#patsy kelly

🌈"𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮!"🌈(Part One) LGBTQ+ representation on the Aaron Spelling romantic-comedy-drama anthology series The Love Boat, which ran on ABC from its launch as a TV movie in 1976 and then as a weekly series from September 24th, 1977 until the Pacific Princess sailed off the airwaves on May 24th, 1986. Featuring an ever-changing roster of guest stars from classic Hollywood film and television and the worlds of music, fashion, and sports, the series was a solid ratings winner in it's Saturday night time slot for years and spawned a revival entitled Love Boat: The Next Wave on UPN in 1998-99, and the reality series The Real Love Boat in Australia and America in 2022. Among the gay, lesbian, and bisexual celebrities featured on the original series were classic Hollywood film stars Farley Granger, Tab Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Vincent Price, Van Johnson, Cesar Romero, and Patsy Kelly, television stars Richard Deacon (Mel Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke Show), Sherman Hemsley (George Jefferson on The Jeffersons), Kristy McNichol (who, in addition to her work in films, starred on the series Family and Empty Nest), Dick Sargent (Darrin #2 on Bewitched), Robert Reed (Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch), Nancy Kulp (Miss Jane Hathaway on The Beverly Hillbillies), Gordon Thomson (well-known Canadian actor who played conniving Adam Carrington on Dynasty and whose name was misspelled on his Love Boat porthole), Fannie Flagg (actress, author and screenwriter noted for Fried Green Tomatoes), Glenn Scarpelli (Alex on the original One Day at a Time who now owns a TV station in Sedona, Arizona), and James Coco (who also starred on stage and screen). Guest stars from the fashion world included designers Bob Mackie (notable for his work with Cher, Carol Burnett, and countless other iconic film, music and TV stars) and Halston (Liza Minnelli's best friend and creator of the pillbox hat, famously popularized by Jackie Kennedy, renowned for his use of both silk and ultrasuede in his fashion designs). From the music industry were the groups the Village People (who had hits with Y.M.C.A. and Macho Man) and the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo featuring Ricky Martin front and center. Last, but certainly not least, legendary pop artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol who made an appearance on The Love Boat in 1985, two years before his passing. It should also be noted that actor and director Charles Nelson Reilly made a guest appearance on The Love Boat in 1982 but his porthole credits appearance proved impossible to find. In an extremely progressive move, The Love Boat featured an intelligent, sensitive, and highly sympathetic transgender storyline on an episode in 1982 when series regular Gopher (played by Fred Grandy) learned that his college roommate (played by Mackenzie Phillips) had transitioned. An episode in 1984 showcased a very positive coming out story about a gay couple (played by Roy Thinnes and Michael McGrady), one of whom was fraternity brothers with series regular Doc (Bernie Kopell). There were also a number of episodes featuring cross-dressing, with John Ritter, Bert Convy and Arte Johnson (among others) appearing in drag in Some Like It Hot-style storylines.

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Judy Garland (Meet Me In St. Louis, A Star is Born, Summer Stock)— Judy is the GOAT when it comes to classic movie musicals. The voice of an angel who deserved so much better than she got. She can sing she can dance she can act she's a triple threat. Though she had a turbulent personal life (her treatment as a child star by the studio system makes me mad as hell like Louis b Mayer fight me ((she was made to believe that she was physically unattractive by the constant criticism of film executives who made her feel ugly and who manipulated her onscreen appearance by capping her teeth and using discs in her nose to change its shape and Mayer called her "my little hunchback" like imagine hearing that as a child and not having damage)) she always goddamn delivered on screen and in any performance she gave. She began in vaudeville performing with her sisters and was signed to MGM at 13. Starting out in supporting parts especially paired with mickey Rooney in a bunch of films (she's the best part tbh) she eventually transferred to the lead role. She is best known for her starring role in movie musicals like the iconic Wizard of Oz (somewhere over the rainbow still hits hard and is ranked the top film song of all time), meet me in St. Louis (Judy singing have your self a merry little Christmas brings tears to the eyes she is that powerful), the Harvey girls (she looks like a technicolor dream and sings a catchy af song about trains), Easter parade ( dancing and singing with Fred Astaire), for me and my gal, the pirate, and summer stock ( with pal Gene Kelly who she helped when he was starting out and he helped her when she was struggling). But she also does non- singing just as well like the clock ( her first movie where she sings no songs and is an underrated ww2 era romance), her Oscar nominated a star is born ( like the man that got away she put her whole soul in that and I have beef with the fact she lost to grace kelly ((whom I love but like still not even her best work)), and judgement at Nuremberg (a courtroom drama about the nazi war criminal trials). Outside of film she made concert appearances to record-breaking audiences, released 8 studio albums, and had her own Emmy-nominated tv series. She was the youngest (39) and first female recipient of the Cecil B DeMille award for lifetime achievement in the film industry. Girl was a lifelong democrat and was a financial and moral supporter of many causes including the civil rights movement (she was at the March on Washington and held a press conference to protest the 16th street Baptist church bombings). She was a friend of the Kennedy family and would call jfk weekly often ending the calls by singing the first few lines of somewhere over the rainbow (she thought of them as Gemini twins).She was a member of the committee for the first amendment which was formed in response to the HUAC investigations. Though she died far too young and tragically she remains an icon for her work and her life. As a girl who didn't feel like i was as pretty as everyone else I have always felt a connection to Judy and I just really love her.

Patsy Kelly (The Countess of Monte Cristo, Merrily We Live, Topper Returns)—patsy kelly was a character actress best known for her brash wisecracking best friend roles, first appearing in a series of comedy shorts with thelma todd and then in a number of feature films. she was openly gay (lovers included tallulah bankhead), even candidly referring to herself as a dyke to the press on occasion and declaring she didn't intend to marry.

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