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Leigh Bowery

Leigh Bowery

Actor · 1961–1994 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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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.

Acted in 8

1990s

  1. 1999

    Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

    Movie

  2. 1998

    What's Your Reaction to the Show?

    Movie

  3. Read Only Memory

    Movie

  4. 1991

    The Ghosts of Oxford Street

    King George

1980s

  1. 1989

    Because We Must

    Movie

  2. 1988

    Degrees of Blindness

    Movie

  3. 1986

    Hail the New Puritan

    Movie

Art department 1

1980s

  1. 1986

    Hail the New Puritan

    Production Design

Directed 1

1980s

  1. 1988

    Mirror

    Director

Appearances5

2010s

  1. 2011

    The British Guide to Showing Off

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2003

    Kinky Gerlinky

    Self

  2. 2002

    The Legend of Leigh Bowery

    Self (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1995

    Wigstock: The Movie

    Self

1980s

  1. 1988

    Mirror

    Self