Acting credits
17
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Varla Jean Merman
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.8
Low visibility
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Movies: 12Series: 5
TMDB ID: 87040
IMDb ID: nm0581066
Known for: Acting
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2024
Years active: 29
Average TMDB rating: 5.94
Wikidata: Q7915977
Also known as
Jeffery Roberson Loe • Polly Gripe • Jeffery Roberson
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'.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Varla Jean Merman.
5.0
Bear Week Diaries
2024 Movie
Big Easy Queens
as Irlene / Amos
2023 Movie
5.2
The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Special
as Nanog (voice)
2020 Movie
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Roscoe
2020 Movie
5.5
Wig
as Self
2019 Movie
7.0
Hush Up Sweet Charlotte
as Melanie, Stan
2015 Movie
5.6
BearCity 2: The Proposal
as Varla Jean Merman
2012 Movie
Dragtastic
2010 Movie
5.6
Girls Will Be Girls
as Varla / Marla
2003 Movie
1.0
Franchesca Page
as Rita Page
1998 Movie
Dragtime
as Self
1997 Movie
Mardi Gras Cowboy
as Mrs. Goose
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Varla Jean Merman.
