Guilda, also known as Jean Guilda, was born Jean Guida de Mortellaro in Paris, France (1924-2012). She was a cabaret artist who made a career in France and Quebec.
She was best known for her comedy and cabaret shows where dressed in extravagant female clothes, impersonated one or other of the typical women of the last millennium — Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Mistinguett, Edith Piaf and Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Lucille Ball.
Jean Guilda was one of the guests at the 2010 Montréal Pride celebrations. He appeared on stage for a short time and aroused the enthusiasm of the crowd present at Place Émilie-Gamelin. The organizers highlighted the importance and great career of this man who was the first transvestite to show himself in Quebec in the 1960s. After his death in 2012, he was buried in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, in Montreal.
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