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Divine: When you think of a bombshell, you think of Monroe or Mansfield, you don't think of a three-hundred-pound man. People like to be shocked.
Divine: All my life I wanted to look like Elizabeth Taylor. Now Elizabeth Taylor looks like me.
Divine: Europeans are not uptight about the female attire. Men have always played women's parts in the theater. It's not questioned and no one really cares. It's just a way to give people a good laugh.... (more Divine quotes)
In 1988, Milstead was set to portray the dual character of Peggy Bundy's Mother and her Uncle Otto on the series Married With Children. Unfortunately, he died the night before tapping of a heart attack, at the age of 42. The producers of Married With Children sent flowers to the funeral, along with a humorous card that read, "If you didn't want to do the show, you could have just SAID something!"
Divine had a stage career, performing in plays such as Women Behind Bars (which ran for a year off-... (more Divine trivia)