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Jeanette Schmid

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Transsexual

The Resume

    (November 6, 1924-March 9, 2005)
    Born in Volary, Czech Republic
    Birth name was Rudolf Schmid
    Female impersonator turned professional whistler
    Underwent gender reassignment surgery (1964)

Why she might be annoying:

    He served with the German Wehrmacht in World War II.
    He was invited by Shah Mohammed Pahlavi to do his act in Tehran, but his dresses and humor were both considered too risque.
    In desperation, he whistled a polka by Johann Strauss and Offenbach's 'Barcarole,' launching a new career.
    She performed under the stage name Baroness Lips von Lipstrill.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Like many Sudeten Germans, he was forced to flee Czechoslovakia after WWII.
    She performed onstage with Frank Sinatra, Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich and had a successful Broadway run.
    She was awarded the Austrian Decoration of Merit in Gold (2004).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 40 Votes: 67.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 87 Votes: 63.22% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying