Today would have been her 91st birthday – here’s what you need to know and why she features on the Google Doodle today.

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Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy, a French actress and entertainer, was reincarnated as the star of Tuesday’s Google Doodle.

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The illustrious club singer, born on August 23, 1931, went by the stage name Coccinelle.

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Labelled a male at birth, Coccinelle was the first known French person to undergo sex-reassignment surgery in Europe after World War I.

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Born in Paris, Jacqueline-Charlotte Dufresnoy was said to have experienced feelings of gender dysphoria from the age of four.

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She took the stage name Coccinelle, meaning ladybug, after her showgirl debut in 1953 at Chez Madame Arthur

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A drag cabaret which was restored and reopened in 2015 as Le Divan du Monde.

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She later became a regular act at Le Carrousel de Paris a nightclub that hosted other famous trans performers including Merie-Pier Ysser

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stage name Bambi, and April Ashley – one of the earliest British women to face the same surgery.

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a nightclub that hosted other famous trans performers including Merie-Pier Ysser

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