Leigh Bowery
Acting
March 26, 1961 — December 31, 1994Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.
Known for
2017Queerama
(archive footage)
2011The British Guide to Showing Off
Self (archive footage)
2003Kinky Gerlinky
Self
2002The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Self (archive footage)
1999Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
1998What's Your Reaction to the Show?
1998Read Only Memory
1995Wigstock: The Movie
Self
1991The Ghosts of Oxford Street
King George
1989Because We Must
1988Degrees of Blindness
1988Mirror
Self
1986Hail the New Puritan