Minette (1928 – 2001) - archive of signed, inscribed, and autographed photos, postcards, etc. - female impersonator, performer, star of Ava-Graph's "The Last of the Worthingtons", 1961.
Jacques Minette was born in Manhattan to visiting French parents, and raised in Boston. A child performer, her career as a female impersonator dates from the 1940s. As Minette she played all the big drag clubs of the period.
She is a connecting link from the drag shows in the days of vaudeville and burlesque, through the avant-garde of the 1960s to the end of the 20th century. However she says that she made more money as a sex worker than as a singer.
She was an activist in the early Gay Liberation movement in New York. Although she was non-op, she normally wore female clothing off-stage as well as on, and preferred female pronouns for herself. She was also a musicologist and gay historian. She died at age 73.
Good condition. Some flaws on some of the items - see photos. Listed with ExportYourStore.com
