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.

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.

• Release date
• May 5, 2004
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Craig Highberger

Cast

Jackie Curtis Self (archive footage)

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Paul Ambrose Self

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Michael André Self

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Penny Arcade Self David Bowie Self (archive footage) Joe Dallesandro Self Candy Darling Self (archive footage) Taylor Mead Self