Octavia St. Laurent

Octavia St. Laurent
St. Laurent in the film Paris is Burning.

Octavia St. Laurent (March 16, 1964 - May 17, 2009)[1] was an American trans woman and performer featured in the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning.[2]

Unbeknownst to many Octavia was also in fact a very talented and soulful singer and had some original material which she began to work with in collaboration with Hartford CT. resident Greg Field. In late summer and fall of 2005 after a few impromptu test sessions Field was engaged to produce her recordings in his home digital recording studio, but the project was interrupted when Field went to Iceland to play in piano bars for an extended period. The project was never completed.

As of the 2006 release of the LGBT Historic Art Documentary How Do I Look, director Wolfgang Busch, she was using the name Heavenly Angel Octavia St. Laurent Manolo Blahnik. She discusses her drug use, sex work, and fight with AIDS.[3]

Later known as Octavia St. Laurent Mizrahi, she died after a long battle with cancer on May 17, 2009.

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Green, Jesse (April 18, 1993). Paris Has Burned. New York Times
  3. ^ Cotter, Holland (October 24, 2003). DL: The Down Low in Contemporary Art, New York Times

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