- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1947
- Place of Birth
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Jayne County
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.
Filmography
movieThe Fuzztones vs the World
2025
movieBeyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia
2023
movieNightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC
2023 · Self
tvWomen Who Rock
2022 · Self
movieJayne County and the Electrick Queers: Imma Gonna Go to Hell When I Die
2021
movieWig
2019 · Self
tvPunk
2019 · Self
movieQueercore: How to Punk a Revolution
2017 · Self
moviePunk Revolution NYC
2012 · Herself
movieJobriath A.D.
2012 · Herself
movieBeautiful Darling
2010 · Self
movieBurning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009 · Self
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
movieOnce Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
2007 · Self
Jayne County: Man Enough to Be a Woman
movieJayne County: Man Enough to Be a Woman
2005 · Herself
movieQueer Realities and Cultural Amnesia
2005
movieBorn to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie
2001 · Self
movieWigstock: The Movie
1995 · Self
movieNelson Sullivan's Video Diaries
1989 · Herself
movieCity of Lost Souls
1983 · Lila
movieThe Punk Rock Movie
1978 · Self
movieJubilee
1978 · Lounge Lizard
movieThe Blank Generation
1976 · Self
movieNight Lunch
1975 · Self