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Bette Bourne
Acting
September 22, 1939
Died August 23, 2024 (84 years old)
Hackney, London, England, UK
12
Acting Credits
Biography
Bette Bourne born Peter Bourne was a British actor, drag queen, and activist. His theatrical career spanned six decades. He came to prominence in the mid-1970s when he adopted the name "Bette" and a radical posture on gay liberation. He joined the New York-based alternative gay cabaret troupe Hot Peaches on a tour of Europe and then founded his own alternative London-based gay theatrical company, Bloolips, which lasted until 1994. Beginning in the 1990s, Bourne took on more traditional acting a...
Known For
Filmography
Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2014
as Porter
8.7
Bette Bourne: It Goes with the Shoes
2013
as Self
Chéri
2009
as Baronne
6.1
The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp
2001
as Self
7
Meeting Mr. Crisp
2000
as Self
A Little Bit of Lippy
1992
as Venus Lamour
9
Caught Looking
1991
as Narrator (voice)
4.1
ScreenPlay
1986
as Venus Lamour
6
Churchill's People
1974
as Nicholas
5
Edward II
1970
as Edmund of Kent
4.9
The Prisoner
1967
as Projection Operator
7.7
The Avengers
1961
as Preece
7.8