Lake, Ricki

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Divine, Ricki Lake, and Jerry Stiller sit around a kitchen table set with food and drinks in a scene from the 1988 film Hairspray.

Lake, Ricki

American actress and television host

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John Waters
Breakthrough: Hairspray
Starring newcomer Ricki Lake as Tracy Turnblad, a chubby and chipper high-school student who aspires to become a dancer on a local TV show, the movie draws upon teen dance shows of the era such as the Philadelphia-based American Bandstand and Baltimore’s The Buddy Deane Show. Hairspray…
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Starring newcomer Ricki Lake as Tracy Turnblad, a chubby and chipper high-school student who aspires to become a dancer on a local TV show, the movie draws upon teen dance shows of the era such as the Philadelphia-based American Bandstand and Baltimore’s The Buddy Deane Show. Hairspray…
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