
Person
Charles Busch
Acting · Born 1954-08-23
Biography
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.
Known for

Frasier
Mark (voice)

Stars in the House
Self

Addams Family Values
Countess Cousin Aphasia du Berry

Lipstick Jungle
Ricardo Bragini

It Could Happen to You
Timothy

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995

Psycho Beach Party
Captain Monica Stark

Die, Mommie, Die!
Angela / Barbara Arden

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self

Dragtime
Self
Filmography
- 2021The Sixth ReelJimmy
- 2020The Confession of Lily DareLily Dare
- 2020Stars in the HouseSelf
- 2017The Untold Tales of Armistead MaupinSelf
- 2008Lipstick JungleRicardo Bragini
- 2006Bette and Joan: Blind AmbitionSelf
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf
- 2006A Very Serious PersonJan
- 2005The Lady in Question Is Charles BuschLeading Lady
- 2005How Real is 'The Star'?Self
- 2005Her Royal Escape to Love
- 2003Die, Mommie, Die!Angela / Barbara Arden
- 2002Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie StarSelf - Playwright / Crawford Historian
- 2001Rescued from the ClosetSelf
- 2000Psycho Beach PartyCaptain Monica Stark
- 1997DragtimeSelf
- 1997Trouble on the CornerMs. Ellen
- 1995Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
- 1994It Could Happen to YouTimothy
- 1993Addams Family ValuesCountess Cousin Aphasia du Berry
- 1993FrasierMark (voice)
- 1992In the LifeSelf/Host
- —Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
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