"I'm like heroin. I have to dole myself out carefully. I don't want people to overload." Angelyne
"If you’re looking for celebrities, the easiest one to find is Angelyne. She started her career by erecting giant billboards of herself in Hollywood (corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue), New York and London, displaying nothing but her likeness and a phone number. Dialing excitedly, I was thrilled that no one answered the first time – the ultimate in Hollywood attitude. Looking like a fifties glamour girl gone berserk, Angelyne drives around town in a hot-pink Corvette, wearing a matching revealing outfit, blowing kisses to anyone who looks her way. She cheerfully responds to all comments, from “We love you, Angelyne!” to “Yo! Sit on my face!” Although she’s making a record, she’s currently famous for absolutely nothing."
/ John Waters from his book of essays Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters (1983) /
Born on this day 73 years ago: eternal grasping starlet, kitsch icon, pop culture oddity, cult figure and enthusiast of the colour pink Angelyne (née Ronia Tamar Goldberg, 2 October 1950. The berserk billboard diva’s origins were always shrouded in mystery until an explosive Hollywood Reporter exposé in 2017). Forget Marina Abramović – the most committed performance artist of the past four decades has been Angelyne.
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John Barbour’s Friday Night Talk Show (1987) with guest Angelyne
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L-R from top: Taquila Mockingbird, Angelyne, Nina Hagen, Elvira and Rodney Bingenheimer
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Angelyne Rocks, Billboard, Los Angeles, California
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Angelyne the billboard queen of LA
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blonde bombshells beloved by gay people...
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