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Cookie Mueller

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Actress

The Resume

    (August 1, 1949-November 10, 1989)
    Born in Baltimore, Maryland
    Birth name is Dorothy Mueller
    Part of John Waters' Dreamland troupe of underground actors
    Acted in ‘Multiple Maniacs’ (1970), ‘Pink Flamingos’ (1972), ‘Female Trouble’ (1974), ‘Desperate Living’ (1977) and ‘Polyester’ (1981)
    Wrote ‘Garden of Ashes’ (1990) and ‘Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black’ (1990)

Why she might be annoying:

    She had no idea how she got the nickname ‘Cookie.’
    She lived a vagrant hippie style in several countries after high school.
    She was a very heavy drug user.
    For a time she survived on ‘LSD, poppy seed buns and cheap champagne’ in a roach infested apartment.
    John Waters claims she never combed her hair.
    She burned down a friend’s house by accident.
    In ‘Pink Flamingos,’ she has sex in a pile of chickens.
    After she was cremated, her ashes ended up in Provincetown, Greenwich Village, the Bronx, Rio de Janeiro, Italy and the Ganges river.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She began writing at age 11.
    Her brother died at 14 in a tree climbing accident.
    She and a friend were kidnapped and molested by hillbillies.
    She was badly scratched during the chicken scene in ‘Pink Flamingos.’
    After her film career petered out, she became a respected cult author.
    She wrote an art column for ‘Details’ magazine.
    Her husband died of AIDS just seven weeks before she did.
    Waters described her as ‘a writer, a mother, an outlaw, an actress, a fashion designer, a go-go dancer, a witch doctor, an art-hag and above all, a goddess.’

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 84 Votes: 69.05% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 43 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 110 Votes: 75.45% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 73.08% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 47 Votes: 68.09% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 71 Votes: 42.25% Annoying