An elegant charm was her best material

[Shana A]

An elegant charm was her best material
August 22, 2011

Rose Jackson, 1935 - 2011

http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/an-elegant-charm-was-her-best-material-20110821-1j4li.html

Even people who never met Rose Jackson or saw her on stage might have gained a glimpse into her warm and gracious personality. Whereas Terence Stamp is said to have based his version of the transsexual Bernadette in the film Priscilla: Queen of the Desert on Carlotta of Les Girls fame, Tony Sheldon, who has played the part on stage in Australia, London and New York, says he based his classy, ever-so-tender Bernadette on Rose.

Rose Jackson was born Barry Charles Jackson on September 11, 1935, in Paddington, the son of Trevor Jackson and his wife, Ruby, and said she knew ''from the minute she was born'' a male body was not right for her. She was trying on Ruby's clothes and make-up from the age of five.