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Mink Stole, born Nancy Paine Stoll, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland who has appeared in all of director John Waters’ feature films, making her one of the Dreamlanders, Waters’ regular cast and crew members. She has had a prolific career in the films of this iconic director.
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About the 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’ ensemble of regular cast and crew members.
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Mink Stole, whose real name is Nancy Paine Stoll, is an American actress from Baltimore, Maryland. She is known for her extensive work with director John Waters, having appeared in all of his feature films to date.
Mink Stole was born on August 25, 1947.
Mink Stole began her career working for director John Waters and has appeared in all of his feature films, making her one of the Dreamlanders, Waters’ ensemble of regular cast and crew members.
Being a Dreamlander, which refers to the ensemble of regular cast and crew members in director John Waters’ films, is a distinction that Mink Stole shares with only a few other actors, including Mary Vivian Pearce and Pat Moran.
Mink Stole is from Baltimore, Maryland.
10 Quotes by Mink Stole
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Even then, our family was extraordinary, with ten kids.
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You don’t have to tell anybody a damn thing you don’t want to.
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The first things I did when I got out of school in ’65 was to buy a pair of Levis and pierce my ears.
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We’ve had the same set designer and the same crew in many cases since 1972.
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John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film.
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I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19.
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It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters – proving what I’ve always said: you meet the best people on field trips.
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Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family.
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The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn’t hurt anyone, it’s just plain foolish not to take it.
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But some things are the same. My mother still owns the house I grew up in, on what would now be called a cul de sac, but which the sign on the corner called a dead end street.
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