Harvey Fierstein Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Harvey Forbes Fierstein (/ˈfaɪərËŒstiË n/ FIRE-steen; born June , )

is an American actor, playwright, singer and voice actor. He is best

known for his roles as Frank Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire and the voice

of Yao in Mulan and Mulan II. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for

Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay

drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony

Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in

Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles,

for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote

the book for the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots. He was inducted into

the American Theater Hall of Fame in .For his role on Cheers, he was

nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor

in a Comedy Series.Fierstein was born to Eastern European Jewish

immigrants in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jacqueline Harriet (née

Gilbert), a school librarian, and Irving Fierstein, a handkerchief

manufacturer. Fierstein is an atheist.Fierstein occasionally writes

columns about gay issues. He was openly gay at a time when very few

celebrities were. His careers as a stand-up comic and female

impersonator are mostly behind him. Fierstein resides in Ridgefield,

Connecticut.

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