Showing posts with label Julian Eltinge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julian Eltinge. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Before My Time!

I found this incredibly clear video on YouTube of famed female impersonator Julian Eltinge from 1929:

Enjoy!


Thursday, June 21, 2012

Classic Female Impersonation History

Ephemeral recently ran a post featuring famous cross dressers.
The post featured one of the all time popular female impersonators and dare I say actresses of his era Julian Eltinge.
Here's an excerpt:
"All but forgotten today, Julian Eltinge was one of the highest paid actors in the early 1900s.
His shtick: He played all his roles in drag.
But unlike most drag queens, who present a caricature of a woman, Eltinge was a “gender illusionist” pretending, with a wink, to actually be a woman." and of course you can go here for more!

Friday on my Mind

  Image from Kelly Sikkema  on UnSplash.  It is Friday and the day my Veteran’s Administration LGBTQ group meets…maybe. I say maybe the or...