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Anita Bryant
ActorBorn March 25, 1940 (84 years)
Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and political activist, known for anti-gay activism. She had three Top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission.
In the 1970s, Bryant became known as an outspoken opponent of gay rights in the U.S. In 1977, she ran the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Her involvement with the campaign was condemned by gay rights activists. They were assisted by many other prominent figures in music, film, and television, and retaliated by boycotting the orange juice that she promoted. Though the campaign ended successfully with a 69% majority vote to repeal the ordinance on June 7, 1977 (Dade County restored the ordinance in 1998), it permanently damaged her public image, and her contract with the Florida Citrus Commission was terminated three years later. This, as well as her later divorce from Bob Green, damaged her financially. Bryant never regained her former prominence and filed for bankruptcy twice. She lives in her home state of Oklahoma, runs the Oklahoma City-based Anita Bryant Ministries International, and works with a host of charities and non-profits.
In the 1970s, Bryant became known as an outspoken opponent of gay rights in the U.S. In 1977, she ran the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Her involvement with the campaign was condemned by gay rights activists. They were assisted by many other prominent figures in music, film, and television, and retaliated by boycotting the orange juice that she promoted. Though the campaign ended successfully with a 69% majority vote to repeal the ordinance on June 7, 1977 (Dade County restored the ordinance in 1998), it permanently damaged her public image, and her contract with the Florida Citrus Commission was terminated three years later. This, as well as her later divorce from Bob Green, damaged her financially. Bryant never regained her former prominence and filed for bankruptcy twice. She lives in her home state of Oklahoma, runs the Oklahoma City-based Anita Bryant Ministries International, and works with a host of charities and non-profits.
Filmography
| 2024 | Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2024 | |
| 2019 | Killing Patient Zero · as Self |
| 2018 | The Gospel of Eureka · as Self |
| 2017 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin · as Self |
| 2015 | Reel in the Closet · as Self |
| 2009 | Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Milk · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | For the Bible Tells Me So · as Self - Christian Activist |
| 2007 | I Just Wanted to Be Somebody · as Self |
| 2002 | The Trip · as Self |
| 2002 | Phooey, Rosa · as Self |
| 1999 | After Stonewall · as Self |
| 1989 | Roger & Me · as Self |
| 1982 | Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts · as Self |
| 1977 | American Bandstand's 25th Anniversary · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Hee Haw (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Super Bowl III · as Self - National Anthem Singer |
| 1967 | Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | The Dick Clark Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1955 | The Lawrence Welk Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Self - Coca-Cola Ad |
| 1952 | Art Linkletter's House Party (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | This Is Your Life (US) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Perry Como Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |