Coccinelle

Coccinelle
Born
Jacques-Charles Dufresnoy

23 August 1931
Paris, France
Died9 October 2006(2006-10-09) (aged 75)
Marseille, France
Occupations
  • Entertainer
  • activist
  • singer/recording artist
  • actress
Spouses
Francis Bonnet
(m. 1960; div. 1962)
Mario Costa
(m. 1963; died 1977)
Thierry Wilson
(m. 1996)

Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy (23 August 1931 – 9 October 2006), better known by her stage name Coccinelle ("ladybug" in French), was a French cabaret entertainer, singer, actress, entertainer, singer, and transgender activist. A transgender woman, she was the first widely publicized celebrity to undergo gender reassignment in Europe, making medical, legal and religious history. Coccinelle was an international celebrity and a renowned club singer, styled as a blonde bombshell sex symbol in the vein of Marilyn Monroe and Bridgette Bardot.[1][2]

  1. ^ CatherineRickman. "Who was Jaqueline-Charlotte Dufresnoy, France's first Trans Actress".
  2. ^ "GLAAD Media Reference Guide - Transgender". GLAAD. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

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