Mink Stole

Nancy Paine Stoll (born August 25, 1947), known professionally as Mink Stole, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland. She began her career working for director John Waters, and has appeared in all of his feature films to date (a distinction shared only with Mary Vivian Pearce and Pat Moran). Her extensive work with Waters has made her one of the Dreamlanders, Waters's ensemble of regular cast and crew members.

Biography She was born into a large Roman Catholic family, and has nine siblings, including children's-book author Ellen Stoll Walsh and sculptor George Stoll. Her father, Joseph A. Stoll, died in 1955, and her mother, Nell, remarried twice, resulting in an extensive step-family.

Stole has performed in most of the films directed by close friend John Waters. Her film career began as a party guest in Waters's film Roman Candles. As of 2023, she has appeared in all of his feature films up to and including 2004's A Dirty Shame except for the early short films Hag in a Black Leather Jacket, Eat Your Makeup, and The Diane Linkletter Story. She has appeared in a number of films and television shows, and wrote a column for the Baltimore City Paper titled "Think Mink" until mid-April 2006. She is the lead singer of Mink Stole and Her Wonderful Band, of which musicians Kristian Hoffman, George Baby Woods, and Brian Grillo have been members. The Baltimore incarnation of Mink Stole and Her Wonderful Band (2009–present) includes Scott Wallace Brown (piano, organ), Walker Teret (upright bass, guitar), Skizz Cyzyk (drums), and John Irvine (trumpet).

In 1999, Stole appeared in the satirical lesbian film But I'm a Cheerleader alongside Natasha Lyonne in the role of Megan's mother. In April 2009, Stole connected with cult director Steve Balderson for Stuck!, an homage to film noir women in prison dramas. Co-starring Karen Black, Pleasant Gehman and Jane Wiedlin, Stuck! was filmed in Macon, Georgia. Stole played Esther, a religious inmate sentenced to death. She once again co-starred with Natasha Lyonne in Joshua Grannell's All About Evil.

She received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Boston Underground Film Festival in Cambridge following the East Coast Premiere of Stuck! on March 27, 2010. In 2011 she successfully completed a Kickstarter fundraising project to finance her first CD, titled Do Re MiNK. The CD was released on May 23, 2013.

Personal life Mink Stole lives in Baltimore, and also has a second home in the Los Angeles area. She performs weddings as an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1966 Roman Candles Party guest 1969 Mondo Trasho Homeless woman;Asylum inmate;Snob #1 1970 Multiple Maniacs Mink;Cavalcade patron 1972 Pink Flamingos Connie Marble 1974 Female Trouble Taffy Davenport 1975 Love Letter to Edie Blonde wicked stepsister 1977 Desperate Living Peggy Gravel 1981 Polyester Sandra Sullivan 1988 Hairspray Tammy Turner 1990 Cry-Baby Mrs. Malnorowski 1991 Liquid Dreams Felix 1994 Serial Mom Dottie Hinkle 1995 Monster Mash: The Movie Wolfie's mother The Crazysitter The Nurse A Bucket of Blood Old woman1997 Pink as the Day She Was Born Vera Lost Highway Jury forewoman Voice Leather Jacket Love Story Martine The Seller Aunt Betty1998 Divine Trash Herself Documentary Anarchy TV Ms. Dickman The Treat Manageress Pecker Precinct Captain 1999 Splendor Casting director But I'm A Cheerleader Nancy Bloomfield Forever Fabulous Miss Vi Ambrose 2000 In Bad Taste Herself Documentary Cecil B. DeMented Mrs. Sylvia Mallory The Rowdy Girls Amanda Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th Madame La Tourneau 2001 Ring of Darkness Fletcher 2004 Girl Play Robin's mother A Dirty Shame Marge the Neuter 2005Flirting with Anthony Psychic2006 Another Gay Movie Sloppi Seconds Scenes deleted Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds Helen 2007 Out at the Wedding Sunny Sunny & Share Love You School secretary Stole Pieces of Dolores Mrs. Fletcher Short film 2008 3 Stories About Evil Pat Peeters Short film 2009 Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat Aunt Helen 2010 Stuck! Esther All About Evil Evelyn Bugbaby Mrs. Tottifot Short film Winner "Best Horror Short", 2011 Phoenix Film Festival Winner "Best Supporting Actress", 2012 Pollygrind International Film Festival 2011 Eating Out 4: Drama Camp Aunt Helen 2012 Eating Out 5: The Open Weekend Aunt Helen 2013 I Am Divine Herself Documentary

Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 Get a Life Mrs. Wilson 1 episode 1995–1996 The Secret World of Alex Mack Mrs. Ward 3 episodes 1997 Married... with Children Edna 1 episode 2001 Spyder Games Merna Young 1 episode 2016 Difficult People 1 episode

Discography Studio albums +List of studio albums, with selected details Title Details Do Re Mink Released: May 23, 2013 Label: Self-released