Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1954) is a U.S. actor and playwright, noted for the early (1982) distinction of winning Tony Awards for both writing and playing the lead role in his long-running play Torch Song Trilogy, about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family, as well as writing the award-winning book to the musical La Cage aux Folles. He has since become a champion for gay civil rights.
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Filmography
Selected Harvey Fierstein film and TV show credits:
Acting Credits
2009
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards
Himself - Presenter: Best Play
2007
The 61st Annual Tony Awards
Himself - Presenter: Best Leading Actor in a Musical
2006
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Heat Miser
2004
The 58th Annual Tony Awards
Himself - Presenter: Best Book of a Musical
2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004
Superstar in a Housedress
Himself
2003
100 Years of Hope and Humor
Himself
2003
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards
Himself - Presenter
2000
Playing Mona Lisa
Bennett
1999
Jump
Dish Macense
1999
The Sissy Duckling
Elmer
1996
Everything Relative
The Moyle
1996
The 50th Annual Tony Awards
Himself
1992
In the Life
Himself
1989
The Arsenio Hall Show
Himself
1988
Tidy Endings
Arthur
Producer Credits
1999
The Sissy Duckling
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Writer Credits
1988
Tidy Endings
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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
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