With the theatrical release of the 'I Am Divine' documentary, we remember the entertainment icon
October 25 2013 12:42 PM EST
February 05 2015 9:27 PM EST
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If a picture's worth a thousand words, a picture of Divine is, well, bound to leave you speechless. Here, four timeless shots of the singer, drag queen, and star of midnight-movie classics like Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble, assembled this the help of Jeffrey Schwarz, the director of the new documentary, I Am Divine (read the review here).
Photo by Bob Adams
"I would come on stage dressed like a hippie pimp and then say, 'And now I'd like to introduce the most beautiful woman in the world,' and he would come out, pushing a shopping cart with dead mackerels in it and that he'd throw in the audience." --John Waters
Photo by Bill Bernardo
"Divine was scary. It was like Clarabelle on acid." --Dennis Dermody
Photo by Bill Bernardo
"He would pull a chair up to the refrigerator and eat out of the refrigerator." --Sue Lowe
Photo by Clay Gerdes
"Divine was a cinematic terrorist." --Pat Moran
Photo by Clay Gerdes
"People love to laugh at sex, people love to laugh at dirty things. And people love to be shocked, I think. So that's my job to go out there and shock them." --Divine
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