Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

He was a celebrated playwright and poet. A pioneer in 1960's experimental film and theater. A Warhol superstar. He lived, and performed... sometimes as a man, sometimes as a woman.

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

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Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her work and her influence, along with clips from Curtis’s Warhol films as well as never-before-seen footage from her stage shows.

Jackie Curtis

Paul Ambrose

Michael André

Penny Arcade

David Bowie

Joe Dallesandro

Candy Darling

Taylor Mead

Sylvia Miles

Paul Morrissey

Lily Tomlin

Holly Woodlawn

Harvey Fierstein