what movie did patrick swayze play a woman

Patrick Swayze played a drag queen named Vida Boheme in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995).

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• The role is one of his most memorable non-romantic performances.

• He starred alongside Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo in the film.

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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar is the movie people usually mean when asking about Patrick Swayze “playing a woman.”

TL;DR: It was To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.