At nearly 90, Bambi is the last of a dying generation. She outlived all her Carrousel sisters — April Ashley, Capucine, and Coccinelle. And though the spotlight faded, the legacy still shimmers.

Marie-Pierre Pruvot known as Bambi, one of the first trans women in the world to become a public star, and a pioneer in global LGBTQ+ history, poses during an interview with the Associated Press ...

Bambi waited cautiously until her best friends, Coccinelle and April Ashley, had safely undergone procedures from the late 50s before doing the same herself. Each night required extraordinary courage.

Bambi waited cautiously until her best friends, Coccinelle and April Ashley, had safely undergone procedures from the late 50s before doing the same herself. Each night required extraordinary courage.

From Outlaw to Icon: Bambi on Trans Survival, Fame, JK Rowling and the Fight That Isn’t Over PARIS (AP) — Decades before transgender became a household word and “RuPaul’s Drag Race ...

Such was their then-fame that the name of Bambi’s housemate, Coccinelle, became slang for “trans” in Israel — often cruelly. Once Dietrich, the starry queer icon, arrived at the tiny Madame Arthur ...

From outlaw to icon: Bambi on trans survival, fame, JK Rowling and the fight that isn’t over. By THOMAS ADAMSON. May 23, 2025 at 12:16 am CDT. Expand.

Bambi waited cautiously until her best friends, Coccinelle and April Ashley, had safely undergone procedures from the late 50s before doing the same herself. Each night required extraordinary courage.

Bambi waited cautiously until her best friends, Coccinelle and April Ashley, had safely undergone procedures from the late 50s before doing the same herself. Each night required extraordinary courage.

Bambi waited cautiously until her best friends, Coccinelle and April Ashley, had safely undergone procedures from the late 50s before doing the same herself. Each night required extraordinary courage.