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Pages in category "American circus performers" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
His "Rowe's American Circus" played in Melbourne, Australia from June 1852 [3] to October 1854, when he liquidated the establishment. [4] The English acrobat George Lewis was one of his performers. Rowe returned to America in February 1854, leaving his wife Eliza, who was a performing member of the circus, riding a trick pony, as sole manager. [5]
Carden International Circus [18] United States of America Active pre-1973–present Carson & Barnes Circus [19] United States of America Active 1929–present Chaplin's Circus [20] United Kingdom Defunct 1911–1985 Chelyabinsk State Circus [21] Russia Under renovation 1979-2019 Chimelong International Circus [22] China Active 2000–present
Circus performer Omar Kingsley (1840 – April 3, 1879), also known as Ella Zoyara was an American circus performer, equestrian, and female impersonator who was billed as "Miss Ella". Early life
James "Jimmy" Cavaretta (born 1949) is an American circus performer, trapeze artist, actor, and model, best known for his work in the famed trapeze act "The Flying Cavarettas," his regular television appearances in the 1960s and 1970s, and his performances as an original headliner at the Circus, Circus hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Charles Sherwood Stratton (January 4, 1838 – July 15, 1883), better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum. [1]
Bird Millman O’Day (born Jennadean Engleman; October 20, 1890 – August 5, 1940 [1]) was one of the most celebrated high-wire performers of all time. [2] During the “Golden Age of the American Circus,” she was a premiere attraction with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. [3] Bird Millman, 1913. [4]
The circus was plagued with labor problems in 1956, and prior to its New York premiere, a picket line was set up outside of Madison Square Garden by both the Teamsters and the American Guild of Variety Artists. Many performers loyal to the circus were conflicted because of their membership in AGVA.