Liberace

Prior to that, he had a small role in the 2013 Liberace biopic “Behind the Candelabra.”

Adult film star John C. Holmes, drug kingpin Eddie Nash, famed entertainer Liberace and his “boy toy” Scott Thorson were among the colorful personalities caught up in the case.

“In one of our first conversations we were talking about Maestro having looks inspired by iconic musical performers throughout time, so the first look is a mashup between Beethoven and Liberace,” Monsoon says.

Ellen Mirojnick, the costume designer who earned an Emmy Award for transforming Michael Douglas into flamboyant entertainer Liberace in “Behind the Candelabra,” now has her first Oscar nomination — for a wardrobe and characters who couldn’t be more different: the politicians, soldiers and scientists in “Oppenheimer.”

Oh sure, Paul Lynde and Liberace were flouncing on television; closer to home, a boy I kept my distance from decoupaged his notebooks.