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Hairspray
Hairspray is a 1988 comedy film written and directed by John Waters. The film starred Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono, Debbie Harry, and Divine. Hairspray was a dramatic departure from Waters' earlier works, with a much broader intended audience. In fact, Hairspray's PG is the mildest rating a Waters film...
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown (January 30, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American R&B; singer, and actress noted for bringing a popular music style to rhythm and blues in a series of hit songs for fledgling Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", ...
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Sonny Bono
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono (February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American record producer, singer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.
Born in Detroit to Italian immigrants Jean and Santo, Sonny was the youngest...
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Ricki Lake
Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American actress and television personality, best known for her talk show and starring role as Tracy Turnblad in the original Hairspray.
Lake was born to a Jewish family in Hastings-on-Hudson, New...
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Divine
Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988) was an American singer and actor best known by his drag persona Divine. He starred in many of John Waters' films, including Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble,...
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Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry (born July 1, 1945) is an American singer–songwriter and actress, most famous for being the lead singer for the New Wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she also performed and...
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Jerry Stiller
Gerald Isaac "Jerry" Stiller (born June 8, 1927) is an American comedian and actor.
He spent many years in the comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife Anne Meara. Stiller and Meara are the parents of actor Ben Stiller (with whom he co-starred in...
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Leslie Ann Powers
Leslie Ann Powers (born on September 12, 1971 in Washington, D.C.) is an American film and stage actress best known for her role as Penny Pingleton in the John Waters film Hairspray. On the DVD commentary track for Hairspray, Waters states that he...
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Vitamin C
Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick (born July 20, 1969, although other sources list July 20, 1972) is an American pop music singer, dancer and actress, better known by her stage name, Vitamin C. Her singles include "Smile", "As Long As You're Loving Me", "The...
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Shawn Thompson
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Clayton Prince
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Michael St. Gerard
Michael St.Gerard was born 22nd January 1961, in New York Mills, New York. He realised an interest in acting, appearing in Japanese commercials and Off-Broadway shows. His first movie was in 1987, it was called Senior Week. From here now recognised...
