Harvey Fierstein

Acting6th June 1952(74)Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA87 titles

Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning "Kinky Boots". He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.

Born

6th June 1952 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Also known as

Harvey Forbes Fierstein

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