Ricky Renée
{{Short description|American and German actor and travesti performer (1929–2017)}}
{{infobox actor
| name = Ricky Renée
| image = Ricky104.jpg
| caption = Ricky Renée in 2006
| birth_name = Jack Gilbert Renner
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1929|09|03}}
| birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|10|29|1929|09|03}}
| death_place = Nuremberg, Germany
| occupation = Drag queen
| years_active =
| employer = Jewel Box Revue, Le Carrousel de Paris, Chez Nous Cabaret
}}
Jack Gilbert Renner (3 September 1929 – 29 October 2017), better known for his stage name Ricky Renée, was an American and German actor and travesti performer. He worked with the traveling Jewel Box Revue in the U.S. and at Le Carrousel in Paris and Chez Nous Cabaret in Berlin. Born in Indianapolis on 3 September 1929,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45098/page/5391/data.pdf|title=The London Gazette from 12. May 1970}} he died in Nuremberg on 29 October 2017, at the age of 88.{{Cite web |url=https://www.evensi.de/good-bye-benefizgala-u-ricky-renee-frankenallee-150-60326-frankfurt-main-deutschland/243138359 |title=evensi |access-date=2020-02-06 |archive-date=2019-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124333/https://www.evensi.de/good-bye-benefizgala-u-ricky-renee-frankenallee-150-60326-frankfurt-main-deutschland/243138359 |url-status=dead }}
Filmography
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
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1961 | World by Night | Himself | |
1970 | Goodbye Gemini | Myra | |
1972 | Cabaret | Fräulein Elke |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0720007}}
- [http://www.rickyrenee.com rickyrenee.com]
- [http://phantomdragon.com/THELEGEND/Renee.htm phantomdragon.com]
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Category:Actors from Indianapolis
Category:20th-century American actors
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