Leigh Bowery
1961 - 1994 (age 33) • Acting
Leigh Bowery
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.
Known For
Queerama
49%
(archive footage)
2017
Wigstock: The Movie
58%
Self
1995
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
70%
Self (archive footage)
2002
Read Only Memory
49%
1998
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
64%
King George
1991
Kinky Gerlinky
30%
Self
2003
Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
40%
1999
Degrees of Blindness
70%
1988
Queerama
49%
(archive footage)
2017
The British Guide to Showing Off
63%
Self (archive footage)
2011
Kinky Gerlinky
30%
Self
2003
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
70%
Self (archive footage)
2002
Mrs. Peanut Visits New York
40%
1999
What's Your Reaction to the Show?
1998
Read Only Memory
49%
1998
Wigstock: The Movie
58%
Self
1995
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
64%
King George
1991
Because We Must
1989
Mirror
1988
Mirror
Self
1988
Degrees of Blindness
70%
1988
Mirror
Director
1988
Hail the New Puritan
100%
1986
Hail the New Puritan
100%
Production Design
1986