Overview - Hairspray

Overview

'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.

Cast

• Name: Ricki Lake

  Character: Tracy Turnblad

  Popularity: 5.229

  

• Name: Divine

  Character: Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile

  Popularity: 3.626

  

• Name: Debbie Harry

  Character: Velma Von Tussle

  Popularity: 5.416

  

• Name: Vitamin C

  Character: Amber von Tussle

  Popularity: 1.105

  

• Name: Sonny Bono

  Character: Franklin von Tussle

  Popularity: 7.953

  

• Name: Leslie Ann Powers

  Character: Penny Pingleton

  Popularity: 2.313

  

• Name: Ruth Brown

  Character: Motormouth Maybelle

  Popularity: 1.173

  

• Name: Jerry Stiller

  Character: Wilbur Turnblad

  Popularity: 7.445