Anita Bryant

Anita Bryant

Birthdate
March 25, 1940 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
March 25, 1940 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and political activist, known for anti-gay activism. She had three Top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission.

In the 1970s, Bryant became known as an outspoken opponent of gay rights in the U.S. In 1977, she ran the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Her involvement with the campaign was condemned by gay rights activists. They were assisted by many other prominent figures in music, film, and television, and retaliated by boycotting the orange juice that she promoted. Though the campaign ended successfully with a 69% majority vote to repeal the ordinance on June 7, 1977 (Dade County restored the ordinance in 1998), it permanently damaged her public image, and her contract with the Florida Citrus Commission was terminated three years later. This, as well as her later divorce from Bob Green, damaged her financially. Bryant never regained her former prominence and filed for bankruptcy twice. She lives in her home state of Oklahoma, runs the Oklahoma City-based Anita Bryant Ministries International, and works with a host of charities and non-profits.

Anita Bryant's LGBTQ+ Titles

Milk
Milk
Self (archive footage)

Acting (18)

Conventions: The Land Around Us as Self (archive footage)
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
Reel in the Closet as Self
2009
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America as Self (archive footage)
2008
Milk as Self (archive footage)
1989
Roger & Me as Self
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self
1979
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts as Self
1969
Drugs Are Like That as Narrator (voice) (as Miss Anita Bryant)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (1 episode)
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self (1 episode)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self (2 episodes)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host (4 episodes)
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour as Self (1 episode)
1959
The Wonderful World of Tupperware as Herself
1958
Kraft Music Hall as Self (1 episode)
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self (1 episode)