Sherry Vine

Sherry Vine
Vine on stage in 2019
Born
Keith Levy

Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, drag queen, musician
Years active1992–present
Websitesherryvine.com

Keith Levy, known professionally as Sherry Vine, is an American actor, drag queen, and musician. Vine is the creator and host of She's Living for This, a variety series on Here TV.

Vine works primarily in New York City and on Fire Island, Long Island, but has also performed across the United States and Europe. She is known for her parodies of popular songs.

Career

Vine was born Keith Levy in Florida, but grew up in Maryland. Vine studied at University of Maryland then transferred to USC. Keith Levy has performed in drag as Sherry Vine[1] since 1992.[2] His first time in drag was for a one-act play in Los Angeles, called Sorry, Wrong Number.[3]

Vine is a fixture in the New York City drag circuit. In the 1990s, he often performed in Theater Couture shows in the East Village with Jackie Beat and Mario Diaz. Theatre Couture was founded by Vine, Joe Gross, and Douglass Sanders in 1992.[4] Vine also performed at Bar d'O, a lounge in the West Village, in weekly shows with Joey Arias, Raven O and Sade Pendarvis.[5][6]

In 2010, Vine was featured in the web series Queens of Drag: NYC by gay.com. The series featured fellow New York drag queens Bianca Del Rio, Dallas DuBois, Hedda Lettuce, Lady Bunny, Mimi Imfurst, and Peppermint.[7]

Songs

Vine performs a wide variety of parodies. She has parodied Madonna, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Adele, and Lady Gaga, including the songs "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi". Vine has filmed videos of many of her parodies.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Stonewall Diva
1996 Scream, Teen, Scream Nurse Nacy DePalma Short film
1998 Shucking the Curve Nick/Nicki
Downtown Darlings Himself Documentary
The Electric Urn Katona
1999 Charlie!
The Trouble with Perpetual Deja-Vu TV Hostess
2000 Teach Yourself How to Become a Drag Queen 101 Himself
2004 The Raspberry Reich Drag Queen Stage
2005 Gender X Himself Documentary
2006 Charmed Life Himself Documentary
Pimp & Ho: Sissy Sins Jenny Tulls Short film
2007 Fucking Different New York Angelina
2010 Florent: Queen of the Meat Market Himself Documentary
2011 House of Shame: Chantal All Night Long Himself Documentary
A Fairy Tale Rose Short film
Bar d'O Himself Documentary
Children of the Dune Himself Short film
2012 The Internet Demarginalizes Drag Artists Himself Documentary short
Party Like a Pornstar Himself Short film
Welcome to New York Dr. Kitty Rosenblatt Short film
2013 Fire Island '79 Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 RuPaul's Christmas Ball[8] Himself TV special
2006 House of Venus Show Season 2, Episode 2
2008 Project Runway Season 5, Episode 6: "Good Queen Fun"
2011 Just Josh Season 1, Episode 2
Season 1, Episode 4
2012–present She's Living for This Creator and host
2012 The Deal Season 2, Episode 3
2013 Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell Season 1, Episode 15: "The Spirit of Stonewall"
2020 Station 19[9] Rainbow Trout Episode: "We Are Family"
2021 The Sherry Vine Show[10] Himself Host
The Browns Guest appearance[11]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Queens of Drag: NYC Himself Produced by gay.com
2019 Anything You Can Do Guest
2024 Very Delta

Music videos

Year Title Artist Role Ref(s)
2020 "Nerves of Steel" Erasure Cameo [12]

Theatre

Year Title Role Theatre
2000 Doll[13] Nora Performance Space 122
2006 Carrie[14] Carrie White Performance Space 122

See also

References

  1. ^ "Interview with Sherry Vine". May 10, 2021. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via YouTube.com.
  2. ^ Nunn, Jerry (August 25, 2010). "ChicagoPride.com interview with Sherry Vine". ChicagoPride.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  3. ^ Caban, Eric (February 24, 2012). "Living for Sherry Vine". Watermark Online. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  4. ^ Lefkowitz, David (December 11, 1996). "Theatre Couture Keeps It Campy with a Weed & Two Bad Seeds". Playbill. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "National Drag History Month: An Intoxicating Interview with Sherry Vine". New Now Next. January 30, 2009. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  6. ^ Vine, Sherry (December 14, 2011). "Sherry Vine: Memories of Bar d'O (PHOTOS)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  7. ^ "Gaycom launches Queens of Drag NYC". The Advocate. September 8, 2010. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  8. ^ Avery, Dan (December 5, 2012). "WATCH: Ho! Ho! Ho! It's "RuPaul's Christmas Ball" From 1993!". Queerty. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  9. ^ Mason, Charlie (December 1, 2020). "Station 19 First Look: Drag Race Vet Shangela Gets Jack All Fired Up". TVLine. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  10. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 29, 2021). "OUTtv Media Group Teams With Producer Entertainment Group Launch First LGBTQ+ Apple TV Channel". Deadline. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  11. ^ Patterson, Denny (November 11, 2021). "'The Browns' Are Back in Town with a Second Season". Out Front Magazine. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  12. ^ Erasure (August 11, 2020). "Erasure - Nerves of Steel (Official Video)" (YouTube video). Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  13. ^ Raymond, Gerard (October 2, 2000). "Barbie Doll - Theater News - Oct 2, 2000". Theatre Mania. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  14. ^ Pincus-Roth, Zachary (November 13, 2006). "Carrie Spills Into P.S. 122 Dec. 2". Playbill. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.