Lori Shannon - wikipedia Lori Shannon Lori Shannon Don Seymour McClean ( 1938 - 05 - 18 ) May 18, 1938 Santa Barbara, California U.S. February 13, 1984 ( 1984 - 02 - 13 ) ( aged 45 ) San Francisco, California, U.S. Occupation Female impersonator, actor, comedian Lori Shannon born Don Seymour McLean, ( May 18, 1938 - February 13, 1984 ) was an openly gay female impersonator who was associated with the drag revues at Finocchio 's club in San Francisco. He wrote an entertainment column for the Bay Area Reporter. He stood 6 - feet - 5 in his heels and considered himself `` a stand - up comic in a dress, '' relished startling tourists with one - liners at Finocchio 's. To the American television audience, Shannon was best known for portraying female impersonator Beverly LaSalle in three episodes of the CBS sitcom All in the Family. The episodes in which he appears are `` Archie the Hero '' ( 1975 ), `` Beverly Rides Again '' ( 1976 ), and `` Edith 's Crisis of Faith, Part 1 '' ( 1977 ). The character represented somewhat of a breakthrough, being the first instance of a drag queen being portrayed in a sympathetic light on U.S. television. Shannon died of a heart attack at the age of 45 at Mission Emergency Hospital in San Francisco on February 13, 1984. References Jump up ^ Romesburg, Don ( 2005 - 09 - 13 ). `` Openly gay TV actors ''. The Advocate. Retrieved 2007 - 07 - 03. Jump up ^ Hamlin, Jesse ( 1999 - 11 - 04 ). `` What a Drag : Finocchio 's to Close : Cross-dressers have entertained at club for 63 years ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007 - 07 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Interview with David De Alba ''. Archived from the original on 2007 - 09 - 27. Retrieved 2007 - 07 - 03. ^ Jump up to : `` Drag queen Don McLean dies ''. SFGate. Hearst Communications, Inc. 1984. Retrieved September 19, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Don Seymour `` Lori Shannon '' McLean ``. findagrave.com. Retrieved 29 December 2012. External links Lori Shannon on IMDb Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lori_Shannon&oldid=794938476 '' Categories : 1938 births 1984 deaths 20th - century American actresses Actresses from California Actresses from San Francisco American drag queens LGBT entertainers from the United States LGBT people from California Gay actors 20th - century American male actors Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Talk About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 10 August 2017, at 23 : 47. About Wikipedia

Question: who played beverly lasalle on all in the family
Answer: Lori Shannon