Darcelle!

I lived in Portland for years. I even took my mom to see Darcelle perform - drag queens were exceptionally lovely entertainers.

She's now more infamous! Darcelle Crowned World's 'Oldest Drag Queen Performer' By Guinness

by Laurie Isola 

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Darcelle is Portland's grand dame and is the owner of the longest running drag show west of the Mississippi.

Courtesy Walter Cole

It’s official. At 85 years old, Darcelle now wears the crown as the world’s oldest drag queen performer.
Guinness World Records awarded the City of Roses’ grand dame — who operates Darcelle XV Showplace, the longest-running drag revue west of the Mississippi — the designation this week.
Portland resident Doyle Stiles, a friend of Darcelle’s who helped shepherd the application to completion, said he got an email from Guinness early Tuesday morning with the news.
Doyle said the quest for the world record began in November when a female impersonator who is younger than Darcelle was listed as the world’s oldest.
“I immediately got into contact with Guinness and found out what the process was,” Doyle said.
Doyle spent the following months assembling paperwork, which included the birth certificate for Walter Cole, who has been playing the character of Darcelle since the late 1960s, as well as witness statements from the likes of Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts. Guinness requested witness statements as proof that Darcelle was still performing (and she is — at least four times a week).