Keith Levy, known professionally as Sherry Vine, is an American actor, drag queen, and musician. Vine is the creator and host of She's Living for This, a variety series on Here TV.
Vine works primarily in New York City and on Fire Island, Long Island, but has also performed across the United States and Europe. She is known for her parodies of popular songs.
Early life and career Vine was born Keith Levy in Florida, but grew up in Columbia, Maryland. Vine studied at University of Maryland then transferred to USC. Levy moved to New York City in 1990, and in 1992, he started drag as Sherry Vine. His first time in drag was for a one-act play in Los Angeles, called Sorry, Wrong Number. in 1991, Vine was living with actress and drag artist Candis Cayne.
Vine is a fixture in the New York City drag circuit. In the 1990s, he often performed in Theater Couture shows in the East Village with Jackie Beat and Mario Diaz. Theatre Couture was founded by Vine, Joe Gross, and Douglass Sanders in 1992. Vine also performed at Bar d'O, a lounge in the West Village, in weekly shows with Joey Arias, Raven O and Sade Pendarvis.
In 2010, Vine was featured in the web series Queens of Drag: NYC by gay.com. The series featured fellow New York drag queens Bianca Del Rio, Dallas DuBois, Hedda Lettuce, Lady Bunny, Mimi Imfurst, and Peppermint.
Songs Vine performs a wide variety of parodies. She has parodied Madonna, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Adele, and Lady Gaga, including the songs "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi". Vine has filmed videos of many of her parodies.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Stonewall Diva 1996 Scream, Teen, Scream Nurse Nacy DePalma Short film 1998 Shucking the Curve Nick/Nicki Downtown Darlings Himself Documentary The Electric Urn Katona 1999 Charlie! The Trouble with Perpetual Deja-Vu TV Hostess 2000 Teach Yourself How to Become a Drag Queen 101 Himself 2004 The Raspberry Reich Drag Queen Stage 2005 Gender X Himself Documentary 2006 Charmed Life Himself Documentary Pimp & Ho: Sissy Sins Jenny Tulls Short film 2007 Fucking Different New York Angelina 2010 Florent: Queen of the Meat Market Himself Documentary 2011 House of Shame: Chantal All Night Long Himself Documentary A Fairy Tale Rose Short film Bar d'O Himself Documentary Children of the Dune Himself Short film 2012 The Internet Demarginalizes Drag Artists Himself Documentary short Party Like a Pornstar Himself Short film Welcome to New York Dr. Kitty Rosenblatt Short film 2013 Fire Island '79 Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 RuPaul's Christmas Ball Himself TV special 2006 House of Venus Show Season 2, Episode 2 2008 Project Runway Season 5, Episode 6: "Good Queen Fun" 2011 Just Josh Season 1, Episode 2 Season 1, Episode 4 2012–13 She's Living for This Creator and host 2012 The Deal Season 2, Episode 3 2013 Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell Season 1, Episode 15: "The Spirit of Stonewall" 2020 Station 19 Rainbow Trout Episode: "We Are Family" 2021–present The Sherry Vine Show Himself Host 2021 The Browns Guest appearance
Web series Year Title Role Notes 2010 Queens of Drag: NYC Himself Produced by gay.com2019Anything You Can DoGuest2024Very Delta
Music videos
+YearTitleArtistRole 2020 "Nerves of Steel" Erasure Cameo
Theatre Year Title Role Theatre 2000 Doll Nora Performance Space 122 2006 Carrie Carrie White Performance Space 122
See also LGBT culture in New York City List of LGBT people from New York City NYC Pride March
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