Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Topsy (c. 1875 – January 4, 1903) was a female Asian elephant who was electrocuted at Coney Island, New York, in January 1903.Born in Southeast Asia around 1875, Topsy was secretly brought into the United States soon thereafter and added to the herd of performing elephants at the Forepaugh Circus, who fraudulently advertised her as the first elephant born in the United States.
This film documents the publicly announced killing of Topsy the elephant at the unfinished Luna Park on Coney Island, New York City on January 4, 1903. The elephant had recently been acquired from Forepaugh Circus, where she had a reputation as a "bad" elephant, having killed a drunken spectator the previous year who burnt the tip of her trunk with a lit cigar.
Topsy Smith was born around 1875, the daughter of Mary Kemp, who was of Arabana descent, [1] from the Oodnadatta area, in northeast South Australia. Her father was policeman George White but he did not play a large role in her life as she as mostly raised by her mother and her step-father Arthur Evans.
Topsy, a character in the 2018 film Mary Poppins Returns; Topsy and Eva, a 1928 film based on Uncle Tom's Cabin; Topsy and Tim, a children's book series; Topsy (Tom and Jerry), a character in the cartoon series Tom and Jerry "Topsy" (instrumental), a jazz instrumental first recorded by Count Basie, then by Benny Goodman, and later by Cozy Cole
In 1930 Vivian married actor Nils Asther, who had co-starred with her and Rosetta in the film version of Topsy and Eva. Rosetta (who was lesbian) [8] attempted a solo career for a few years, but was rejoined with Vivian in 1932 after Vivian's divorce from Asther. [3] The Duncan Sisters as Topsy and Eva, circa 1945
He would battle grievous injuries — but died 29 days later, becoming the 72nd and final victim of Flight 212. Eastern Airlines Flight 212 had 82 people on board on Sept. 11, 1974, when it ...
Tom Cruise in ‘Collateral’, ‘Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning’ and ‘Tropic Thunder’ (iStock/Paramount)
The tragic story of Judith Barsi, a promising young actress whose life was cut short at the age of 10, continues to resonate deeply even decades after her death.