Tim Curry
publication date: Friday, September 26, 2025 (part of September 2025)
category: 
Movies
clue: Before an extensive stage career in Spamalot, The Pirates of Penzance, Amadeus, and more, he'll always be remembered for the early theatrical role that he reprised in a cult film classic fifty years ago today: A sweet transvestite from Transexual Transylvania, in a Science Fiction/Double Feature.
explanation: Curry played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, both the original stage musical and the film adaptation that premiered on September 26, 1975 in the United States (after opening a few weeks earlier abroad). more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates
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