
Varla Jean Merman
Acting
Biography
Varla Jean Merman is the drag persona of American drag performer, actor and singer Jeffery Roberson. Varla's fictitious pedigree boasts that Ernest Borgnine is her father and Ethel Merman is her mother. Along with her co-stars, Roberson shared the 'Best Actor Grand Jury Award' at Outfest 2003 and 'Best Actress' honors at both the 2003 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and the 2003 Aspen HBO Film Festival for his role as Varla/Marla in the film 'Girls Will Be Girls'.
Known For

Aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges' panel.
Project Runway

Wannabe writer Betty Suarez is a plain girl from Queens, who is smart, hardworking and savvy but lacks a fashionable sense of style. When publishing mogul Bradford Meade puts his son Daniel in charge of Mode magazine, he hires Betty to be Daniel's new assistant -- mostly because he knows that she may be the only woman in Manhattan with whom the younger man won't sleep.
Ugly Betty

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.
Stars in the House

She’s Living for This is an American television comedy and variety series created by Keith Levy and Josh Rosenzweig. The show currently airs on LGBT cable network here!. The series stars drag performer Sherry Vine. The series premiered on February 24, 2012. here! produced six episodes for season one. The network announced a second season of the show to begin production in the summer 2012 for a fall 2012 premiere. In 2012 it was announced that episodes of She's Living for This would be made available on online video service Hulu.
She's Living for This

Re-imagining the classic tv variety show standard with some of the best known drag superstars and queer entertainers on the scene.
The Sherry Vine Variety Show

Spotlighting the art of drag, and centered on the New York staple Wigstock, this documentary showcases the personalities and performances that inform the ways we understand queerness, art and identity today.
Wig

The story follows the adventures of Rita Page, an aspiring showgirl in Las Vegas and his daughter Franchesca completely talentless, in their relentless pursuit of Broadway fame.
Franchesca Page

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score.
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Following the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York, Roger proposes to his boyfriend Tyler , and the gang embarks on a road trip to Provincetown, Massachusetts for Bear Week.
BearCity 2: The Proposal

Champagne is one of San Francisco’s most notorious dancers. When she’s framed for her recent hubby’s death, she must outwit sinister businesswomen, incompetent detectives and sadistic prison guards. Starring a host of famous San Fran faces, Lady Champagne is the perfect queer counterpart to comedies like Airplane! and The Naked Gun.
Lady Champagne

Nothing stirs up the competitive spirit in haggard Hollywood has-been Evie Harris like having to share a house with a younger actress like Varla. Especially since Varla happens to be the daughter of Evie's now-deceased rival! But even as their saner roommate, Coco, attempts to keep the peace, Evie's jealousy over Varla's burgeoning infomercial career is about to explode... in the most spectacular, showstopping way possible!
Girls Will Be Girls

After Minnie Bouvèé, Mob Queen of the Quarter, has her arch-nemesis Poodles Makenzie’s crew brutally slaughtered, she braces for the blowback; what she doesn’t expect, however, is to be stalked by a creepy masked figure who leaves behind bouquets of gardenias and terrifying notes. Is this Poodles’ revenge, or the work of Minnie’s estranged sister who stole her man years ago and has suddenly reappeared?
Big Easy Queens

The comedic flair of these glamorous drag queens will certainly captivate and charm you! The bold, the beautiful and the bawdy legendary performers put their unique talents to work offering up biting humor through stories and song.
Dragtastic

While defending her family’s historic plantation from destruction, Charlotte, a reclusive Southern-belle spinster, calls for help from her cousin Melanie, but Melanie's arrival sparks a chain of melodramatic events that send Charlotte into madness.
Hush Up Sweet Charlotte

The story of two queens who set out to create a classic Christmas TV variety show, but just can’t agree on how. DeLa tries her hardest to uphold the cheery Christmas traditions of her childhood. Meanwhile, Jinkx is much more interested in bawdy jokes, cute boys, and boozy libations.
The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Special

A film that revels in the sheer delightful fabulousness of drag! A joyful look into the lives of some of the most famous drag queens of today: Varla Jean Merman, Candis Cayne, Lady Bunny and Lypsinka. These frocked out femmes of fashion light up the screen!
Dragtime

A humorous parody of Midnight Cowboy, this huge hit was filmed on-location in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Big dicked male escort Jim Buck and his sidekick-manager Weasel are two down-and-out misfits searching for fortune. Their adventures are a hot and wild ride in the Big Easy! Jim Buck (of Dr. Jerkoff and Mr. Hard, Toolbox and Naked Highway) and his beautiful, Prince-Albert pierced cock, loads of cum and tons of humour make this a sure fire bet.
Mardi Gras Cowboy

LGTBQ romantic love story set in the reality of Bear Week in Provincetown. Shot in the magical setting of summer in Cape Cod.