British television made a mini-series of her son, Nigel's book "Portrait of a Marriage" in 1990. Good stuff but probably too good for Hollywood.

No, but FTM transgender people still existed. Even today, when it is possible, not every transgender person elects to have surgery. 

Ah, I see. Thank you very much for clearing that up.

QUESTION: Are Albert Nobbs and Hubert Page transgender characters or are they female-indentified females attempting to pass as male in order to survive?