Outrageous Misfits, Brian Bradley
Outrageous Misfits, Brian Bradley
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Outrageous Misfits
Female Impersonator Craig Russell and His Wife, Lori Russell Eadie

Author: Brian Bradley

Narrator: Brian Bradley

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/08/2020


Synopsis

Lights! Camera! Outrageous! Superstar female impersonator Craig Russell and the birth of drag on the international stage.

Craig Russell was an internationally admired entertainer and actor, known for his outrageous impersonations of some of Hollywood's greatest female celebrities: Mae West, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Carol Channing, and Judy Garland, to name a few. Lori Russell Eadie, a shy theater lover, was Craig's number-one fan and, eventually, his wife.

Together they were fun, fabulous, and eschewed convention. But behind the curtains, Craig and Lori's lives were troubled by their mental health, drug addiction, sexual assault, and abuse.

Through nearly one hundred interviews and extensive research, Outrageous Misfits reveals the life and legacy of one of the world's most popular female impersonators and his biggest fan.

About Brian Bradley

Brian Bradley is a writer, journalist, and biographer and works at the Toronto Star. He has researched the lives of Craig Russell and Lori Russell Eadie for over a decade. Brian lives in Hamilton, Ontario.


Reviews

Goodreads review by George

Years of research have resulted in this detailed biography of Canadian entertainer and “female impersonator”, Craig Russell, star of the cult-hit movie Outrageous, and its less successful sequel, Too Outrageous. Sometimes when a writer does so much research it is hard to let some of it go. This biogr......more

Craig Russell (1948 - 1990) was a Canadian female impersonator and actor. He was born and passed away in Toronto. To the disappointment of his father, growing up he was more interested in girly things. As a teenager, he started a Mae West fan club and realized his dream by briefly working and living......more