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Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Biography

Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning "Kinky Boots". He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-06-06

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Cast

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White Lies

White Lies

19971.7 / 10

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

20042.0 / 10

Bros

Bros

20226.7 / 10

Jump

Jump

19991.5 / 10

The Demon Murder Case

The Demon Murder Case

19835.9 / 10

Three Little Pigs

Three Little Pigs

19975.8 / 10

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

20047.0 / 10

The Year Without a Santa Claus

The Year Without a Santa Claus

20065.8 / 10

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

19940.0 / 10

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

19900.0 / 10

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

19930.0 / 10

Duplex

Duplex

20036.1 / 10

Mulan

Mulan

19987.9 / 10

Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror

19975.0 / 10

Independence Day

Independence Day

19966.9 / 10

Foodfight!

Foodfight!

20121.9 / 10

Farce of the Penguins

Farce of the Penguins

20064.1 / 10

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

20042.6 / 10

Common Ground

Common Ground

20004.7 / 10

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

20057.2 / 10

Playing Mona Lisa

Playing Mona Lisa

20005.7 / 10

Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

20167.3 / 10

The Making of the Wiz Live!

The Making of the Wiz Live!

20150.0 / 10

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

20039.4 / 10

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

19965.9 / 10

Everything Relative

Everything Relative

19961.6 / 10

The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

19967.1 / 10

Mulan II

Mulan II

20046.5 / 10

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

19954.6 / 10

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

20077.2 / 10

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

20070.0 / 10

Safe Men

Safe Men

19985.5 / 10

Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

19947.1 / 10

Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

19887.3 / 10

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

20176.3 / 10

Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

19846.2 / 10

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

20060.0 / 10

Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

20025.9 / 10

The Harvest

The Harvest

19934.5 / 10

MaMa's Pushcart

MaMa's Pushcart

19880.0 / 10

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

20196.5 / 10

Apology

Apology

19864.3 / 10

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire

19937.2 / 10

The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk

19847.2 / 10

Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

19881.0 / 10

Double Platinum

Double Platinum

19998.0 / 10

The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling

19994.7 / 10

The Making of 'Independence Day'

The Making of 'Independence Day'

19965.9 / 10

Disarm Hate

Disarm Hate

20201.0 / 10

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

20140.0 / 10

Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet

20016.0 / 10

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

20020.0 / 10

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

20200.0 / 10

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

19910.0 / 10

Newsies

Newsies

20178.0 / 10

Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

19887.3 / 10

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

20188.0 / 10

Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

19881.0 / 10

The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling

19994.7 / 10

Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

20167.3 / 10

Common Ground

Common Ground

20004.7 / 10

Kinky Boots: The Musical

Kinky Boots: The Musical

20197.8 / 10

The Wiz Live!

The Wiz Live!

20157.0 / 10

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