April Ashley
Model, Person or entity appearing in film
1935 –
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Who is April Ashley?
April Ashley, MBE is an English model and restaurant hostess. She was one the first British people to be outed as a transsexual, this was done by the Sunday People in 1961.
She is also known as one of the first British people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, after racing driver and World War II fighter pilot Roberta Cowell, and the ninth in the world to have the surgery.
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- Born
- Apr 29, 1935
Liverpool - Also known as
- George Jamieson
- Eyelashes
- April E
- Spouses
- Jeffrey West
- Arthur Corbett, 3rd Baron Rowallan
(1963/09 - 1970)
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Liverpool
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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