Elizabeth Gracen
Elizabeth Gracen arrived in NYC from a small town in Arkansas a year after traveling the world as Miss America 1982. She used her scholarship prize money to study acting at HB Studios and photography at the New School. She later moved to Los Angeles where she has worked as an actress for over twenty years. A veteran of many television and film productions, Elizabeth is best known for her work on the long-running HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES and HIGHLANDER: THE RAVEN.
In 2012, Elizabeth formed FLAPPER FILMS - a company created to develop inspiring, educational content for multi-generational men and women.
Currently in production on a new documentary feature film, NATURAL STATE OF DRAG, Elizabeth has been thrilled to travel back to her home state to tell the story of the many brave and talented people she has met in the Arkansas LGBTQ+ community. In the final stages of post-production on her first feature length documentary feature film, MS. MERIWETHER, she is eager to share the unique life of one of America's most beloved television icons, Lee Meriwether.
Proud of her oncoming collaboration with the Lineage Performing Arts Center, Elizabeth continues to participate in productions and film the company's original works that delve deeply into some of the most serious issues facing us all. With a behind-the-scenes documentary in the works about the live production of AFTER ROE—a powerful theatre experience in collaboration with Lineage and Planned Parenthood that deals with the devastating impact of the repeal of Roe v. Wade and its aftermath, Elizabeth continues her work to develop educational content that changes lives. Her award winning, documentary short, DANCE FOR JOY, is an inspiring film that celebrates the healing movement classes offered by the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Lineage Dance Company to help people with Parkinson’s Disease find freedom, hope and a sense of community through the arts.
Elizabeth's longest running project is a documentary archive called THE GEN Z COLLECTIVE that captures Generation Z in the field and in studio interviews that take the pulse of America's future by documenting their hopes and fears in an ever-changing world.
Elizabeth is also the author of Shalilly - a coming of age, Young Adult fantasy novel. She created an independent publishing company - FLAPPER PRESS, a curated website for books, poetry, blogs, art and unique offerings from a stable of talented influencers, thought leaders, writers and artists.
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Flapper Films is proud to partner with Flapper House Inc.—a nonprofit 501(c)(3) multi-media company that supports public awareness of the Arts as well as causes and issues that benefit the world.
