The Lady Chablis is a drag queen who began life in 1957 as Benjamin Edward Knox. She was brought to wide public attention when she figured as one of Savannah's colorful characters in John Berendt's novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
She played herself in the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Kevin Spacey and John Cusack.
Her autobiography is titled Hiding My Candy.
