Beehive (hairstyle) - Later Beehive Usage

Later Beehive Usage

• The character Flo, a waitress in Martin Sorsese's 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, played by Diane Ladd, wore her hair in a beehive; the 1976 television show based on the film, Alice carried the Flo character (now played by Polly Holliday) over from the film, and she likewise wore her hair in a beehive.
• The B-52's, a New Wave rock band took their name from the hairstyle which was worn by members Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson. Their music company also plays on the style with the name "Boo-Fant" Records (a parody of bouffant).
• Many of entertainer Dolly Parton's hairstyles during the 1970s and 1980s (many of which were wigs) were beehive styles.
• Gary Larson's The Far Side series features women who almost exclusively wear the beehive.
• Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders portrays an archetypal waitress sporting a beehive in the music video for the group's signature song "Brass in Pocket".
• From the 1980s on, Coronation Street character Bet Lynch became known for her beehive.
• The 1985 Martin Scorsese movie After Hours features a waitress named Julie who's noted for her beehive hairdo and general interest in other elements of 1960s pop culture.
• Marge Simpson's usual hairdo is an extreme, 2-foot-high (0.61 m), blue beehive.
• The hairdo and its later incarnations were featured in John Waters' 1988 cult film, Hairspray.
• Christina Applegate in her role as Kelly Bundy on the TV series Married... with Children wears her hair in a beehive after taking a job as a diner waitress on the season seven episode "Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore".
• British pop singer Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays is known for wearing a beehive.
• Christina Aguilera sported the look at the 2001 BET Awards.
• Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley) from the cult British TV series Absolutely Fabulous wears her hair almost exclusively in a beehive. In the episode "Fish Farm" she is shown styling her beehive with a fork.
• R&B/jazz singer Amy Winehouse was often seen sporting her signature beehive hairdo and wigs.
• Mrs. Brinks from Angela Anaconda has a beehive wig and sometimes loses it in the show.
• Lead female characters in Saturday's Voyeur, an ongoing Utah theatrical satire, often wear a beehive, a reference to the beehive on the Utah state seal.
• Performer and lead female vocalist for the Saturday Night Live band, Christine Ohlman, has used the beehive as her main trademark, with the stage name "The Beehive Queen."
• TV personality Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of Jersey Shore often wears a beehive, which she has referred to as a "poof".
• Video Game character Bayonetta has a beehive hairdo.