1. Jackie Curtis was an American underground actor, singer, and playwright best known as a Warhol superstar.
26 Facts About Jackie Curtis
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Primarily a stage actor in New York City, Curtis performed as both a man and in drag.
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Jackie Curtis made his stage debut as Nefertiti's brother in Tom Eyen's play Miss Nefertiti Regrets.
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Jackie Curtis subsequently wrote several plays, including Glamour, Glory and Gold, Amerika Cleopatra, and Vain Victory: Vicissitudes of the Damned.
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Jackie Curtis appeared in the films Andy Warhol's Flesh, directed by Paul Morrissey, and starred in Women in Revolt, a comedic spoof of the women's liberation movement.
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Jackie Curtis pioneered this combination of camp trashy glamour as a style that inspired many entertainers, including Jayne County, the New York Dolls, and glam rock performers such as David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Gary Glitter and Mott the Hoople.
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In 1965, Jackie Curtis appeared in Tom Eyen's play Miss Nefertiti Regrets at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club along with fellow newcomer Bette Midler.
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Jackie Curtis played a supporting part as a witty chorus dancer.
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The program notes explained that Jackie Curtis was an emergency fill-in since the girl cast in the part had abruptly quit.
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Jackie Curtis followed up his theatrical debut with a musical called Lucky Wonderful featuring Candy Darling, Paul Serrato, Holly Woodlawn, and Melba LaRose.
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In 1968, Jackie Curtis was cast in the Warhol-produced film Flesh, which was directed by Paul Morrissey.
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Jackie Curtis then starred alongside transgender Warhol superstars Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn in Women in Revolt, which satirizes the Women's Liberation Movement and alludes to Valerie Solanas and her SCUM Manifesto.
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Jackie Curtis had arranged to marry Warhol superstar Eric Emerson as a publicity stunt on July 21,1969.
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When Emerson failed to show up, Jackie Curtis married a wedding guest.
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In 1969, Jackie Curtis performed with the Playhouse of the Ridiculous in Tom Murrin's Cock-Strong alongside Penny Arcade, Anthony Ingrassia, and others.
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In between filming with Warhol and Morrissey, Jackie Curtis continued to write plays.
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Jackie Curtis wrote Vain Victory: The Vicissitudes Of The Damned and co-directed a production of the play at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and the WPA in 1971.
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Reportedly, Jackie Curtis graduated from Hunter College in 1975, but this can not be confirmed because no diploma has been found.
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Jackie Curtis directed and performed in Nick Markovich's I Died Yesterday at La MaMa in 1983.
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Jackie Curtis portrayed a nurse in the documentary film Burroughs.
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Jackie Curtis had a second wedding ceremony on May 26,1984, with Gary Majchrzak as the groom and Jackie Curtis being given away by art dealer Leo Castelli.
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In 1985, Jackie Curtis used the name Shannon Montgomery and started going to the HB Studio for acting classes.
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Jackie Curtis had a heroin addiction, and died from an overdose in on May 15,1985.
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Jackie Curtis was laid to rest as a man wearing a suit, with a white flower on his lapel and his hair slicked back.
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Jackie Curtis had taken on a male persona and was auditioning for male roles the year he died.
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Jackie Curtis is named in Lou Reed's 1972 song "Walk on the Wild Side" which was about the 'superstars' he knew from Warhol's Factory.