Sherry Vine
American actor, drag queen and comedian
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::summary American actor, drag queen and comedian ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sherry Vine |
| image | Sherry_Vine.png |
| caption | Vine on stage in 2019 |
| birth_name | Keith Levy |
| birth_place | Florida, U.S. |
| occupation | Actor, drag queen, musician |
| years_active | 1992–present |
| website | |
| :: |
|name = Sherry Vine |image = Sherry_Vine.png |imagesize = |caption = Vine on stage in 2019 |birth_name = Keith Levy |birth_date = |birth_place = Florida, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |death_cause = |restingplace = |other_names = |occupation = Actor, drag queen, musician |years_active = 1992–present |website = Keith Levy, known professionally as Sherry Vine, is an American actor, drag queen, and musician. Vine is the creator and host of She's Living for This, a variety series on Here TV.
Vine works primarily in New York City and on Fire Island, Long Island, but has also performed across the United States and Europe. She is known for her parodies of popular songs.
Early life and career
Vine was born Keith Levy in Florida, but grew up in Columbia, Maryland. Vine studied at University of Maryland then transferred to USC. Levy moved to New York City in 1990, and in 1992, he started drag as Sherry Vine. His first time in drag was for a one-act play in Los Angeles, called Sorry, Wrong Number. in 1991, Vine was living with actress and drag artist Candis Cayne.
Vine is a fixture in the New York City drag circuit. In the 1990s, he often performed in Theater Couture shows in the East Village with Jackie Beat and Mario Diaz. Theatre Couture was founded by Vine, Joe Gross, and Douglass Sanders in 1992. Vine also performed at Bar d'O, a lounge in the West Village, in weekly shows with Joey Arias, Raven O and Sade Pendarvis.
In 2010, Vine was featured in the web series Queens of Drag: NYC by gay.com. The series featured fellow New York drag queens Bianca Del Rio, Dallas DuBois, Hedda Lettuce, Lady Bunny, Mimi Imfurst, and Peppermint.
Songs
Vine performs a wide variety of parodies. She has parodied Madonna, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Adele, and Lady Gaga, including the songs "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi". Vine has filmed videos of many of her parodies.
Filmography
Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Stonewall | Diva | |
| 1996 | Scream, Teen, Scream | Nurse Nacy DePalma | Short film |
| 1998 | Shucking the Curve | Nick/Nicki | |
| Downtown Darlings | Himself | Documentary | |
| The Electric Urn | Katona | ||
| 1999 | Charlie! | ||
| The Trouble with Perpetual Deja-Vu | TV Hostess | ||
| 2000 | Teach Yourself How to Become a Drag Queen 101 | Himself | |
| 2004 | The Raspberry Reich | Drag Queen Stage | |
| 2005 | Gender X | Himself | Documentary |
| 2006 | Charmed Life | Himself | Documentary |
| Pimp & Ho: Sissy Sins | Jenny Tulls | Short film | |
| 2007 | Fucking Different New York | Angelina | |
| 2010 | Florent: Queen of the Meat Market | Himself | Documentary |
| 2011 | House of Shame: Chantal All Night Long | Himself | Documentary |
| A Fairy Tale | Rose | Short film | |
| Bar d'O | Himself | Documentary | |
| Children of the Dune | Himself | Short film | |
| 2012 | The Internet Demarginalizes Drag Artists | Himself | Documentary short |
| Party Like a Pornstar | Himself | Short film | |
| Welcome to New York | Dr. Kitty Rosenblatt | Short film | |
| 2013 | Fire Island '79 | Short film | |
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | RuPaul's Christmas Ball | Himself | TV special |
| 2006 | House of Venus Show | Season 2, Episode 2 | |
| 2008 | Project Runway | Season 5, Episode 6: "Good Queen Fun" | |
| 2011 | Just Josh | Season 1, Episode 2 | |
| Season 1, Episode 4 | |||
| 2012–present | She's Living for This | Creator and host | |
| 2012 | The Deal | Season 2, Episode 3 | |
| 2013 | Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell | Season 1, Episode 15: "The Spirit of Stonewall" | |
| 2020 | Station 19 | Rainbow Trout | Episode: "We Are Family" |
| 2021 | The Sherry Vine Show | Himself | Host |
| The Browns | Guest appearance | ||
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Web series
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Queens of Drag: NYC | Himself | Produced by gay.com |
| 2019 | Anything You Can Do | Guest | |
| 2024 | Very Delta | ||
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Music videos
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| Year | Title | Artist | Role | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | "Nerves of Steel" | Erasure | Cameo | |
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Theatre
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| Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Doll | Nora | Performance Space 122 |
| 2006 | Carrie | Carrie White | Performance Space 122 |
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References
References
- (January 3, 2011). "Transvocalizers - Sherry Vine".
- ""I'm a Freak and I Like Being a Freak." Keith Levy on the Creation, Ups, and Downs of His Drag Persona Sherry Vine".
- (May 10, 2021). "Interview with Sherry Vine".
- Nunn, Jerry. (25 August 2010). "ChicagoPride.com interview with Sherry Vine". ChicagoPride.com.
- "Sherry Vine: NYC Queen Gets Electrocuted!! | Bob the Drag Queen".
- Caban, Eric. (24 February 2012). "Living for Sherry Vine". Watermark Online.
- Lefkowitz, David. (11 December 1996). "Theatre Couture Keeps It Campy with a Weed & Two Bad Seeds". [[Playbill]].
- (30 January 2009). "National Drag History Month: An Intoxicating Interview with Sherry Vine". [[Logo TV.
- Vine, Sherry. (14 December 2011). "Sherry Vine: Memories of Bar d'O (PHOTOS)". [[The Huffington Post]].
- (8 September 2010). "Gaycom launches Queens of Drag NYC". [[The Advocate (LGBT magazine).
- "The Sherry Vine Variety Show - Sherry Vine".
- Avery, Dan. (5 December 2012). "WATCH: Ho! Ho! Ho! It's "RuPaul's Christmas Ball" From 1993!". [[Queerty]].
- Mason, Charlie. (December 1, 2020). "Station 19 First Look: Drag Race Vet Shangela Gets Jack All Fired Up".
- Ramos, Dino-Ray. (March 29, 2021). "OUTtv Media Group Teams With Producer Entertainment Group Launch First LGBTQ+ Apple TV Channel".
- Patterson, Denny. (November 11, 2021). "'The Browns' Are Back in Town with a Second Season". Out Front Magazine.
- Erasure. (August 11, 2020). "''"Erasure - Nerves of Steel (Official Video)"''".
- Raymond, Gerard. (2 October 2000). "Barbie Doll - Theater News - Oct 2, 2000". Theatre Mania.
- Pincus-Roth, Zachary. (13 November 2006). "Carrie Spills Into P.S. 122 Dec. 2". [[Playbill]].
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