Sonne Teal

Sonne was born Charles Spencer Teal in Canada, to parents who later moved to Dunseith in North Dakota. In college Sonne studied with a modern ballet group, and also taught for a year in a North Dakota art institute.[1]

Sonne toured for half a year with a female impersonation revue before coming to New York City and being noticed by Le Carrousel de Paris choreograph, Roger Stefani, at Club 82. Stefani offered a Carrousel contract and within a year Teal was called "The Most Beautiful Legs in Paris",[2] co-starring with Bambi, appearing at Casino de Paris for two years, and touring Europe and North Africa.[1]

In 1962 Sonne co-starred with Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski in surrealist Belgian film La Poupée, with Avery Willard claiming that the dirrector Jacques Baratier initially thought Teal was a woman, and not a female impersonator.[1]

Sonne and four other female impersonators of Le Carrousel (reported to be named Kismie, Coco, Christine and Lady Cobra) international tour died in a plane crash of BOAC Flight 911 near Mount Fuji.[3]