Reginald Sutherland Bundy (26 May 1946 – 15 April 2003) was a
British dancer, actor and television presenter best known for his
drag
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persona H.I.H. (Her Imperial Highness) Regina Fong.
Bundy first developed Regina Fong in 1985, and quickly achieved a regular spot at the
Black Cap gay pub in
Camden Town
Camden Town (), often shortened to Camden, is a district of northwest London, England, north of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, it is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Camden, and identified in the London Plan as o ...
,
London and also the
Royal Vauxhall Tavern. The Fong character was a Russian princess who had escaped to
Britain following the
Russian Revolution
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, a conceit which formed the basis of Bundy's show ''The Last of the
Romanoffs'', which premiered at the
Edinburgh Festival and later ran at the
Bloomsbury Theatre
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in London.
Regina's stage act entailed audience participation, and used a variety of songs,
jingles, and sound effects. She was one of the regular hosts of London's Lesbian and
Gay Pride Festival.
Bundy appeared in the
Edinburgh and
London productions of playwright
Neil Bartlett's ''A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep'' and ''Night After Night'', and also appeared in the
BBC Radio Four adaptation of ''Night After Night''.
Regina Fong also appeared in the London production of ''Angels, Punks and Raging Queens'' in 1995.
Bundy died from cancer on 15 April 2003, aged 56.
See also
*
List of drag queens
This is a list of drag queens, sometimes known as female impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists.
Performers
See also
* List of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' contestants
* List of ''exóticos''
References
External links
List o ...
External links
Regina Fong information at The Black Cap website*
Notes
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1941 births
2003 deaths
English drag queens
Entertainers from London
LGBT dancers
20th-century LGBT people