Marie-Pierre Pruvot | Transgender Woman

Marie-Pierre Pruvot was a French transgender woman who performed as a showgirl under the stage name “Bambi.” Pruvot performed as a transgender showgirl at Le Carrousel de Paris for approximately two decades. While serving as a showgirl regularly, she appeared in several films in 1959 and 1963. Her last appearance in a documentary came in the 2013 documentary, which was named after her stage name Bambi.

One cannot argue that Pruvot, or “Bambi,” was an extremely popular showgirl at the peak of her career. However, Pruvot chose to pursue a college degree while working on her entertainment career at the same time. She acquired her university degrees at the Sorbonne, and she became a teacher of literature in 1974. Pruvot began her teaching career at Garges-Les-Gonesse, and she remained there for the next two decades. She was later honored and inducted into the Ordre des Palmes Academiques.