Person

Leigh Bowery

Acting · 1961–1994 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leigh Bowery was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, and fashion designer. Bowery was known for his flamboyant and outlandish costumes and makeup as well as his performances. Based in London for much of his adult life, he was a significant model and muse for the English painter Lucian Freud.

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  Queerama

  (archive footage)

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  Wigstock: The Movie

  Self

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  Kinky Gerlinky

  Self

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  The British Guide to Showing Off

  Self (archive footage)

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  Degrees of Blindness

  1988

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  The Ghosts of Oxford Street

  King George

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  The Legend of Leigh Bowery

  Self (archive footage)

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  What's Your Reaction to the Show?

  1998

• Mirror

  1988

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  Read Only Memory

  1998

• 2017Queerama(archive footage)
• 2011The British Guide to Showing OffSelf (archive footage)
• 2003Kinky GerlinkySelf
• 2002The Legend of Leigh BowerySelf (archive footage)
• 1999Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
• 1998What's Your Reaction to the Show?
• 1998Read Only Memory
• 1995Wigstock: The MovieSelf
• 1991The Ghosts of Oxford StreetKing George
• 1989Because We Must
• 1988Mirror
• 1988Degrees of Blindness
• 1988MirrorSelf
• 1986Hail the New Puritan