Did John Hurt play Quentin Crisp?

Hurt, 69, has just returned to the role that made his name – Quentin Crisp. It’s 34 years since he first played the gay icon in Jack Gold’s film The Naked Civil Servant. It was an unforgettable performance in one of the great TV dramas – all louche defiance, feline elegance, catty wit and understated loneliness.

What was Quentin Crisps real name?

Denis Charles Pratt
Quentin Crisp/Full name
Quentin Crisp was born Denis Pratt on Christmas Day, 1908, in Sutton, a London suburb. He was the youngest of four children born to a lawyer and a former nursery governess. In ”The Naked Civil Servant,” Mr.

When did Quentin Crisp move to New York?

1981
Before long, Crisp would revise his opinion: after his new-found fame led to him performing in New York in 1978, he fell in love with the city and, forsaking his self-appointed status as one of the stately homos of England, relocated there in 1981, aged 72.

What did Quentin Crisp do for a living?

Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt;25 December 1908 –21 November 1999) was an English writer, raconteur and actor. From a conventional suburban background, Crisp wore make-up and painted his nails. During his teen years he worked briefly as a rent boy.

Was Quentin Crisp bald?

Crisp famously frothed his hair up into something resembling a meringue-headed duchess. He had to. There was an enormous bald spot on the crown he wanted to conceal. “By 1966 his hair had fallen out from all the henna he’d put in it,” Capsis says.

What happened Quentin Crisp?

Quentin Crisp, performer, raconteur and self-styled high priest of camp, collapsed and died yesterday, aged 90, on the eve of a sell-out British tour of his one-man show. Crisp is believed to have suffered a heart attack while staying at a friend’s house in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, south Manchester, yesterday morning.

Is Quentin Crisp alive?

Deceased (1908–1999)
Quentin Crisp/Living or Deceased

Is Quentin Crisp dead?

What did Quentin Crisp say about dust?

After the first four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse.”

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