Celebrity Impersonator: Difference between revisions

== Film ==

 

* In ''[[Rat Race]]'', there was an entire busload of [[Lucille Ball]] impersonators. [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Not all of them were women]].

* ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' and the waiting staff at Jack Rabbit Slims. "That's the Marilyn Monroe section. That's Mamie Van Doren. I don't see Jayne Mansfield, she must have the night off."

* In ''[[Dave]]'', the titular Dave is a dead ringer for the president and often takes side jobs impersonating the president to advertise local businesses. He gets recruited to be the president's body double, but continues to pretend to be the president when the real one suffers a stroke.

* ''Moon Over Parador'': Basically the entire premise. A moderately successful stage actor is recruited to portray a recently deceased dictator of a Central American banana republic.

 

== Literature ==

 

 

== Live Action Television ==

* In one episode of ''[[CSI New York]]'', the killer commits suicide by re-enacting Marilyn Monroe's death. Another episode of involved a man who impersonated former tennis star John McEnroe--and who was [[Casting Gag|played by the real John McEnroe]].

* One episode of ''[[Nip Tuck]]'' centers on two Marilyn Monroe impersonators (and rivals). Each goes to a respective brother to get a surgical leg up on the competition. After {{spoiler|one nearly dies of medical complications}}, they're given the inspirational speech to work together to make even more tips. The episode ends with them {{spoiler|both curled up in bed with the advising doctor}}. A [[Michael Jackson]] impersonator has also appeared on this show.

* ''[[The Mentalist]]'' had a corpse found by a Charlie Chaplin and a Marilyn Monroe impersonator who were walking home from their jobs; they had to stand there and be gawked at along with the crime scene until they were interviewed by the cops.

* ''[[Roseanne]]'': When asked to plan the wedding of her homosexual boss and his partner, Roseanne hired impersonators of [[Judy Garland]] and Liza Minelli to entertain at the reception.

 

* In ''[[The Tick]]'', there's Joseph Stalinov, who's an impersonator of Josef Stalin. Yes, that Stalin. He appeared in one episode, and most of the major cast thought he was real Stalin even after he explained he wasn't. Even those who ''personally'' knew Stalin believed that the impersonator was real.

 

== Real Life ==

* Actor Robert Sacchi has made his entire career on the fact that he's a dead ringer for Humphrey Bogart. In "The Man With Bogart's Face", he effectively plays himself, a man who's a dead ringer for Humphrey Bogart.

* Female wrestler Shelly Martinez, better known as Ariel in [[WWE]] and Salinas in [[TNA]], has done [[Bettie Page]] porn.

* Rich Little mostly just does voice impressions, but for [[The Movie]] of ''The Late Shift'', he played Johnny Carson.

* The Universal Studios theme parks have celebrity look-alikes wander around occasionally as photo/autograph opportunities for the tourist. Why someone would want an autograph from a Marilyn Monroe or Charlie Chaplin ''impersonator''...