1963Nominee
Best Performance
Chumlum
Francis Francine
Actor
Biography
Frank di Giovanni, elevator operator, was the first of the Andy Warhol transvestite superstars. Francine had been intended as the star of Flaming Creatures, 1962, but disappeared partway through filming, leaving Mario Montez the throne. He was given star treatment in the Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey film Lonesome Cowboys, 1968, as a the transvestite sheriff. The camera lingers as he puts on drag and makeup. This in a cowboy village partly owned by John Wayne.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1968Nominee
Best Performance
Lonesome Cowboys
1963Nominee
Best Performance
Flaming Creatures
Career Highlights
1965Highlight
Best Performance
Normal Love
1969Highlight
Best Performance
No President
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Flaming Creatures