People who used to make fun are now fans. I had the last laugh.
9	"He's one of my finest leading ladies" - Tab Hunter [who co-starred with Divine in Polyester (1981)].
10	"All my life I wanted to look like Elizabeth Taylor. Now Elizabeth Taylor looks like me".

#	Fact
1	When first creating his alter ego, Divine told make-up artist friend Van Smith that he wanted a look that was a cross between Jayne Mansfield and Clarabell the Clown from The Howdy Doody Show (1947).
2	Plays both a woman and a man (as the racist head of the station that airs the Corny Collins show) in his last film Hairspray (1988).
3	Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 247-248. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
4	Was one of the 250 male nominees of the AFI top 50 stars.
5	John Waters wanted him to be in Desperate Living (1977), and had written the movie with him in mind, but he was unable to be in the movie as he was appearing in a play at the time.
6	Had a successful singing career (dance/disco), touring the world's clubs, and released numerous albums.
7	In Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989), the character of "Ursula" (voiced by Pat Carroll) was based on her.
8	Idolized Elizabeth Taylor as a teenager, and dressed up as her character "Gloria" from BUtterfield 8 (1960) for a Halloween party that he attended wearing a slip, fur coat, and stillettoes.
9	Buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Towson, Maryland.
10	Was contracted to play a recurring role as the Uncle in Married with Children (1987), but died the day before the shooting of the episode (#2.22, "All in the Family"). James 'Gypsy' Haake was cast as 'Uncle Otto' in Divine's place, and the episode was dedicated to Divine's memory.
11	Died in his sleep from a combination of his weight and a disorder called sleep apnea, a disorder in which the body "forgets" to breathe or is unable to breathe due to blockage or excessive pressure. A classic symptom of this disorder is a sudden cessation of snoring for several seconds, indicating the inability to breathe.
12	Actor featured in comic transvestite roles.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Out of the Dark	1988	Det. Langella
Hairspray	1988	Edna Turnblad Arvin Hodgepile
Tales from the Darkside	1987	TV Series	Ambassador Chia Fung
Trouble in Mind	1985	Hilly Blue
Lust in the Dust	1985	Rosie Velez
Polyester	1981	Francine Fishpaw
Female Trouble	1974	Dawn Davenport Earl Peterson
Pink Flamingos	1972	Divine Babs Johnson
Multiple Maniacs	1970	Lady Divine
The Diane Linkletter Story	1970	Short	Diane Linkletter
Mondo Trasho	1969	Divine / Greaser in Alley
Eat Your Makeup	1968	Jacqueline Kennedy
Roman Candles	1966	Short	Party Guest / Man with Scarf

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
I Am Divine	2013	Documentary performer: "Native Love Step by Step", "Born to Be Cheap", "I'm So Beautiful", "You Think You're a Man"
Welcome to the 80's	2009	TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
An Englishman in New York	2009	performer: "Native Love"
Deep Blue Sea	1999	performer: "Good and Plenty"
The Fruit Machine	1988	performer: "You think you're a man", "I'm so beautiful"
Top of the Pops	1985	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Lust in the Dust	1985	performer: "These Lips Were Made For Kissin'"
Female Trouble	1974	performer: "Female Trouble"

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Divine: Live at the Hacienda	1994	Video documentary short
The Diane Linkletter Story	1970	Short

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Madison Class of '64	2006	Short a tribute to the genius of
Married with Children	1988	TV Series dedicated to the memory of - 1 episode

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Uncle Bob	2010	Documentary	Himself
Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop	2005	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
More Lust, Less Dust	2001	Video short	Himself (voice)
Divine: Shoot Your Shot	1995	Video documentary short	Himself
Divine: Live at the Hacienda	1994	Video documentary short	Himself
The Incredibly Strange Film Show	1988	TV Series documentary	Himself
Queen: Magic Years, Volume One - A Visual Anthology	1987	Documentary	Himself
Queen: Magic Years, Volume Three - A Visual Anthology	1987	Documentary	Himself
The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross	1987	TV Series	Himself
De Nachtshow	1987	TV Series	Himself
Night Flight	1986	TV Series	Himself
Divine Waters	1985	Documentary	Himself
Top of the Pops	1984-1985	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
Àngel Casas Show	1984	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
Estoc de pop	1984	TV Series	Himself
Thicke of the Night	1984	TV Series	Himself
Formel Eins	1983	TV Series documentary	Himself
La edad de oro	1983	TV Series	Himself
AVRO's Toppop	1982	TV Series	Himself
Late Night with David Letterman	1982	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Mein New York	1982	TV Short documentary	Himself
The Alternative Miss World	1980	Documentary	Guest of Honour / Interviewer
Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed	1980	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Tally Brown, New York	1979	Documentary	Himself
Emerald City	1978	TV Series	Himself
Underground and Emigrants	1976	Documentary
Lady Divine	1975	Documentary	Himself (as Lady Divine)

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Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2013	FilmOut Programming Award	FilmOut San Diego, US	Filmmaker Career Achievement Award	I Am Divine (2013)
1988	Frameline Award	San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1989	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Male	Hairspray (1988)
1986	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Actor	Lust in the Dust (1985)

Known for movies

Divine net worth is $1.7 Million