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Brandon Teena. Brandon Teena[note 1] (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. [2][3] His life and death were the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry.
Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) [2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert, and Phillip DeVine at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). [3]
On the 31st of December 1993 Nissen and Lotter broke into the home of Lisa Lambert, where Teena was hiding. They subsequently killed every adult in the house, including Teena, Lambert and Phillip DeVine. Teena is buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, in Lincoln, Nebraska. His headstone misgenders him as a "daughter, sister, friend." [41]
The filmmakers retained the names of most of the case's real-life protagonists, but the names of several supporting characters were altered. For example, the character of Candace was named Lisa Lambert in real life. [27] The casting process for Boys Don't Cry lasted almost four years. [28] Drew Barrymore was an early candidate to star in the ...
Lambert played in the movies Childstar and Slings and Arrows.Her works for television include Getting Along Famously and Skippy's Rangers- The Show They Never Gave.. Lambert also took part in stage productions, including Mirth, People Park, The Irish Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Bargain Musical, All Hams on Deck, Ouch My Toe, An American in Harris, An Awkward Evening with Martin and Johnson.
The pair, who make up half of country band Little Big Town, kicked off their music careers in 1999 alongside Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet, but it wasn’t until years later that Westbrook ...
Brandon Teena, 21, American murder victim, killed along with Lisa Lambert and Phillip DeVine in Humboldt, Nebraska. [309] [310] Teena's story would later become the basis for the film Boys Don't Cry. [310] Thomas J. Watson Jr., 79, American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist, complications from a stroke [311]
Lisa has often been linked, mistakenly, with Teena Brandon as a romantic partnership. Lisa's only true love was her son Tanner. "Brandon" was seeking refuge from her attackers and she gladly gave comfort and shelter to a bruised and battered human being. For this she gave her life.