Bruce LaBruce

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HBD 5-time married libertarian English actor Gary Oldman, BOTD in 1958, turning 68 today. He won his Oscar for his hammy Churchill schtick, but I will always love him as Joe Orton in Frears' brilliant "Prick Up Your Ears" (1987). Jackson Lamb on "Slow Horses" is his ultimate role

Manifestly gay but closeted actor the great James Coco was BOTD in 1930 & died in 1987 at 56. He lived w/ his long-term lover at 45 Christopher Street. Pictured w/ sweet Kristy McNichol in the Neil Simon scripted "Only When I Laugh" (1981) for which he received his only Oscar nom

@nagaijin Edmund Goulding (uncredited) is widely cited as having co-directed or at least directed key scenes for the 1935 Marx Brothers film A Night at the Opera, including some of the most famous comedic sequences.

@BruceLaBruce A Night at the Opera wasn’t directed by Sam Wood?

Glam gay Hollywood director Edmund Goulding was BOTD in 1891 & died in 1959 at 68. He's best remembered 4 directing cultured dramas like "Grand Hotel" (1932) w/ Joan Crawford & Greta Garbo, "A Night at the Opera" (1935) w/ the Marx Brothers & "Dark Victory" (1939) w/ Bette Davis

Gay Aussie actor Murray Bartlett was BOTD in 1971, turning 55 today. One word: Zaddy!

HBD sex goddess Theresa Russell, BOTD in 1957, turning 69 today. Great in Kazan's "The Last Tycoon" (1976) & Grosbard's "Straight Time" (1978). Raised in poverty, the high school dropout made Nic Roeg's masterpiece "Bad Timing" (1980) at 22, then married him, 39 yrs her senior

HBD Warhol superstar Gerard Malanga who was BOTD in 1943, turning 83 today. He is supposedly straight, although Leee Black Childers (manager for David Bowie and Iggy Pop) claimed that Malanga was "actively bisexual" and part of a "highly sexual" entourage of Factory superstars

HBD belated to gay composer John Kander who was BOTD (yesterday) in 1927, turning 99! As part of the songwriting team Kander and Ebb (with lyricist Fred Ebb), Kander wrote the scores for 15 musicals, including Cabaret (1966) & Chicago (1975), both adapted into acclaimed films

Ricky Wilson, rad guitarist of the B-52s, older brother of fellow band member Cindy Wilson, was BOTD in 1952 & died in 1985, an early celebrity AIDS death. Pictured w/ fellow B-52 Keith Strickland. Ricky discovered he had AIDS complications while recording the 1983 album Whammy!

HBD Swiss bombshell Ursula Andress, aka Ursula Undress, BOTD in 1936, turning 90 today. Her debut as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first Bond film, Dr. No (1962). She rose out of the Caribbean in a white bikini w/ a large diving knife on her hip, causing an international sensation

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The amazing Edward Everett Horton was BOTD in 1886 & died in 1970 at 84. Mr. Everett Horton never married. His longtime companion was actor Gavin Gordon. Horton was a fave actor of director Ernst Lubitsch. Horton was the narrator of "Fractured Fairy Tales" on Rocky & Bullwinkle

HBD to gaunt, wild-eyed Brad Dourif, who was BOTD in 1950, turning 76 today. He's great in Foreman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), Kershner's "Eyes of Laura Mars" (1978) & Huston's "Wise Blood" (1979). Love his daughter Fiona on "The Pitt" on which he made a cameo

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Prolific gay serial killer John Wayne Gacy was BOTD in 1942 & executed by lethal injection in 1994 at 52. He's included in my "Celebrity Mug Shot" merch line at @threadless primarily because I'm bratty & celebrity is all anyone cares about now anyway brucelabruce.threadless.com

Lee Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer & couturier, was BOTD in 1969 & took his own life in 2010 at 40. He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992 & was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. He was openly gay, and said he realized when he was six yrs old

Soviet-born bisexual ballet dancer Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev, born on a Trans-Siberian train, was BOTD in 1938 & died of AIDS in 1993 at 54. When Soviet officials discovered he was frequenting gay bars in Paris, they tried to lure him back to the Soviet Union, but he defected

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HBD La Huppert, the great French actor and star Isabelle Huppert, who was BOTD in 1953, turning 73 today. Thanks to @DocumentJournal I had the opportunity to interview the legend for the cover story of one of their issues last year