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