Person

Charles Pierce

Acting · 1926–1999 · Watertown, New York, USA

He began his show business career playing the organ and acting in radio dramas at station WWNY. He branched out into a comedy routine, attired in tuxedo, yet managing to evoke eerily convincing imitations of popular movie actresses. Eschewing the term drag queen, which he hated, he billed himself as a male actress.

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  Starsky & Hutch

  1975

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  Laverne & Shirley

  1976

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  Designing Women

  1986

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  Fame

  1982

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  Wonder Woman

  Starker / Finley

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  Madame's Place

  Cousin Charlie

• The Partners

  1971

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  Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

  Self as Bette Davis (archive footage)

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  Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

  Self

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  Rabbit Test

  The Queen of England

• 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf as Bette Davis (archive footage)
• 1994Mae West and the Men Who Knew HerSelf
• 1989Nerds of a FeatherGranny Greenberg
• 1986Designing Women
• 1982Madame's PlaceCousin Charlie
• 1982Fame
• 1982Charles Pierce Legends of the Silver Screen
• 1978Rabbit TestThe Queen of England
• 1976Laverne & Shirley
• 1975Wonder WomanStarker / Finley
• 1975Starsky & Hutch
• 1971The Partners
• 1970Gay San FranciscoSelf
• 1970The Charles Pierce ReviewHimself