Person
Lindsay Kemp
Acting · 1938–2018 · South Shields, England, UK
Biography
Lindsay Kemp was an English dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist, and choreographer. He collaborated with David Bowie as he invented theatrical personas such as Ziggy Stardust and taught Kate Bush how to dance. He starred in The Wicker Man and collaborated on films with auteurs like Ken Russell and Derek Jarman.
Known for
The Wicker Man
Alder MacGreagor
Seven Ages of Rock
Self
Velvet Goldmine
Pantomime Dame
Valentino
Mortician
Kemp: My Best Dance Is Yet to Come
Self
Jubilee
Cabaret Performer
Sebastiane
Dancer
Savage Messiah
Angus Corky
Italian Postcards
Vinicio Secchi
Hamlet at Elsinore
Player Queen
Filmography
- 2021David Bowie: London BoySelf
- 2020Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay KempSelf
- 2019Kemp: My Best Dance Is Yet to ComeSelf
- 2019David Bowie: Finding FameSelf
- 2018BowieNext - Nascita di una galassia
- 2017Battle of SohoSelf
- 2014The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That HillSelf
- 2007Seven Ages of RockSelf
- 1998Velvet GoldminePantomime Dame
- 1994The Line, the Cross & the CurveGuide
- 1987Italian PostcardsVinicio Secchi
- 1984A Midsummer Night's DreamPuck
- 1982FlowersDivine
- 1978JubileeCabaret Performer
- 1977ValentinoMortician
- 1976SebastianeDancer
- 1974The StudTopstar
- 1973The Wicker ManAlder MacGreagor
- 1972Savage MessiahAngus Corky
- 1970The Looking Glass MurdersPierrot
- 1964Hamlet at ElsinorePlayer Queen
- —I Filmed Your DeathJonathan Edwards, CVC Announcer
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