Bette Bourne

Bette Bourne

Bette Bourne born Peter Bourne was a British actor, drag queen, and activist. His theatrical career spanned six decades. He came to prominence in the mid-1970s when he adopted the name "Bette" and a radical posture on gay liberation. He joined the New York-based alternative gay cabaret troupe Hot Peaches on a tour of Europe and then founded his own alternative London-based gay theatrical company, Bloolips, which lasted until 1994. Beginning in the 1990s, Bourne took on more traditional acting assignments in both male and female roles, sometimes in fringe theatres and campy new dramas, but also in classics by Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and Noel Coward. He toured widely in one-man biographical shows playing Quentin Crisp and as himself. He generally eschewed such labels as drag queen or female impersonator, preferring to describe himself as "a gay man in a frock". Rather than "mimic a male stereotypical conception of womanhood", wrote one theatre journalist, Bourne sought "to find a different way of being a man". Asked in 2010 if he had left his radical politics behind he said: "One doesn't just stop being what one is. I'm still out there, still full of fury and rage, but on the whole I do try to keep up a very pleasant façade." Peter Bourne was born in Hackney, East London, into a working-class family. He had two sisters and a brother (actor and singer Mike Berry). His mother was an amateur actress.

  • Titel: Bette Bourne
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  • Bekannt für: Acting
  • Geburtstag: 1939-09-22
  • Geburtsort: Hackney, London, England, UK
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Bette Bourne Filme

  • 2001
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    The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp

    The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp

    7 2001 HD

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  • 2013
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    Bette Bourne: It Goes with the Shoes

    Bette Bourne: It Goes with the Shoes

    1 2013 HD

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  • 1992
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    A Little Bit of Lippy

    A Little Bit of Lippy

    1 1992 HD

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  • 2009
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    Chéri - Eine Komödie der Eitelkeiten

    Chéri - Eine Komödie der Eitelkeiten

    6.1 2009 HD

    Kann eine unmögliche Liebe ihre Erfüllung finden? Die schöne Edelkurtisane Léa de Lonval kommt langsam in ein gewisses Alter...

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  • 2014
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    Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

    Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

    8 2014 HD

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  • 1970
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    Edward II

    Edward II

    4.8 1970 HD

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  • 2000
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    Meeting Mr. Crisp

    Meeting Mr. Crisp

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1991
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    Caught Looking

    Caught Looking

    3.5 1991 HD

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  • 1967
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    Nummer 6

    Nummer 6

    7.751 1967 HD

    Ein hochrangiger Geheimagent der britischen Regierung will sich aus seinem Job zurückziehen. Zurück in seinem Appartement wird er...

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  • 1961
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    Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone

    Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone

    7.7 1961 HD

    John Steed und Emma Peel sind ein unschlagbares Agentenpärchen: Steed, ein Gentleman vom elegant gewellten Scheitel bis zur sündteuren...

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