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Quentin Crisp (1908–1999)

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Quentin Crisp was born Denis Pratt on Christmas Day, 1908, in the London suburb of Sutton. He the youngest of four children; his father was lawyer, mother former nursery governess. In his autobiographical work, "The Naked Civil Servant", he describes a difficult childhood in a rigorously homophobic society... See full bio »

Born:

Denis Charles Pratt
in Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK

Died:

(age 90) in Manchester, England, UK
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2010 QC Notorious
Quentin Crisp
 
2005 Domestic Strangers
Mr. Davis
 
2002 American Mod (short)
Grandma
 
1998 The Electric Urn
Simon
 
1998 Homo Heights
Malcolm
 
1998 Men Under Water
Joseph
 
1998 Barriers
Nathan
 
1998 Famous Again
 
1998 The 28th Instance of June 1914 10:50 a.m.
 
1997 Little Red Riding Hood (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1995 To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
NY Pageant Judge
 
1994 Natural Born Crazies
Elderly Man/Narrator
 
1994 Red Ribbons (video)
Horace Nightingale III
 
1994 Aunt Fannie (video short)
Aunt Fannie
 
1993 Philadelphia
Guest at Party (uncredited)
 
1993 Ballad of Reading Gaol (short)
Narrator
 
1992 Orlando
Queen Elizabeth I
 
1992 Topsy and Bunker: The Cat Killers
Pat
 
1990 Kojak: Flowers for Matty (TV movie)
Mr. Isabella
 
1987 The Equalizer (TV series)
Ernie Frick
– First Light (1987) … Ernie Frick
 
1985 The Bride
Dr. Zahlus
 
1976 Hamlet
Polonius
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2010 QC Notorious
 
1975 The Naked Civil Servant (TV movie) (autobiography)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
2010 Quentin Crisp: Final Encore (documentary)
Quentin Crisp
 
2002 Farewell to the Deuce (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Rescued from the Closet (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 SexTV (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Live Sex Show/S&M/Quentin Crisp (1998) … Himself
 
1996 Peter York's Eighties: Post (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Desolation Angels
Himself/Beggar
 
1995 The Celluloid Closet (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 My Lunch with Quentin Crisp (documentary short)
Himself
 
1994 The Divine Mr. Crisp (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1993 The Alternative Queen's Message (TV short)
Himself
 
1993 Camp Christmas (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.116 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Naked in New York
Himself
 
1991 Opinions (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 August 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Desperately Seeking Roger (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Resident Alien (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Scoff (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 The Kissing Booth (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Our Time (TV series)
Himself
– Writers (1983) … Himself
 
1982 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.37 (1982) … Himself
– Episode #1.19 (1982) … Himself
 
1981 Saturday Night at the Mill (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.5 (1981) … Himself
 
1981 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Chelsea Hotel (1981) … Himself
 
1980 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 An Evening with Quentin Crisp
Himself
 
1978 M'Lords... Ladies and Gentlemen... (TV series)
Himself
 
1975 The Naked Civil Servant (TV movie)
Himself - Introduction
 
1970 World in Action (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Quentin Crisp (1970) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2012 The Greatest Footie Ads Ever (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Uncle Denis? (documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 Chelsea on the Rocks (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Here's Looking at You, Boy (documentary)
Queen Elizabeth I. (uncredited)
 
2005 Favouritism (TV series)
 
2000 The 100 Greatest TV Ads (TV special)
 

Related Videos

The Naked Civil Servant -- This International Emmy Award winning film is a cavalcade of the passionate and comic life of a self professed homosexual, Quentin Crisp. Orlando -- Open-ended Trailer from Sony Pictures Classics The Celluloid Closet -- A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial for Impulse Deodorant (1998)

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1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | See more »
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Personal Quote:

If I have any ambition, other than to be a chronic invalid, is to meet everybody in the world before I die. And I'm not doing badly. See more »

Trivia:

Thomas Massengale, director of the indie production Topsy and Bunker: The Cat Killers, said that Crisp - who played the doorman at a fleabag hotel in a rundown New York City neighborhood quite like his own Bowery neighborhood - was delightful to work with. See more »

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