Flawless Sabrina, known as Mother Flawless Sabrina, was an American LGBT activist, drag queen, performer, and actress, based in New York City.
13 Facts About Flawless Sabrina
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Flawless Sabrina was a pioneer for transgender people and drag queens not only in the mainstream, heterosexual society, but within the gay society as well, where transgender people remained heavily stigmatized.
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Flawless Sabrina was one of the first widely known drag queens in the United States.
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Flawless Sabrina became widely known partially for organizing various drag queen pageants all over the US such as The Nationals, Miss Philadelphia or the Miss Nationals, which was sponsored by Sabrina Enterprises.
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The documentary The Queen captures the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest in New York City; Flawless Sabrina served as emcee to the competition.
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Flawless Sabrina was arrested three times in 1968 promoting The Queen in Times Square.
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The success of The Queen resulted in Flawless Sabrina accepting numerous invitations to speak on talk shows and make television appearances in drag.
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In 2008 Flawless Sabrina appeared in the theatrical production Notorious Beauty in New York City.
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Flawless Sabrina played a drug-induced vision of a thin, ghostly, violin player in Dorian, a 2009 four-channel video installation by Michelle Handelman.
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Flawless Sabrina was featured in Handelman's 2014 multichannel video installation Irma Vep, The Last Breath, influenced by Musidora, known for playing Irma Vep in the 1915 film Les Vampires.
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Flawless Sabrina died on November 18,2017, at the age of 78.
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Flawless Sabrina was a mentor for Ceyenne Doroshow, now an author, public speaker and advocate for homeless youth.
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The archive was created as a thank-you to Flawless Sabrina for being inspirational to queer youth, as well as a way of raising money to protect her when she was almost evicted from her New York City apartment.