- film
revolves around self-proclaimed "pleasantly plump"
teenager Tracy Turnblad as she
pursues stardom as a
dancer on a
local TV show and
rallies against...
- Edna
Turnblad is a
fictional character from the 1988 film
Hairspray and its
stage musical adaption of the same name, as well as its film and television...
-
American television host and actress. She is
known for her lead role as
Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film Hairspray, for
which she
received a
nomination for the...
- Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the
production follows teenage Tracy Turnblad's dream to
dance on The
Corny Collins Show, a
local TV
dance program based...
-
November 9, 1988) is an
American actress. She is
known for
playing Tracy Turnblad in the film
Hairspray (2007), for
which she won two Critics'
Choice Awards...
- Baltimore, Maryland, the film
follows the "pleasantly plump"
teenager Tracy Turnblad (Blonsky) as she
pursues stardom as a
dancer on a
local television dance...
- for La Cage aux Folles, then Best
Actor in a
Musical for
playing Edna
Turnblad in Hairspray, a role he
reprised for the
Hairspray Live!
television special...
-
Hairspray as
Wilbur Turnblad alongside Michael Ball,
Brian Conley and
Michael Starke – who
alternated the role of Edna
Turnblad. He
starred in the touring...
- Breeders, and The Diplomat. On stage,
McKean made his
Broadway debut as Edna
Turnblad in the
musical Hairspray (2004). He took on dual
roles portraying J. Edgar...
- the
character "Doddy", in 2006. In 2016 he
performed the role of Edna
Turnblad in the
touring season of Hairspray. In late 2017 he
featured as "Kenneth...
