Charles Busch
Acting • Born 1954-08-23
Biography
Charles Louis Busch (born August 23, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and female impersonator, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and television. He wrote and starred in his early plays Off-off-Broadway beginning in 1978, generally in drag roles, and also acted in the works of other playwrights. He also wrote for television and began to act in films and on television in the late 1990s. His best known play is The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (2000), which was a success on Broadway.
Filmography
22 credits
Psycho Beach Party
Movie • 2000
Captain Monica Stark
A Very Serious Person
Movie • 2006
Jan
Die, Mommie, Die!
Movie • 2003
Angela / Barbara Arden
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
Movie • 2005
Leading Lady
Trouble on the Corner
Movie • 1997
Ms. Ellen
How Real is 'The Star'?
Movie • 2005
Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Movie • 2002
Self - Playwright / Crawford Historian
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Movie
Dragtime
Movie • 1997
Self
It Could Happen to You
Movie • 1994
Timothy
Her Royal Escape to Love
Movie • 2005
Addams Family Values
Movie • 1993
Countess Cousin Aphasia du Berry
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Movie • 2017
Self
The Confession of Lily Dare
Movie • 2020
Lily Dare
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Movie • 2006
Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Movie • 1995
Rescued from the Closet
Movie • 2001
Self
The Sixth Reel
Movie • 2021
Jimmy
Lipstick Jungle
TV • 2008
Ricardo Bragini
Frasier
TV • 1993
Mark (voice)
In the Life
TV • 1992
Self/Host
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self