Elizabeth Eden

Elizabeth Eden
Elizabeth Debbie Eden
Born
Ernest Aron

(1946-08-19)August 19, 1946
New York City, U.S.
DiedSeptember 29, 1987(1987-09-29) (aged 41)
Rochester, New York, U.S.

Elizabeth Debbie Eden (born August 19, 1946 – September 29, 1987) was an American transgender woman whose husband, John Wojtowicz, attempted a bank robbery, allegedly to pay for her gender-affirming surgery. The incident was adapted into the crime drama film Dog Day Afternoon (1975), directed by Sidney Lumet. The character Leon Shermer, played by Chris Sarandon, is loosely based on Eden.

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