Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 26, 1961
Died
December 31, 1994 (age 33)
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Leigh Bowery
Biography
Leigh Bowery was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, and fashion designer. Bowery was known for his flamboyant and outlandish costumes and makeup as well as his performances. Based in London for much of his adult life, he was a significant model and muse for the English painter Lucian Freud.
LEIGH BOWERY on THE CLOTHES SHOW 1988 (FULL)
VideoKnown For
Film
Queerama
(archive footage)
2017
Film
Kinky Gerlinky
Self
2003
Film
The British Guide to Showing Off
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Wigstock: The Movie
Self
1995
Film
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
King George
1991
Film
Mirror
1988
Film
Mirror
Self
1988
Film
Degrees of Blindness
1988
Film
Read Only Memory
1998
Film
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
What's Your Reaction to the Show?
1998
Film
Hail the New Puritan
1986
Film
Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
1999
Film
Because We Must
1989
Filmography
2017FilmQueeramaas (archive footage)2011FilmThe British Guide to Showing Offas Self (archive footage)2003FilmKinky Gerlinkyas Self2002FilmThe Legend of Leigh Boweryas Self (archive footage)1999FilmMrs. Peanut Visits New York1998FilmWhat's Your Reaction to the Show?1998FilmRead Only Memory1995FilmWigstock: The Movieas Self1991FilmThe Ghosts of Oxford Streetas King George1989FilmBecause We Must1988FilmMirror1988FilmDegrees of Blindness1988FilmMirroras Self1986FilmHail the New Puritan