They've always been part of the Hollywood entertainment industry. Milton Berle, and some few others early on specialized in pretending to be pretending to be women, and this has continued right up to the 90s, with Corporal Klinger in M.A.S.H., Lola played by Flip Wilson, and a plethora of such comedic acts, and those less so, such as Mrs. Doubtfire played by Robin Williams as a father unable to see his children after divorce.

I have no evidence of ayliums, whether I've encountered them or not.