Charles PierceCharles PierceCharles Pierce was perhaps the best known
female impersonator of the 1970's and 80's. While Divine had her
following and Jim Bailey was certainly well-known, Charles Pierce
was the unrivaled grande dame. He began his career in 1954, writing
a sketch for Arthur
Blake about Norma Desmond's return to Sunset Boulevard. Blake
liked the piece, but said it was too long for his act, so Pierce
performed it himself a the Club LaVie in Altadena, CA. He was
soon headlining.
He spent the next 45 years on stage, appearing in countless nightclubs (including a 6 year run at San Francisco's Gilded Cage), television programs, and stage productions culminating in an appearance in the film Torch Song Trilogy. He issued numerous video cassettes of his equally numerous farewell performances, but (other than the Torch Song soundtrack) only two LP's.
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