In director Ang Lee's latest, 'Taking Woodstock,' Liev Schreiber revisits a rich Hollywood tradition: men in drag. He's Vilma, a butch ex-Marine who prefers heels over boots, and in his -- er, her -- honor, we've come up with our list of favorite on-screen men in drag. (This marks Schreiber's second time cross-dressing on the big screen, after 1994's 'Mixed Nuts.')
In director Ang Lee's latest, 'Taking Woodstock,' Liev Schreiber revisits a rich Hollywood tradition: men in drag. He's Vilma, a butch ex-Marine who prefers heels over boots, and in his -- er, her -- honor, we've come up with our list of favorite on-screen men in drag. (This marks Schreiber's second time cross-dressing on the big screen, after 1994's 'Mixed Nuts.')One of the actors on our list is best known for his run as a booty-hunting, rum-swilling pirate; another dirty danced his way to fame before squeezin' into a pair of Spanx.
Which brave leading men dared to don the drag-requisite stockings, bold lipstick and extravagant wigs of the fairer sex? Click through our gallery of Hollywood's studliest actors at their glamazon best (or drag-queen worst, in some cases). And then vote for the handsome fella you think makes the most beautiful gal.
Men in Drag
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Travolta did a Barbra Streisand impersonation on an appearance of 'Saturday Night Live.'
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Reportedly, "Big Momma" was what neighborhood kids called the real-life mother of screenwriter Darryl Quarles. What a tribute to dear old Mom.
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Before he was Captain Jack, Depp was Lieutenant Victor (decidedly less rum-swilling, more cruel and unusual interrogating).
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Though Pearce doesn't cross-dress in 'To Wong Foo ...,' he does in 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.'
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It's based on Mitchell's play of the same name.
New Line
Neil Jordan made a name for himself with the shocking "twist" of 1992's 'The Crying Game.'
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That's Bernal in Pedro Almodovar's 2004 melodrama, 'Bad Education.'
Sony Pictures Classics
Playwright/memoirist/actor/director Perry is a multi-tasker (that may be the understatement of the year).
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Lange was the soap star Hoffman lusted for -- unfortunately she saw him as just a friend. (But can you blame her, when he looked like that?)
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