
Leigh Bowery
Known For
Acting
Born
1961-03-26 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
1994-12-31
Biography
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.
Most Known For

Queerama
as (archive footage)

Kinky Gerlinky
as Self

The British Guide to Showing Off
as Self (archive footage)

Wigstock: The Movie
as Self

The Ghosts of Oxford Street
as King George

Degrees of Blindness

Mirror
as Self

Hail the New Puritan

Mirror

The Legend of Leigh Bowery
as Self (archive footage)

Because We Must

Read Only Memory

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