This Liverpudlian sex-swap pioneer was the first British person to be outed as a transsexual in 1961. Ashley endured electric shock treatment and painful surgery but this didn’t stop her becoming a successful fashion model who appeared in such titles as Vogue. A marriage to the Hon. Arthur Corbett was brief but alleged affairs with Michael Hutchene, Sir Peter O’Toole, Grayson Perry and Omar Sharif are well documented. A true wildcard, Ashley now spends her time campaigning for social equality and lives in Fulham.
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Bill Martin MBE (born William Wylie MacPherson)
This acclaimed Glaswegian songwriter and impresario is best known for having written Congratulations and Puppet On A String.
Lee Miller (Lady Penrose, born Elizabeth Miller, 1907 – 1977)
One of the only female professional photographers accredited as an official US war correspondent during World War II, Lee Miller was photographed sitting in Hitler’s very own bathtub in Munich on the day he committed suicide in Berlin. The Roll Call – WILDCARDS
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Really ugly and feel sick right now omg ins pauline