Was Patsy Stone a man?

Was Patsy Stone a man?

On various occasions throughout the series, it is alluded to that Patsy was once transgender, having undergone a sex-change operation in Morocco in the 1960s. Edina states that this only lasted a few months, before it fell off, and Elton John recognises her as someone he slept with when she was a man. On various occasions throughout the series, it is alluded to that Patsy was once transgender, having undergone a sex-change operation in Morocco in the 1960s. Edina states that this only lasted a few months, before it fell off, and Elton John recognises her as someone he slept with when she was a man. Lumley also lets drop that her character Patsy Stone is actually a part of the community herself, she is transgender: When re-watching the series, it’s striking that the universe they created is almost entirely populated by women and LGBT people. The series is the inspired creation of Jennifer Saunders, who writes it and stars as Edina, with the invaluable Joanna Lumley as Patsy. They’re two working gals in London who seem never to work but spend lots of time shopping, drinking, stumbling and falling down.

Who was Patsy based on?

Fireproof friendship … Saunders and Lumley in Sydney. “Everyone wants a bestie like that, someone who has their back no matter what,” says Saunders, revealing that she actually modelled Patsy on one of her friends. “Harriet (Thorpe) is in the film. And Ruby Wax, who was the script editor, said ‘oh you should see Joanna Lumley, she’s really funny’. So she came in for an audition. After meeting the statuesque blonde, Saunders was inspired to draw on Lumley’s own past as a model to create Patsy’s story. It may have started out as a character in an old vaudeville act named Patsy, who always got the blame when things went wrong. From there a patsy came to mean an easy target, someone who can be suckered into doing the bidding of more strong-willed people. “Patsy and Loretta” is based on the untold true story of the friendship between two of country music’s greatest icons, Patsy Cline (Megan Hilty) and Loretta Lynn (Jessie Mueller).