Doris Fish (born Philip Clargo Mills; 11 August 1952 – 22 June 1991) was a drag queen, artist, actor and writer, based in Sydney, Australia, and San Francisco, California, United States.
Philip Clargo Mills was born in Sydney on 11 August 1952,[1] the middle child of six in a Catholic family that allowed a marijuana plant on its property.
[citation needed] During 1978–1979 Mills as Doris was also the American West-Coast Correspondent for Campaign, a national gay and lesbian newspaper in Australia.
[8] Mills' major legacy is the cult camp classic film Vegas in Space, which he co-wrote and starred in with Phillip Ford.
[9] In 2002, artworks by Doris were included in the exhibition Dead Gay Artists at the Tin Sheds, University of Sydney, curated by Robert Lake.
The exhibition also included the works of fellow artists Doug Erskine, Eddy Hackenberg, Jasper Havoc, Brad Levido, David McDiarmid, Brenton Heath Kerr and Peter Tully.