John Epperson

John Epperson

Born: April 24, 1955
in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA
John Epperson (born April 24, 1955) is an American drag artist, actor, pianist, vocalist, and writer who is mainly known for creating his stage character Lypsinka. As Lypsinka, he lip-synchs to meticulously edited, show-length soundtracks culled from snippets of outrageous 20th-century female performances in movies and song.

Movies for John Epperson...

Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity
Title: Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity
Character: Lypsinka
Released: February 1, 2024
Type: Movie
Award-winning actress and filmmaker Chloë Sevigny returns to the director’s chair bringing her own instinctual depth and glamor to the short film Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity, a singular work centering around downtown legend Lypsinka, the surrealist and iconic stage creation of John Epperson. Inhabiting the words of Hollywood icons from Judy Garland to Joan Crawford trapped in an airless world of old-fashioned TV glamor, Lypsinka guides us through her fever dream as she grapples with her psyche as a celebrity.
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Wig
Title: Wig
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 2019
Type: Movie
Spotlighting the art of drag, and centered on the New York staple Wigstock, this documentary showcases the personalities and performances that inform the ways we understand queerness, art and identity today.
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Black Swan
Title: Black Swan
Character: Jaded Piano Player
Released: December 3, 2010
Type: Movie
A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.
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Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
Title: Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
Character: Andy's Mom
Released: November 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Four university students head to Florida for spring break and enroll in a contest to see who can get the most sexual partners.
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Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
Title: Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
Released: June 6, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary which focuses more on the impact of the film upon its release and how it has seeped into the culture since that time. It is always fun to hear John Waters speak on a subject he is passionate about.
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Another Gay Movie
Title: Another Gay Movie
Character: Andy's Mom
Released: April 28, 2006
Type: Movie
In the dirtiest, funniest, most scandalous gay-teen-sex-comedy-parody ever, four young gay friends make a pact to lose their virginity by the end of the summer. The boys soon face giant sex toys, naked celebrities, masochistic teachers and an uncontrollable romance with a quiche.
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Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Title: Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
An overview of the iconic actresses' legendary careers, as well as the rivalry that colored "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
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Beauty in a Jar
Title: Beauty in a Jar
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2003
Type: Movie
BEAUTY IN A JAR explores the social, racial, sexual and political history of the American beauty culture. How was the American ideal of beauty transformed over time? How does advertising tap into women's fantasies and hidden desires?
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Eloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life
Title: Eloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1999
Type: Movie
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Dragtime
Title: Dragtime
Character: Lypsinka
Released: October 11, 1997
Type: Movie
A film that revels in the sheer delightful fabulousness of drag! A joyful look into the lives of some of the most famous drag queens of today: Varla Jean Merman, Candis Cayne, Lady Bunny and Lypsinka. These frocked out femmes of fashion light up the screen!
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Red Ribbon Blues
Title: Red Ribbon Blues
Character: Harold
Released: September 7, 1995
Type: Movie
After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own community distribution program.
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Wigstock: The Movie
Title: Wigstock: The Movie
Character: Self
Released: June 9, 1995
Type: Movie
The three-decade-old annual Manhattan gathering of drag queens and their fans is portrayed in this colorful documentary. The film concentrates on the spectacle of the event, providing abundant examples of the elaborate costumes, flamboyant wigs, and campy musical performances that characterize the event.
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Witch Hunt
Title: Witch Hunt
Character: Vivian Dart (as Lypsinka)
Released: December 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Magic and murder connect an actress, a private eye, a senator and a witch in 1950s Hollywood.
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An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
Title: An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 1993
Type: Movie
On January 22, 1993 at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Harvey Fierstein, Marga Gomez, and Lypsinka performed a one-night only benefit for the making of the film The Celluloid Closet, both directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
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Nelson Sullivan
Title: Nelson Sullivan
Released: July 3, 1989
Type: Movie
Nelson Sullivan, a videographer in Manhattan circa 1983 to 1989, documented a large chunk of the final six years of his life, capturing his days and nights with drag queens and other NYC outcasts of the time. His style takes on a "home movie quality" that captures a lost - and now romanticized - American era in all of its mundane glory.
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Vampire's Kiss
Title: Vampire's Kiss
Character: Apache Dancer
Released: September 17, 1988
Type: Movie
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his madness deepens, it begins to look as if some of the events he's experiencing may be hallucinations.