TONIGHT! Doris Fish gets her Oscar moment at the Academy of Motion Pictures museum in LA with the screening of Vegas In Space! Will we see you there??? Phillip R Ford and Miss X will be onstage in discussion with Michael Varrati, cinematographer Robin Clark and co-stars Sandelle Kincaid and Ramona Fischer will be in…
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The death of Doris Fish was front page news in the San Francisco Chronicle. Doris Fish obituary on the front page of the Bay Area Reporter, June 27, 1991
DetailsOne of the people impressed with Doris’ act with the Tubes was James Moss, a former child star in Hollywood who was trying to make a name for himself in San Francisco as a filmmaker and promoter. His scheme was to produce a film called Magazine Movie and recognized Doris as potential STAR, much as Martin Ryter and then Phillip R…
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Miss Leading (Tippi) appeared in the Gay Freedom Day Parade in her Anita Bryant drag for the Anita Bryant Look-A-Like Contest in June 1977. Excerpt from: NOT TRYING TO PASS AS ANYTHING BUT OUTRAGED: Cross-Dressing and Drag in Protests, Demonstrations, and Social Activism By Ardel Haefele-Thomas, Ph.D. & Ms. Bob Davis, MFA By 1977 about…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel October 26, 1989 City Beat Putting on the Frock By Doris Fish Everyone was shopping last week. They were three-deep at Cliff’s candle counter; the bottled water was all gone at Cala and the flashlights and batteries were the hot items at Pay N’ Pak. I wish I could say…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel November 2, 1989 City Beat Oh, You Stunning Queens! By Doris Fish You were all stunning! I mean it, Saturday night on Castro was as lovely as ever. And thanks to the Police persons for being there. I saw no trouble during my twenty-minute promenade and hope that none of…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel November 9, 1989 De-Frocking Ourselves By Doris Fish The week after Halloween is awful. Drag is anathema to even the most benign citizens. One has to be very careful; I can’t even wear my day-glo Doris Fish t-shirt to Rhythm & Motion aerobic classes without hearing a less-than-enthusiastic, “Doesn’t she…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel Classics November 23, 1989 So Much to Be Thankful For By Doris Fish Didn’t people always say, “You have so much to be thankful for!”, when you complained about how scarce your life, or more importantly, your lifestyle was? It always seemed so silly to be grateful just to be…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel November 30, 1989 Fake Fur Rules! Ok? By Doris Fish Having dated quite a few dogs in my time (not currently darling), it’s only natural that I would feel empathy for animal rights activists. I cheered when I saw them on the news the day after Thanksgiving giving those shoppers…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel November 16, 1989 ‘Fish on Thursday’ By Doris Fish Last month everything happened on Tuesdays. This month it’s Thursdays. And this Thursday its “The Doghouse” on channel 25 at 9pm. We’re the guest “dogs” on the show! How curious that I should be so thrilled to be on television again,…
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