Jayne County
February 12, 1947 (77 years old) in
Jayne County (born Wayne Rogers in 1947) is an American performer, musician and actress whose career has spanned several decades. Formerly known as Wayne County, she went on to be rock's first transsexual singer. Though she has never been a commercial success, she has been an influence on musicians such as David Bowie, The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Lou Reed. Pianist Jools Holland's first studio outing was with County on her single "Fuck Off". She is known for her outrageous stage antics and her songs "Are You Man Enough To Be A Woman", "Fuck Off", "Stuck On You," and "Night Time". County was previously an actress at Andy Warhol's The Factory.
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- 2023 · Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia as
- 2023 · Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC as Self
- 2021 · Jayne County and the Electrick Queers: Imma Gonna Go to Hell When I Die as
- 2019 · Wig as Self
- 2019 · Punk as Self
- 2017 · Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution as Self
- 2012 · Punk Revolution NYC as Herself
- 2012 · Jobriath A.D. as Herself
- 2010 · Beautiful Darling as Self
- 2009 · Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB as Self
- 2005 · Jayne County: Man Enough to Be a Woman as Herself
- 2005 · Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia as
- 1995 · Wigstock: The Movie as Self
- 1989 · Nelson Sullivan's Video Diaries as Herself
- 1983 · City of Lost Souls as
- 1978 · The Punk Rock Movie as Self
- 1978 · Jubilee as Lounge Lizard
- 1976 · The Blank Generation as Self
- 1975 · Night Lunch as Self