Homegrown International Gay Icons- Past and Present

Let's hear about the queer icons of the non-English speaking world. Who's the Judy Garland of South America? The Joan Crawford of Eastern Europe? The Ethel Merman of Japan? Or, do local cultures have gay and lesbian celebrities that exemplify other qualities not found in anglophone culture?

• Judy Garland of France: Dalida

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalida

• Zarah Leander (Sweden/Germany)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dm20La_Sg4Dc

• ¡Sara Montiel!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DDQsdmiqwmjc

• PIAF???

• Hildegard Knef (Germany)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dr6vmMzME7S0

• Good topic.

• Rula Lenska! Julie Covington! That third chick from ROCK FOLLIES!

• Uriel Yekutiel of Israel.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MqhwvGWTPg