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Ella Fitzgerald (drag queen)

1955–

United States

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Ella Fitzgerald is the drag persona of Donnell Robinson (born c. 1955), an American drag queen based in Washington, D.C. Known as "the doyenne of D.C.'s drag scene," she hosted a long-running show at the drag club Ziegfeld's and is a mainstay of the city's annual Capital Pride.

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