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Two actors play eight roles of various genders who are haunted by this character in a camp horror play by Charles Ludlam. A montage depicts an actress dressed as this character listening to Sonic Youth before stealing some jewels. (15[1])A film’s marketing (15[1])used secret street paintings of the text “Who? What? When? Where?” below this character’s head on a question mark styled as a noose. This character, who sings at the “Howling Cat” cabaret by order of a “Grand” criminal mastermind, was the (15[1])breakout role of an actress who used a name meaning “gift of the Muses,” Musidora. In a 2022 (15[1])TV series based on a 1996 film, (15[1])a fictional actress (15[1])who plays this character is (15[1])Swedish rather than (*) Chinese. (10[1])This character (10[2])has a supernatural link with a black bat-like latex suit (10[1])used (10[2])in a 1915 silent serial film by Louis Feuillade (“fuh-YAHD”). For 10 points, an Olivier Assayas (“oh-liv-YAY ah-sah-YAHSS”) film starring Maggie Cheung is titled for what femme fatale, whose name is an anagram of “vampire?” ■END■

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