Alexis Arquette

Alexis Arquette dies at 47

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Alexis Arquette died aged 47 on 11 September, as family respected her wishes by cheering her "transition to another dimension".


Her brother confirmed she was surrounded by several loved ones, listening to David Bowie's Starman.

The transgender actress starred in The Wedding Singer and two episodes of Friends.

She was born Robert Arquette, the sibling of fellow actors Patricia, Rosanna, Richmond and David.

 

In 1982, at the age of 12, Arquette's first acting gig was as "this little kid who's on a ride with all these women and whatnot" in the music video "She's a Beauty" by The Tubes. In 1986, Arquette debuted on the big screen in an uncredited role as Alexis, the androgynous friend and bandmate of sexually ambivalent teenager Max Whiteman (Evan Richards) in Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

Arquette, in the earlier years of her career, primarily performed as a female impersonator, frequently under the name "Eva Destruction". Later in her career, she made public that she had begun the process leading to sex reassignment surgery. To this end, Arquette had publicly declared that she considered her gender to be female.

At 19, Arquette played trans sex worker Georgette in the screen adaptation of Last Exit to Brooklyn. The majority of Arquette's film work was in low-budget or independent films. In total, Arquette starred in more than 40 movies, including I Think I Do, Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror, and Sometimes They Come Back... Again. Arquette also starred as a crack addict opposite Tim Roth in Jumpin' at the Boneyard, as a teenage boy seeking revenge for a horrible childhood in the New Zealand-shot horror fantasy Jack Be Nimble, and as a murderous drag queen in the low budget comedy Killer Drag Queens on Dope.

 

Filmography

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1989      Last Exit to Brooklyn       Georgette          

1990      High Score           Yago / Freddie  

1990      Terminal Bliss    Craig Murphy    

1990      Gavre Princip – Himmel unter Steinen     Milan    

1992      Jumpin' at the Boneyard               Dan       

1992      Buffy the Vampire Slayer              Vampire DJ        

1992      Of Mice and Men             Whitt    

1992      Miracle Beach    Lars       

1993      Ghost Brigade    Cpl. Dawson      

1993      Grief      Bill         

1993      Jack Be Nimble Jack       

1994      Threesome         Dick      

1994      Pulp Fiction         Fourth Man       

1994      Don't Do It          David    

1995      Frisk       Punk (victim #3)               

1995      White Man's Burden       Panhandler        

1995      Paradise Framed                              

1995      Frank & Jesse     Charlie Ford       

1995      Days of the Pentecost    Mechanic            

1996      Things I Never Told You Paul      

1996      Sometimes They Come Back... Again        Tony Reno           Video

1996      Never Met Picasso           Andrew Magnus              

1996      Scream, Teen, Scream    Lisa Marie            Short film

1996      Wigstock: The Movie      Herself

1997      Inside Out           Adam    Short film

1997      Goodbye America            Paul Bladon       

1997      I Think I Do          Bob       

1997      Close To               Deaf Mute           Short film

1997      Kiss & Tell            Amerod Burkowitz          

1998      The Wedding Singer        George Stitzer  

1998      Cleopatra's Second Husband       Alex      

1998      Love Kills              James   

1998      Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror   Greg      Video

1998      Bride of Chucky                 Damien               

1998      Fool's Gold          Mark    

1998      The Thin Pink Line            Mr. Ed  

1999      She's All That     Mitch   

1999      Out in Fifty          Kim       

1999      Clubland              Steven

2000      Piccadilly Pickups             Henri de la Plus Ooh Arrgh          

2000      The Price of Air Willy     

2000      Boys Life 3           Adam    (segment "Inside Out")

2001      Perfect Lover     Onix      

2001      Audit     Richard                 Short film

2001      Tomorrow by Midnight Sidney  

2002      The Trip                Michael               

2002      Spun      Moustache Cop                

2003      Killer Drag Queens on Dope         Ginger   credited as Eva Destruction

2003      The Movie Hero                Strange, Yet Attractive Woman

2003      Wasabi Tuna      Champagne Anna            

2005      Lords of Dogtown             Tranny

2006      Husky 2: Together Again                Gloria Robinson               

2010      Hard Breakers    Ms. Independence         

2010      Here & Now       Ramona               

2011      Getting Back to Zero       Judy      

2013      Tranzloco             Alexis   

2014      Blended               Georgina             

2014      Playing the Straight Man               Alexis    Short Film

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1989      Alien Nation       John Barrymore                Episode: "Contact"

1991      American Playhouse       Werner Hauser Episode: "The Hollow Boy"

1994      Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg        Denver McDowell            TV film

1995      Dead Weekend McHacker            TV film

1995      Roseanne                            Episode: "December Bride"

1999      The Strip              Cleo       Episodes: "Games Without Frontiers", "Send Me an Angel", "Even Better Than the Real Thing"

1999–2000          Beggars and Choosers    Larry / Lola          TV series

2000      Felicity Jim         Episode: "Docuventary II"

2000      Friends The Customer    Episode: "The One with Rachel's Sister"

2001      Friends Waiter in Drag   Episode: "The One with Chandler's Dad"

2001      Xena: Warrior Princess   Caligula                Episodes: "The God You Know", "You Are There"

2001      Son of the Beach              Beverly Episode: "B.J. Blue Hawaii"

2005      Wanted                Paula     Episode: "Lips Are Lips"