Rae Bourbon Hal Waddell Hal Hughes Richard Mann Ramón Ícarez
Occupation(s)
Vaudeville entertainer, female impersonator
Years active
1913–1960s
Ray (or Rae) Bourbon (born Hallie Board Waddell; August 11, 1902 – July 19, 1971) was an American female impersonator, entertainer and vaudeville performer, noted for his "outrageous" risqué monologues. He mainly performed in nightclubs, gaining a following in the 1930s and 1940s, and issued several LPs of comic material during the 1950s. He died while serving a prison sentence, having been convicted of being an accomplice to murder.
Ray (or Rae) Bourbon (born Hallie Board Waddell; August 11, 1902 – July 19, 1971) was an American female impersonator, entertainer and vaudeville performer...
of 25. Other stars during the Pansy Craze included Karyl Norman and RayBourbon, as well as the gay pianist and singer Bruz Fletcher, who gained fame...
elder son of Claude de Guise Danny Kirrane as Louis de Bourbon, Antoine's younger brother Ray Panthaki as Charles, Cardinal de Guise, the Duc de Guise's...
Riddle, Randy A. (2005), Don't Call Me Madam - the life and work of RayBourbon, archived from the original on 2013-04-29, retrieved 2013-05-30 "Interview:...
followed. In doing so, Malin and other such performers as Karyl Norman and RayBourbon ignited a "Pansy Craze" in New York's speakeasies and later in other...
Bourbon Street Beat is a private detective television series that aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960, starring Richard Long...
the 30s and the 60s, RayBourbon was one of the most well-known female impersonators, in 1956 Ray changed his name to Rae Bourbon and released and album...
October 24, 2019. Capsuto 2000, p. 15. Summers, Claude J. (2002). "Bourbon, Ray (1892?-1971)" (PDF). glbtq Encyclopedia. Shippen, Lauren. "Episode 52...
Box Lounge was RayBourbon, who had originally started his drag career at Finocchio's Club in the 1930s. At the Jewel Box Lounge, Bourbon sometimes played...
in an act called "Glorifying the American Boy-Girl." With Gene Malin, RayBourbon, and others, he instigated the "Pansy Craze" for drag acts in New York...
Ray Danton (born Raymond Caplan; September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992) was a radio, film, stage, and television actor, director, and producer whose...
The Bourbon Legend is Jason Boland & The Stragglers's fifth album. It was released in the fall of 2006. The song "Rattlesnakes" is a cover, co-written...
"Bourbon Street" by Eddie Schwartz "Bourbon Street" by Hurriganes "Bourbon Street" by Little River Band "Bourbon Street Beat" by Don Ralke "Bourbon Street...
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including Maniac Spider Trash, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Bourbon Crow, and Gunfire 76. Joe Poole's musical career began in 1992 when he...
and paid homage to France's ruling family, the House of Bourbon, with the naming of Bourbon Street.[page needed] New Orleans was ceded to the Spanish...
on a full scholarship at Loyola University and worked as a doorman on Bourbon Street to support himself.[better source needed] He was a contributing...
role as Kenny Madison in both Warner Bros. television detective series Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960) and its sequel, Surfside 6 (1960–1962). He teamed...
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