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Tammie Brown is an American drag performer, singer, actor and activist[3] they were a contestant on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Tammie would later return for the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, alongside Nina Flowers, forming Team Brown Flowers.

About[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1[]

Tammie is known for her strange, quirky personality, and her classic, film star aesthetic.

She became an immediate fan favorite for her noticeably flamboyant and eccentric personality. However, her charm did not last for long, as she was soon eliminated by Akashia during the second episode, where she finished in 8th place.

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1[]

Once-again Tammie became a favorite; both within the cast and in the public's eyes. Her legacy of being controversial and flamboyant continued, as she openly confronted Michelle Visage, something many queens refuse to do. Despite this, she was once again eliminated during the second episode, in a neck-and-neck lip-sync against Latrice Royale that eliminated both her and team-mate Nina.

Drag Name Origin[]

She wanted to use her real name like RuPaul, but other queens in Texas recommended to her that she needed a drag name. One night she and her friend were doing a three-way call and playing telephone tricks to a boy she liked. The caller ID said Bob Brown (her friend’s stepdad’s name) when he answered, "Bob Brown? You're not Bob Brown! You're Keith Glen!" She answered, "Well I can change my name to be Tammie Brown!"[4]

When she was younger, she loved Tina Turner and the movie "Tootsie", and toyed with the names "Tootsie Turner" or "Tootsie Turner on the Big Burner".[4] She also thought of Esmeralda after hearing it from someone.[5]

Track Record(s)[]

Tammie Brown
Statistics USA Season 1 USA All Stars
Season 1
Ranking: 8th Place 9th/10th Place
Maxi Challenges Won: 0 0
Mini Challenges Won: 0 0
Times as Team Captain: 0 0
Times in Bottom: 1 (Ep. 2) 1 (Ep. 2)
Episode Eliminated: Episode 2 Episode 2

Memorable Quotes[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1[]

  • "Thumbs up." (Entrance quote)
  • "Hi there, my name is Tammie Brown with an I-E."
  • "My real name is Keith, and in drag or out of drag, I am the character, I am an entertainer."
  • "I can get jiggy, I can get jiggy and wiggy!"
  • ”Crazy stick’s to me, like ribs”
  • "I'm a high concept character."
  • "I'm a little worker girl. I'm kind of behind the scenes cooking and cleaning and taking care of the house. I'm the Drag-erella." (To RuPaul during the group challenge)
  • "I don't know where the confusion comes from, I'm just a different person from everybody else, and I'm from planet nine they're on planet three."
  • "Akashia is the director, Akashia is the producer, Akashia is in charge of the group. She is Beyoncé!"
  • "Buenas noches! Oh... See you later, in the magazines."
  • "Crazy sticks to me... like ribs."
  • "You like Tina Turner? 'Cause I like her too, she has long legs and nice wigs."
  • "Well, I'm not a slut, I'm a lady. Look under my skirt, and it will stick you in the eyeball."
  • "You both called me losers, and I don't see you out there walking children in nature."
  • "Excuse your mouth."

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 1[]

  • "Tootsie Loo!"
  • "Ha! Ha! I'm acting."
  • "I'm Tammie Brown, and I'm gonna spin your head round and round."
  • "You're not being read! If I was gonna read I can talk about that line... on someone's neck." (to Michelle)
  • "Oh! Well, come on, Teletubby! Teleport us to Mars!" (to Manila in Untucked)
  • "Change your costume Mimi! Change your costume, change it around!"
  • "You wanted crazy? Well, you got it now!"
  • "Latrice, I want you to sit around and eat shrimps, butt naked. That's your business."
  • "I CURED MY GRANDMOTHER."
  • "Beat your face like you beat your hole."
  • "Service. Ooh, smell her butt. Smell her butt. She's like a cat."
  • "Let me tell you what, my father fucked Marlene Dietrich."

Trivia[]

  • Out of drag, Keith...
    • ...likes to collect records, clean the house, cook, hang out with friends, and chant.[4]
    • ...volunteers at a Children's Nature Institute. Keith loves to take the children out on a nature walk, wearing hiking boots.[4]
    • ...lived in Mexico during his childhood. He is fluent in Spanish.[6]
    • ...has appeared in...
      • ...commercials for McDonald's and UPS.[7]
      • ...Korn's music video "Twisted Transistor".[7]
      • ...the American adaptation of How Clean Is Your House? in 2008, as the friend of a family whose house needed cleaning.[7]
      • ...Ayumi Hamasaki's music video for her song 'progress' in 2011.[8]
  • Tammie's most memorable performance was at a Piano Bar called "The Paradise" in Long Beach California. As she was doing the number, her wig fell off. She also noticed her dress was falling off underneath her jacket, and she tore it off revealing the falling dress. She kicked her high heels across the bar and accidentally hit somebody in the head with a heel.[4]
  • Tammie appeared in...
    • ...the second season of "America's Got Talent". She was eliminated in the audition round.[9]
    • ..."Hot in Cleveland" as a cameo.[10]
  • She once found a dead body in a ditch, mistaking it for a mannequin.[11]
  • She is the only queen to have the same track record in two different seasons (being safe in episode 1 and being eliminated in episode 2)
  • Tammie is the only Season 1 queen to not make an appearance for the Season 10 finale.
  • Tammie was regularly featured on Willam and Alaska's podcast "Race Chaser" in a segment called "Tammie Tidbits".[12]
  • Tammie frequently suggests that she would like to return for another season.[11][13][14]
  • In 2019, Tammie was a guest judge on the second episode of the second season of Camp Wannakiki.[15]
  • Tammie is the fifth Drag Race alum to be portrayed on Snatch Game. She is preceded by Sharon Needles & Alyssa Edwards, Alaska, and Jasmine Masters. She is succeeded by Coco Montrese.

Gallery[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1[]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1 Looks[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1[]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 Looks[]

Camp Wannakiki 2[]

Camp Wannakiki 2 Looks[]

Videos[]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2000 Laughing Boy Bobby Jo Wagstaff [16]
2010 Mouse's Birthday 1920's Woman
2011 The Summer Massacre Clubber #2
2011 Fest Selects: Best Gay Shorts, Vol. 1 Themself [17]
2013 I Am Devine Themself [18]
2019 The Art of Being Themself Experimental Film [19]
2020 Tammie Brown's Holiday Sparkle Themself TV Movie [20]
2022 Tammie Brown's Halloween Spooktacular Themself TV Movie [21]

TV[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2004 The Surreal Life Themself Audience [22]
2004 How Clean Is Your House? Episode: Philthy Philharmonic [7]
2007 America's Got Talent Episode: "Los Angeles Audition" [9]
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 1 Contestant (Placed 7th) [4]
2010 RuPaul's Drag U Episode 7: "Mother vs Daughters" [23]
2010 The Arrangement Season 1 Episode 6 [24]
2010 A Great Night in Harlem Performer (DVD) [25]
2011 Hot in Cleveland Drag Queen Episode: "Dancing Queens" [10]
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Season 1 Themself Contestant (Placed 9th/10th) [26]
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked [26]
2013 RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 5 Episode: "Reunited!" (Audience)
2014 RuPaul's Drag Race: Season 6 Episode: "Countdown to the Crown" [27]
2015 Skin Wars Season 2 Episode 4: "Queens or Divas?" (Tina Turner) [28]
2015 2015 MTV Video Music Awards Dancer for Miley Cyrus [29]
2021 The Sherry Vine Variety Show Guest Appearance [30]
2021 #THEDISH 1 episode [31]

Web Series[]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Ring My Bell Themself Guest [32]
2013 WOW Shopping Network Guest [33]
2015 Transformations Guest, Episode: "Tammie Brown" [22]
2015 Hey Qween! Episode: "Tammie Brown" [34]
2018 Spillin' The Tea Co-Host [35]
2019 Feelin' Fruity Guest [36]
2019 Camp Wannakiki (Season 2) Episode: "Mile High Club" (Guest Judge) [15]
2019 Detailz Guest [37]
2019 Drag Queen Video Dates Guest [38]
2019 Bootleg Opinions Guest [39]
2019 The Browns Starring Role [40]
2020 Queen with a Cause Two episodes [41][42]

Music videos[]

Year Title Artist Ref.
2005 "Twisted Transistor" Korn [7]
2007 "She's Madonna" Robbie Williams [7]
2007 "Mm-ma-ma" Crazy Loop) [7]
2007 "Whatever" Tammie Brown [43]
2007 "Shakabuku U" Tammie Brown [44]
2009 "The Ballad of Tiger Lilly" Tammie Brown [45]
2010 "Discos Undead" Tammie Brown [46]
2011 "Progress" Ayumi Hamasaki [8]
2011 "Clam Happy" Tammie Brown [47]
2011 "Sleepless in Silverlake" Les Savy Fav [48]
2012 "Responsitrannity" RuPaul [49]
2012 "Love Pinata" Tammie Brown [50]
2012 "Queen" Xelle feat. Mimi Imfurst [51]
2012 "The Chop" Manila Luzon & Latrice Royale [52]
2014 "Eliminated" Kelly Mantle feat. Bownce & Wendy Ho [53]
2014 "Amigos Son Heroes/ La Telaraña" Tammie Brown [54]
2014 "Walking Children In Nature" Tammie Brown feat. Michael Catti [55]
2015 "I Stay Connected " Tammie Brown feat. Michael Catti [56]
2016 "Pollo Asado" Accordiween feat. Tammie Brown [57]
2017 "California Paranoia" Lawrence Rothman feat. Angel Olsen [58]
2019 "Elevator to the Gallows" Senses Fail [59]
2019 "Yellow Cloud" Trixie Mattel [60]
2019 "Round And Round" Tammie Brown [61]
2020 "Schubert" Tammie Brown [62]
2020 "In My Blood" Tammie Brown [63]
2020 "Daddy's Makeover" Tammie Brown [64]
2022 "See You in the Magazines" Tammie Brown [65]
2022 "Soothsayer" Tammie Brown [66]
2022 "Pumpkin Blaster" Tammie Brown [67]
2022 "Summer Angel" Tammie Brown [68]


Discography[]

Studio Albums[]

Year Title Notes
2009 "Popcorn"
2014 "Hot Skunx / Zorillos Calliente"
2019 "Shubert'"

EP's[]

Year Title Notes
2018 "Little Bit Of Tammie"

Singles[]

Year Title Album Notes
2010 "Disco's Undead" Non-album single
2014 "Whatever It May Be" Non-album single feat. Bownce
2015 "Love Pinata" Non-album single
2019 "Round 'n' Round" "Shubert'"

External Links[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PTWho’s That Queen? Tammie Brown | Draglicious — November 1, 2020
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tammie Brown talks about her life before Drag Race. Where did she start out? | YouTube, Amber Live — September 29, 2021
  3. Tammie Brown Interview – Holiday Sparkle Tour | OUT Central Oregon — 2020
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Meet The Queens: Tammie Brown | YouTube, RuPaul's Drag Race — September 27, 2013
  5. 10 Best Virgo Contestants On RuPaul's Drag Race | TheTalko — April 1, 2020
  6. Tammie Brown - RuPaul's Drag Race Casting Audition Tape | YouTube, WOWPresents — October 8, 2013
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 About Tammie | Waybackmachine, Tammiebrown.net
  8. 8.0 8.1 Ayumi Hamasaki’s MV for “Progress” Features Former RuPaul’s Drag Race Contestant | aramajapan
  9. 9.0 9.1 Flashback: Watch Tammie Brown on America's Got Talent, Circa 2007 | queerty.com — July 25, 2014
  10. 10.0 10.1 Dancing Queens | YouTube, Hunnyhaha — May 11, 2018
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Tammie Brown: Exposed (An Hour Long Interview with Legend Tammie Brown) | YouTube, Joseph Shepherd — July 23, 2020
  12. Come for Race Chaser / Stay for the Tammie Tidbits | Instagram, Willam — August 3, 2018
  13. Tammie Brown on returning for a new "ALL STARS" plus Angeria's Snatch Game edit & more! | YouTube, *World of Adam Barta* — March 27, 2022
  14. Will TAMMIE BROWN Return for Another Season of ALL STARS? | YouTube, Hey Qween — July 16, 2021
  15. 15.0 15.1 Camp Wannakiki S2 EP2: "Mile High Club" | YouTube, Camp Wannakiki — August 14, 2019
  16. Laughing Boy - Full Cast & Crew | TV Guide
  17. Fest Selects: Best Gay Shorts, Vol. 1 | AVCLUB
  18. Official presskit: Timecoded Dialogue List | the film collective
  19. The (ART) oF BE(i)NG - experimental film | YouTube, JB Ghuman, Jr — October 7, 2019
  20. Tammie Brown's Holiday Sparkle | Apple TV
  21. Tammie Brown's Halloween Spooktacular | Apple TV
  22. 22.0 22.1 Tammie Brown & James St. James - Transformations | YouTube, WOWPresents — September 29, 2015
  23. 'RuPaul's Drag U' series premiere recap: To judge or not to judge such tragic figures? | Entertainment Weekly — July 20, 2010
  24. The Arrangement Episode 6 | Apple TV — November 10, 2010
  25. Various – A Great Night In Harlem | Discogs.com
  26. 26.0 26.1 'RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race' cast announced | Entertainment Weekly — August 6, 2012
  27. RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6 Countdown to the Crown recap | Channel Guide Magazine — May 12, 2014
  28. Skin Wars season 2 episode 4 recap: The Drag Queens are here! | Channel Guide Magazine — July 8, 2015
  29. Meet All 30 Of Miley’s Day-Glo Dancers From Her Insane VMA Performance | MTV — August 31, 2015
  30. What to Watch on Tuesday: The Voice and This Is Us close out their seasons | Entertainment Weekly — May 25, 2021
  31. #THEDISH (Official trailer) 2022 | YouTube, *World of Adam Barta* — October 12, 2022
  32. Tammie Brown - Ring My Bell | YouTube, WOWPresents — October 25, 2013
  33. Tammie Brown on WOW Shopping Network | YouTube, WOWPresents — June 20, 2013
  34. RuPaul's Drag Race Star Tammie Brown on Hey Qween! with Jonny McGovern | YouTube, Hey Qween — October 5, 2015
  35. Spillin' The Tea: Full 'Drag Race' Kiki | YouTube, Bilboard — July 4, 2018
  36. Tammie Brown! Feelin' Fruity with Seth Bogart | YouTube, WOWPresents — June 27, 2019
  37. Detailz w/ Dida Ritz: IMHO at DragCon NYC 2019 | YouTube, IMHO: The Show — September 14, 2019
  38. Tammie Brown: Drag Queen Video Dates | YouTube, WOWPresents — October 25, 2019
  39. TAMMIE BROWN joins Drag Race UK x Bootleg Opinions Season 1 Episode 6! | YouTube, YuhuaHamasaki (archived) — October 10, 2019
  40. Tammie Brown Has Been Saving the Earth (and Drag!) for 20 Years | The Advocate — October 2, 2019
  41. Queen With a Cause: Plastic | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — August 27, 2020
  42. Queen With a Cause: Palm Oil | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — August 27, 2020
  43. Tammie Brown "Whatever" Music video !!! WORLD PREMIERE!!! | YouTube, Rod1million — April 29, 2007
  44. TAMMIE BROWN "SHAKABUKU U "!! | YouTube, Rod1million — November 27, 2007
  45. TaMMie Brown-"The Ballad of Tiger Lilly" | YouTube, Rod1million — May 5, 2009
  46. Tammie Brown "Discos Undead!" | YouTube, Rod1million — May 21, 2010
  47. TaMMie Brown - "Clam Happy!" | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — July 7, 2010
  48. Les Savy Fav - "Sleepless in Silverlake" (Official Music Video) | YouTube, FKR.TV — May 23, 2011
  49. RuPaul Responsitrannity music video | YouTube, RuTube — October 25, 2012
  50. TaMMie Brown's "Love Piñata" | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — January 31, 2012
  51. XELLE ft Mimi Imfurst Queen Official Music Video | YouTube, XELLE Music — December 20, 2012
  52. Latrice Royale & Manila Luzon -- The Chop (Official Music Video) | YouTube, Manila Luzon — November 6, 2012
  53. Eliminated | YouTube, Kellymantle — February 25, 2014
  54. TaMMie Brown Double Feature: " Amigos Son Heroes/ La Tearaña", Video by Bri Cirel | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — March 31, 2014
  55. TaMMie Brown featuring Michael Catti "Walking Children in Nature" | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — June 15, 2014
  56. "I Stay Connected", TaMMie Brown. | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — May 11, 2015
  57. Tammie Brown & Accordiween - Pollo Asado Ween Cover | YouTube, Accordiween — May 19, 2016
  58. Lawrence Rothman - California Paranoia ft. Angel Olsen | YouTube, LAWRENCE ROTHMAN — May 18, 2017
  59. Senses Fail "Elevator To The Gallows" (Official Music Video) | YouTube, Pure Noise Records — January 4, 2019
  60. Trixie Mattel Goes Electric With New Song ‘Yellow Cloud’ | RollingStone — May 17, 2019
  61. Tammie Brown "Round 'N Round" Music Video | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — September 24, 2019
  62. Tammie Brown "Schubert'" Music Video | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — January 2, 2020
  63. Tammie Brown "In My Blood" Music Video | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — February 28, 2020
  64. Tammie Brown "Daddy's Makeover" Music Video | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — June 7, 2020
  65. Tammie Brown - See You in the Magazines (Official Music Video) | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — January 11, 2022
  66. Tammie Brown "Soothsayer" Music Video | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — October 11, 2022
  67. Tammie Brown "Pumpkin Blaster" Music Video | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — October 28, 2022
  68. Tammie Brown "Summer Angel" Music Video | YouTube, ItsTaMMieBrown — December 31, 2022

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