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Mink Stole

 
Actor: Mink Stole
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  • Born: in Baltimore, Maryland
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '70s, '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Pink Flamingos, But I'm a Cheerleader, Female Trouble
  • First Major Screen Credit: Pink Flamingos (1972)

Biography

Born Nancy Stoll in Baltimore, MD, Mink Stole began her acting career in the early '70s as part of John Waters' cast of miscreants. She often played despicable characters, acting as an embodiment of poor taste and a frequent arbiter of nasty schemes. Her first completed project with Waters was the unbearable Roman Candles, made in 1966 as a three-projection 8 mm film with a tape-recorded soundtrack. After playing some sickos in Waters' next few ventures, Stole appeared in the infamous Pink Flamingos as Connie Marbles, the red-haired villain in exaggerated cat-eye glasses and a fur coat. This character set an image for Mink Stole that would follow her for the rest of her career. Stole's next two films marked her most memorable and prominent roles: obnoxious girl-child Taffy Davenport in Female Trouble and housewife-on-the-run Peggy Gravel in Desperate Living. After playing the cornrowed adulteress Sandra Sullivan in Polyester (1981), she would continue to get smaller parts in Waters' films, sometimes only for a few scenes. Stole returned to her despicable roots, though, in 1994 as Dottie Hinkle, the obscene phone call victim in Serial Mom. The next few years, she appeared in numerous cameos, straight-to-video releases, and made-for-cable productions. Playing small walk-on roles, she brought some name recognition to numerous independent features such as Jamie Babbit's But I'm a Cheerleader and Gregg Araki's Splendor. After playing a reoccurring character on the short-lived MTV soap opera Spyder Games, she had a few starring roles in dark comedic short films. In 2002, she appeared on-stage with the Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company and continued to write an advice column for the Baltimore City Paper called "Think Mink." ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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Mink Stole
Born Nancy Paine Stoll
1947
Baltimore, MD, USA
Years active 1967-present
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Mink Stole (born Nancy Paine Stoll; 1947) is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland.[1] She is perhaps best known for her work in the films of close friend John Waters. Because of her work with Waters, she is considered one of the Dreamlanders, Waters' ensemble of regular cast and crew members. Along with Mary Vivian Pearce, she is one of only two actors to appear in all of his films to date.

Her film career began as a party guest in Waters' film Roman Candles circa 1966. Since then, she has appeared in every John Waters movie up to and including 2004's A Dirty Shame except for Hag in a Black Leather Jacket, Eat Your Makeup, and The Diane Linkletter Story. She has also appeared in a number of films and television shows, and presently writes a column for the Baltimore City Paper titled "Think Mink". She is also the lead singer of Mink Stole and her Wonderful Band of which musician Kristian Hoffman is a member.

In April 2009, Mink connected with cult director Steve Balderson for Stuck! - an homage to film noir women in prison dramas. Co-starring Karen Black, Pleasant Gehman, Susan Traylor, and The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin, Stuck! was filmed in Macon, Georgia. Mink plays Esther, a religious inmate sentenced to death.[2][3]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Mink Stole". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831467/. Retrieved 2008-08-21. 
  2. ^ a b "Steve Balderson's "Stuck!"". dikenga.com. 2009. http://www.dikenga.com/films/stuck/CastandCrew/default.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-30. 
  3. ^ "Steve Balderson's "Stuck!"/Synopsis". dikenga.com. 2009. http://www.dikenga.com/films/stuck/Synopsis/default.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-30. 
  4. ^ http://www.outatthewedding.com/cast4.html

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