>Aleshia Brevard (December 9, 1937 – July 1, 2017)[1] was an American author and actress of stage, screen, and television. She worked as an entertainer, actress, model, Playboy bunny, professor of theater, and author. She also underwent one of the early sex reassignment surgery procedures performed in the United States.[2] Brevard lived her life outside of the wider transgender community, and as a result, she was not publicly identified as transgender until publishing her memoirs in her later years.
>Brevard did not identify as trans early in her life and often deflected questions.[11] Her husbands were not aware that she had transitioned.[1]

I wonder how many cases like this there have been throughout the decades