obit
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Stanley Baxter one of the original (and best) Female Impersonators you’ve probably never heard of, has died aged 99
The Scottish Comedian and Female Impersonator Stanley Baxter, who died yesterday aged 99, was one of the biggest stars in British TV in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980’s. And although one would have never dared say it to his face, he was also one of the country’s first real drag stars. With his pitch-perfect…
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Scottish fashion firebrand and eccentric designer and musician PAM HOGG dies
Both the fashion and music industries in London are paying tribute to Scottish designer Pam Hogg who just died. She was in her 60’s. She was a firebrand and an eccentric designer who was so successfully moved between industries since she arrived in London m the early 1980s. It was the time of the New…
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Thank You PRUNELLA SCALES for giving us one of our best all time gay icons Sybil Fawlty (and so much more)
The world is a sadder place today with the passing of one of Britain’s most beloved actresses and our very favorite gay icon. Prunella Scales started her career back in 1951 and was very quickly cast in very notable movies such as Pride and Prejudice (1952), Laxdale Hall (1953), Hobson’s Choice (1954) and in the Academy Award-winning Room at the…
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Terence Stamp the Brit actor who became a LGBTQ icon with a big set of a balls as the unlikely star in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, has died
In London in the 1960’s Brit actor Terence Stamp was a roommate of another young cockney actor, Michael Caine, and the two of them hung out with Peter O’Toole on the London party scene. The trio were a big hit in every sense of the word. Stamp made his film debut in Peter Ustinov‘s film adaptation…
