John Waters gave a speech, and was one of the pallbearers who then carried the coffin to its final resting place, next to the grave of Divine's grandmother.

Massey gained a cult following from her appearances in five films directed by John Waters: Multiple Maniacs ( 1970 ), in which she appeared as herself and, in a dream sequence, as the Virgin Mary ; Pink Flamingos ( 1972 ), playing Divine's egg-loving mother, Edie ; Female Trouble ( 1974 ), as Aunt Ida ; Desperate Living ( 1977 ), as the evil Queen Carlotta of Mortville ; and in her final role in a Waters film, Polyester ( 1981 ), as Cuddles Kovinsky.

The next Divine film, Lust in the Dust ( 1985 ), reunited him with Tab Hunter and was Divine's first film not directed by John Waters.

Reviews of the film were mixed, as were the evaluations of Divine's performance.

Reviews of the film were predominantly positive, with Divine in particular being singled out for praise ; several commentators expressed their opinion that the film marked Divine's breakthrough into mainstream cinema.

After the screening, a party was held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where Frances Milstead granted an impromptu interview to the English film critic Jonathan Ross, a friend and fan of Divine's.

" Another such example of Divine's influence on musicians appeared in 2008, when Irish electronic singer Róisín Murphy paid homage to Divine in her music video for her song " Movie Star " by reenacting the attack by Lobstora from his 1970 film Multiple Maniacs and by the appearance of Divine lookalikes.

Due to Divine's portrayal of Edna Turnblad in the original comedy-film version of Hairspray, later musical adaptations of Hairspray have commonly placed male actors in the role of Edna, including Harvey Fierstein and others in the 2002 Broadway musical, and John Travolta in the 2007 musical film.

This was Divine's first film with no connection to John Waters.

The film was Divine's last film and his only film with Waters in which he didn't play the lead.

Female Trouble would prove to be Divine's favorite of his films, because it both allowed him to develop his character and to finally play a male role, something he had always felt important because he did not want to be typecast as a female impersonator.

Impressed with Divine's performance in Women Behind Bars, playwright Tom Eyen decided to write a new play that would feature him in a starring role.

It was through Chet Divine's many efforts that the I-96 Freeway came to be where it is instead of away from the Portland area.

Divine's mother, Frances Milstead ( née Vukovich ; April 12, 1920 – March 24, 2009 ), was one of fifteen children born to an impoverished Serbian immigrant couple who had grown up near to Zagreb, Yugoslavia, before moving to the United States in 1891.

Even though Scott thought Divine unsuitable for the part, he claimed to be enthusiastic about Divine's work and was very interested in including him in another of his films, but ultimately this never came about.

His corpse was discovered by Bernard Jay the following morning, who then sat with the body for the next six hours alongside three of Divine's other friends.

Divine's corpse was taken to Ruck's Funeral Home in Towson, where an extra-large coffin was obtained for it.

According to Divine's manager, Bernard Jay, this was " not because Divine happened to be a gay person himself … but because it was the gay community that openly and proudly identified with the determination of the female character Divine ".

Divine's mother, Frances Milstead, remarked that whilst Divine " was blessed with many talents and abilities, he could be very moody and demanding.

also came under criticism from Divine's friend Greg Gorman, who remarked that " there was so much hostility and so much meanspiritedness in the way Divine was was portrayed in the book that was just 180 degrees from who he was.

release was Strike Under's Immediate Action twelve inch EP in 1980, followed by Divine's Born To Be Cheap seven inch.

The trial, not as speedy as the neighbors wanted, was scheduled for late fall, allowing Father Divine's popularity to snowball for the entire Sayville vacation season.

On Sunday, November 15, at 12: 15 AM, a police officer was called to Father Divine's raucously loud property.

Father Divine's trial was finally held on May 24, 1932.

Interestingly, reincarnation had not previously been part of Father Divine's doctrine, indeed he had said that the notion of an afterlife was absurd.

It was during this time that Father Divine's followers finally named the movement: " the International Peace Mission movement ".

During this time, one of Father Divine's most prominent members, Faithful Mary, defected and took control of the Promised Land which was technically in her name.

Out of the Dark would be released the year after Divine's death.

and for this statement the best evidence comes within the five years following the publication of Utopia, when Martin Luther elaborates a new perception of the nature of the Divine's encounter with man.

While unwilling to follow all of Divine's teachings, Julian nonetheless identified with Divine and gave flying lessons to Divine followers.

In the United Kingdom, Divine would sing his hit " You Think You're A Man " – a song which he had dedicated to his parents – on BBC television show Top of the Pops, and also gained a devout follower in the form of Briton Mitch Whitehead, a man who would declare himself to be Divine's " number 1 fan ", tattooing himself with images of his idol and eventually aiding Bernard Jay in setting up for Divine's show onstage.

* Father Divine's International Peace Mission Movement, with information on visiting Woodmont

The increasingly integrated environment of Father Divine's communal house and the hint of wealth of Divine's Cadillac, coupled with the fact that he didn't work a normal job infuriated his neighbors.

This arrangement seems successful to Lady Divine's lover, Mr. David ( David Lochary ), until Lady Divine becomes bored with the routine, and decides to murder the patrons rather than merely robbing them.

The New York Times said of Milstead's ' 80s films: " Those who could get past the unremitting weirdness of Divine's performance discovered that the actor / actress had genuine talent, including a natural sense of comic timing and an uncanny gift for slapstick.

By the time of Divine's birth in 1945, the Milsteads were relatively wealthy and socially conservative, adhering to the Baptist denomination of Christianity.

Milstead built up a large collection of friends around him, among them David Lochary ( 1944 – 1977 ), who would become an actor and co-star in several of Divine's later films.

Divine's parents had decided to buy him his own beauty shop in Towson, in the hope that this financial responsibility would help him to settle down in life and stop spending so extravagantly, and whilst he agreed to work there, he refused to be involved in owning and managing the establishment, leaving this to his mother.

The scene would become one of the most notable moments of Divine's acting career, and he would later complain of people thinking that " I run around doing it all the time.

In his private life, Divine had also become the godfather of Brook Yeaton, the son of his friends Chuck Yeaton and Pat Moran ; the two would remain very close until Divine's death.

Whilst his career as a disco singer continued, Divine and his management felt that, despite the fact that Divine's records had sold well, they were not receiving their share of the profits, and so they went to court against Orlando and his company, O-Records.

They contacted Thomas Noguchi, the Chief Coroner for the County of Los Angeles, who organized the body's removal ; Divine's friends were able to prevent the press from taking any photographs of the body.