- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Dale produced his second a one-man show called, My Life in 3 Easy Payments in 2013. Madison speaks to the pop culture phenomenon of reality shows and the quest for fame at any cost. If you have basked in the shallow cloak of fame, can you ever really recapture it? Inspired by Sunset Boulevard, Dreamgirls, drag queens, Diana Ross, African storytelling and his own unique experience of selling products on live television, Madison offers a humorous interactive story through spoken word, songs, storytelling and video footage of his life.
Dale has been the Voice of God for OUTFEST the LGBT Film Festival Opening Night Gala since 2012.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Dale Guy Madison - Dale Guy Madison is an award-winning educator, LGBTQ activist, playwright, author, filmmaker, performance artist and doll collector. He knows how to show and sell, as one of the first African American hosts of QVC, and the first to produce the African Marketplace shopping hour on the popular shopping network. In fact, he's an avid doll collector, and his own line of handmade African dolls sold out in five minutes! Because of the exposure on QVC, the Baltimore native became a nationally-recognized doll designer, and traveled around the country, promoting African art.
For more than 15 years, Madison has worked as a grassroots LGBT activist, using the arts to affect change in the areas of AIDS awareness, substance abuse, community health issues and homophobia. In the 1980s, Madison played a pivotal role in Baltimore's gay African American community with his work in HIV education and prevention. He was one of the original members of Men of Color AIDS Prevention Project (M.O.C.A.P.P.) and Men of Color Against AIDS (M.O.C.A.A.). Since re-locating to LA, he's worked with various grassroots organizations, using the arts to affect change in AIDS awareness, substance abuse, community health issues and homophobia. Currently, he works for the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
Madison is the author of "Dreamboy: My Life As a QVC Host," a memoir - set against the tunes of the 1960s girl group, The Supremes - details his broken relationships, a whirlwind heterosexual marriage; life as an openly gay black actor in Hollywood; his work as a QVC host; and a period of darkness, which found him clinging to life in a mental institution. In addition, he penned "Sissy Sammy in the Land of WeHo 90069," an adult fairytale about an effeminate boy from the hood, who is bullied, but eventually gets lost in an all-gay town.
Madison also founded the production company, DamnGoodMan Productions, to create, curate and produce culturally-relevant entertainment that embraces positive, empowering messages for the LGBTQ community. Madison's two short films, "DREAMBOY: My Life as a QVC Host & Other Hits," based on his memoir won the Best LGBT Film Award at the 2008 San Diego Black Film Festival (SDBFF) and "The Panty Man" was nominated as Best Short in the 2009 Pan African Film Festival (PAFF), respectively.
As a performance artist, he's also written and performed two one-man shows, "FREEda SLAVE: Mask of a Diva" and "My Life in 3 Easy Payments." Both theatrical productions introduce audiences to Madison's drag persona, FREEda SLAVE, which he created for his bit part in the hilarious 1995 comedy, "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar," starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo.- IMDb Mini Biography By: DALE MADISON
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