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- Fuher, Kent
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Jackie Beat is the drag persona of actor, singer, songwriter, and screenwriter Kent Fuher, from West Covina, CA and born July 24, 1963. Beat has appeared in a number of independent feature films both in and out of drag, including Wigstock: The Movie, Flawless, and Adam & Steve (for which he also wrote and performed the song "Dance Off"). In television, Beat has appeared on Sex and the City and was a writer for the short-lived sketch comedy series Hype on The WB Television Network. Beat was a fixture on the New York City cabaret scene and performs sold-out Gay Pride and Christmas runs every year. She has performed across the US, England, and Australia. In 2015, Beat was the host of Seattle Pride’s Pride Parade. In March of 2019, Beat appeared as Bea Arthur at an event called The MisMatch Game, hosted by Dennis Hensley, for the Los Angeles LGBT Center's 15th Anniversary celebration. Beat frequently performs as both Arthur and her Golden Girls character Dorothy Zbornak, notably in the parody theater show The Golden Gurlz.
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West Covina, CA
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Drag persona
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Screenwriter
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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.
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Catalogued November 2021.