Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Quentin Crisp
Sign in to saveAlso known as Daniel Pratt
English writer, humorist and actor (1908-1999)
Film & TV
Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
Known for
- Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia2023
- Queerama — Narrator (archive footage)2017
- I Am Divine — Self (archive)2014
- Uncle Denis?2010
- The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp — Self2001
- Rescued from the Closet — Self2001
- Meeting Mr. Crisp — Self2000
- Barriers — Nathan1999
- Homo Heights — Malcolm1998
- The Electric Urn — Simon1998
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Denis Charles Pratt , ( 1908-12-25 ) 25 December 1908, Sutton , Surrey, England
- Died
- 21 November 1999 (1999-11-21) (aged 90), Manchester , England
- Occupation
- Writer, illustrator, actress, artist's model
- Notable works
- The Naked Civil Servant
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Quentin
- Gender
- trans woman
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Sutton
- Place of death
- Chorlton-cum-Hardy
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- writer
- Official website
- www.crisperanto.org
- Image
- QuentinCrisp-RossBennettLewisPHOTO.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Quentin Crisp
- P8168
- Gabriel de Castilla
- date of birth
- 1908-12-25
- date of death
- 1999-11-21
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- name in native language
- Quentin Crisp
- birth name
- Denis Charles Pratt
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~19 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; (1908-12-25)25 December 1908 – (1999-11-21)21 November 1999) was an English raconteur whose personal expression broke social norms of the era. Crisp gained notoriety for the 1968 memoir The Naked Civil Servant, popularized by its 1975 screen adaptation. Her flamboyant personality, fashion, and wit made Crisp a queer icon, and a sensation in live solo appearances later in life.
Crisp worked briefly as a rent boy during her teen years, then spent three decades as a professional artist's model for life classes in art colleges. The interviews she gave about her unusual life attracted great curiosity, and she was soon sought after for her personal views on social manners and the cultivation of style.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quentin Crisp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.