Jayne County
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Punk
Self
2019
Film
Punk Revolution NYC
Herself
2012
Series
Women Who Rock
Self
2022
Film
Jubilee
Lounge Lizard
1978
Film
City of Lost Souls
Lila
1983
Film
The Punk Rock Movie
Self
1978
Film
Wig
Self
2019
Film
Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia
2005
Film
Night Lunch
Self
1975
Film
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
Self
2017
Film
Beautiful Darling
Self
2010
Film
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
2009
Jayne County: Man Enough to Be a Woman
Herself
2005
Film
Jobriath A.D.
Herself
2012
Film
Wigstock: The Movie
Self
1995
Film
The Blank Generation
Self
1976
Film
Nelson Sullivan's Video Diaries
Herself
1989
Film
Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie
Self
2001
Film
Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC
Self
2023
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
Self
2007
Film
Jayne County and the Electrick Queers: Imma Gonna Go to Hell When I Die
2021
Film
The Fuzztones vs the World
2025
Film
Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia
2023