Ann Magnuson is a singer, musician, DJ and actor who moved to New York in the late ’70s and became a performer at two key venues in the city’s revolutionary post-disco scene: Mudd Club and Club 57. She created characters for the stage, using humor, sex and pop-culture pastiche in a style that landed her a role in the Madonna-led 1985 film *Desperately Seeking Susan*, and saw her cross over from the club scene to the silver screen. A star in dozens of film and television shows since the ’80s, including *Tequila Sunrise*, *Panic Room*, *Frasier* and *Modern Family*, Magnuson’s tales of Hollywood stardom and radical performance make her a unique underground figure.
