A Brief History Of John Waters

TIMELINE: A Brief History of John Waters
SANTA MONICA, CA - FEBRUARY 25: Director John Waters arrives at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, 2012 at Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
SANTA MONICA, CA - FEBRUARY 25: Director John Waters arrives at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, 2012 at Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

April 22, 1946
It's a boy
John Samuel Waters Jr. is born in Baltimore to Patricia and John Waters

1963
It's a boy in a dress
The teenage Waters meets a kid in his neighborhood named Glenn Milstead who liked to dress up in his mother's clothes. Milstead would later change his name to Divine, becoming a 300-pound transvestite -- a cult favorite and hallmark of Waters films.

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