Quentin Crisp

Biography

Quentin Crisp was a trailblazing English raconteur and artist's model whose flamboyant personality and style defied social norms of the era. Born Denis Charles Pratt in 1908, she gained notoriety for her 1968 memoir The Naked Civil Servant and its subsequent screen adaptation in 1975. A queer icon and sensation on stage and screen, Crisp continued to captivate audiences with her wit and fashion sense until her death in 1999.