工作事業
In the 1970s, Milstead starred as Divine in a number of New York City theater pieces, including Tom Eyen's classic camp women's prison drama, Women Behind Bars, which was a major off-Broadway hit in 1976, playing the lead role of the evil matron, Pauline. Divine returned to the stage in another Tom Eyen off-Broadway play, The Neon Woman, where he played the role of Flash Storm, the owner of a sleazy strip club plagued by a series of murders. Eyen's play was loosely based on famed burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee's book, The G-String Murders.
在1970年代，Milstead開始演出Divine角色於紐約市劇院，包括了Tom Eyen的經典女子監獄camp(一種風格，包含強烈的諷刺性與苛薄的壞品味，多有反串）劇"Women Behind Bars"，該劇是1976年小百老匯（非百老匯）的熱門作品，他飾演主要角色---壞心的看守員Pauline。Divine又回到了舞台上，在另一個Tom Eyen的小百老匯劇"the neon woman"中演出閃電風暴，一個被連環殺手陰影隴照的低級的脫衣舞劇樂部老闆。Eyen的劇基本上是架構於有名的諷刺劇演員Gypsy Rose Lee的書"The G-string Murders"。
Milstead starred in a number of films and was part of the regular cast known as the Dreamlanders. The Dreamlanders appeared in many of John Waters' earlier works such as Pink Flamingos (in 1972), Female Trouble, Polyester, and Hairspray. In 1985 Milstead appeared opposite Tab Hunter in their hit Lust in the Dust, repeating their successful pairing in Polyester.
Milstead在一連串的影片中演出，並且是常駐班底Dreamlanders的一員。The Dreamlanders在John Waters早期作品中經常出現，像是Pink Flamongos(1972年）、Female Trouble、Polyster以及Hairspray（髮膠明星夢）。在1985年Milstead與Tab Hunter在他們的熱門作Lust in the dust同台演出，延續他們在Polyster劇中的成功配對。
He is also remembered as a major character in the documentary homage Divine Trash by Steve Yeager, covering the life and work of John Waters.
他另一個被大眾記得的主要角色是在Steve Yeager向John Water致敬，紀錄他的生平與事業的紀錄片中的角色Divine Trash。
In 1988, the British film The Fruit Machine, also known as Wonderland in the United States, used Milstead's songs in a nightclub disco dance sequence that showcased an early Robbie Coltrane in drag as "Annabelle", the club's owner (a cross between Divine and Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz).
在1988年，英國電影The Fruit Machine，在美國取名為Wonderland的電影取用了Milstead的歌用在一個夜總會的跳舞鏡頭，該幕為Robbie Coltrane(在哈利波特中演海格那位)反串角色，夜總會老闆Annabelle。（造型像是Divine與Judy Garland在the wizard of OZ的混合體)
Late in his career, Milstead also played male roles in his last three films: Trouble in Mind, Hairspray, and Out of the Dark. In Hairspray he played two roles, one male and one female (which he had first done in the earlier Female Trouble). He was also the inspiration for the design of Ursula the Sea-Witch in the Disney classic The Little Mermaid.
在他事業晚期，Milstead也在他最後的三部電影演出了男性角色：Trouble in Mind,Hairspray,與Out of the dark。在Hairspray中他演出分別演出一男一女兩角（他第一次這樣演出是在之前的Female Trouble)，另外他也是迪士尼經典小美人魚中那位海中妖巫烏蘇拉的設計靈感來源。
He visited Bergen, Norway, in the mid-1980s. At that time, Polyester had been a great success at the local cinema. He was treated as a real superstar by the press and by the audience to his live show. He told in an interview with Bergen Gay Radio that this was one of only a few times when he had experienced this kind of appreciation. Usually he felt he was just some kind of industrial entertainer.
他在1980年代中去了挪威的Bergen，在那時，Polyester在當地戲院是相當的熱門。在那裡他被巨星級的對待，不管是出板業界還是去他現場表演的觀眾們。他在Bergen Gay Radio上的訪問中表示，這是他少數幾次中被這樣的排場相待，通常他覺得他只是娛樂界的勞工。
Death
死亡
In 1988 Milstead was cast as a character (actually, two characters) on the FOX prime-time series Married...With Children.
在1988年Milstead被列為福斯黃金時段影集Married...With Children的一員（事實上，是兩個角色）。
On the evening of March 7 he was in Los Angeles staying in the Regency Hotel, and the night before he was due on set he had dinner with friends. Afterwards he returned to the hotel, and before entering his room he leaned over the balcony and sang "Arrivederci Roma."
在3月七號的傍晚，他下住在洛杉磯的Regency旅館，並且在他開拍戲的前晚與好友一同晚餐。之後他回到旅館，並在進入他房間之前靠著陽台唱著"Arrivederci Roma"。
Milstead was known for being on time when working, so when he didn’t show up the next morning for his shoot on the show people became concerned. His manager Bernard Jay went to the hotel at noon to check on him and used his pass key to get in. The autopsy later found he had died in his sleep of heart failure, or an enlarged heart brought on by sleep apnea. He was 42 years old.
Milstead在工作時以準時聞名，所以當他在隔天早晨沒有在拍攝現場出現時引起了大家的關切。他的經紀人Bernard Jay在中午時到旅館看看他的狀況，他使用了萬用鑰匙進入房間。稍後的現場勘查指出他在睡眠中因為心臟衰竭，或是心室肥大造成的睡眠窒息症而死亡。他死時42歲。
The request was made that no money be donated to charity in Divine’s name, but for people to buy flowers, because he loved them so much. Elton John sent a huge batch, as did Tab Hunter and Whoopi Goldberg – along with a card that read, "See what a good review will do?" The card from Fox and Married...With Children read, "If you didn't want the job, all you had to do was say so."
要求已經被提出了，因此沒有捐錢來紀念Divine的名子，但是大家還是買了花，因為實在是太喜歡她了。愛爾頓強送了一大群花，tab hunder與琥碧歌博也是。並有張卡上寫著：看看一個好的回顧是怎麼做的？而福斯的Married...With Children劇組的卡片寫著：如果你不想要這份工作的話，你只需要說就是了。（翻得很爛這段）
Discography
音樂分類
In the 1980s, Divine released several dance music records which were club music hits in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Divine's records comprised synth-heavy disco music, most of it composed, created, performed, and produced by Bobby Orlando. In the United States, Divine's highest-charting songs were "Native Love", peaking at #21 on the Club Play Singles chart, and "Shoot Your Shot", which reached #39 among Club Play Singles. Divine's early U.K. releases on the Design Communications label included "Love Reaction" , "Shake It Up", and "Shoot Your Shot". The Stock, Aitken & Waterman-produced song "You Think You're A Man" was Divine's most successful U.K. hit, reaching #16; the song was also a Top 10 hit in Australia, reaching #8 (Due in part to a popular promotional tour in that country which included an appearance on the popular Australian music show Countdown.) Among the material Divine released on the Proto label in the United Kingdom was "I'm So Beautiful" (the follow-up single to "You Think You're A Man"), "Walk Like A Man" and "Twistin' The Night Away". A compilation of tracks from his Proto catalogue, entitled The Essential Divine, is currently available on iTunes.
在1980年代，Divine出了幾張在美國、歐洲與澳洲風行一陣的舞曲唱片。Divine的唱片由大量效果器構成的迪斯可音樂，大部分的音樂作曲、創作、演出及監製由Bobby Oelando出任。在美國，Divine排名最高的歌曲是"Native Love"，在劇樂部單曲榜上排名21，另一首"Shoot your shot"則是排名第39。Divine早期在英國由design communication唱片公司發行的歌曲則有＂Love Reaction"、"Shake it up"、與"Shot your shot"，由stock, Aitken & Waterman製作的歌曲"you think you're a man"則是Divine在英國最成功的歌，達到第16名，另外該曲在澳洲則是第八名（有部份原因是因為在該國的巡迴演出上上了當地最熱門的音樂節目Countdown)，另外Divine與原來的唱片公司在英國還發行了"Ｉ'm so beautiful（在"you think you're a man"之後）、"walk like a man"與"Twistin' The Night Away"，Itunes之前也可以下載到將他之前出版的歌曲合成的精選專輯"The Essential Divine"。
