Mary Vivian Pearce
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Mary Vivian Pearce is the childhood best friend of filmmaker John Waters and has appeared as an actress in nearly every movie he has made.
Her first film with Waters, in 1964, was a 17-minute independent short film called Hag in a Black Leather Jacket. The film was never released. In the rest of Waters' films she's played both main and bit parts.
Her most famous roles were in Waters' Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble and Desperate Living. However, as the years progressed, Pearce appeared less and less in Waters' films, usually as an extra or a character without a major impact on the plot. She continues to appear in Waters' films; she appeared as a protester in Cecil B. Demented just weeks after brain surgery.
Currently, she lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
[edit] Mary Vivian Pearce Filmography
- Hag in a Black Leather Jacket (1964) (unreleased)
- Roman Candles (1966) (unreleased)
- Eat Your Makeup (1968) (unreleased)
- Mondo Trasho (1969) character unnamed
- The Diane Linkletter Story (1969) as Mrs. Linkletter
- Multiple Maniacs (1970) as Bonnie/Cavalcade Patron
- Pink Flamingos (1972) as Cotton
- Female Trouble (1974) as Donna Dasher
- Desperate Living (1977) as Princess Coo Coo
- Polyester (1981) as Nun in unwed mothers home
- Hairspray (1988) as Hairhopper Mother
- Cry-Baby (1990) as Picnic Mother (scene later removed)
- Serial Mom (1994) as Book Buyer
- Pecker (1998) as Homophobe
- Divine Trash (1998) as herself
- Cecil B. DeMented (2000) as Family Lady
- A Dirty Shame (2004) as Lady at sex addict meeting
