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2. Thomas Macarte - Wikipedia

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   The 'Macarte Lion' in 1874 - The Illustrated London News Thomas Macarte was born in Cork in Ireland in about 1839. He was married but had no children. There are claims that he was a member of the famous Macarte family of circus and music hall entertainers that included the equestrienne Marie Macarte and the high-wire act Macarte Sisters, but this cannot be verified.

3. Macarte Sisters - Wikipedia

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   The Macarte Sisters in costume for their act 'The Land of the Lotus' (1912) Between 1910 in Canada [14] and 1912 in Britain the Macarte Sisters were performing in a Japanese-style act billed as 'The Land of the Lotus', including at the London Pavilion - the costumes of which at least were influenced by the operetta The Mikado.

4. Ellen Chapman (lion tamer) - Wikipedia

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   Ellen Chapman later Ellen Sanger appearing as Madame Pauline de Vere (1831 – 30 April 1899) was a British circus performer and lion tamer. She was said to be the first woman to put her head in a lion's jaws and a demonstration impressed Queen Victoria.

5. Lion taming - Wikipedia

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   Tilly Bébé (1879–1932), Austrian lion and polar bear tamer [7] Rose Flanders Bascom (1880–1915), first American female lion tamer; Mabel Stark (1889–1968), one of the world's first women tiger tamers; Clyde Beatty (1903–1965), one of the pioneers of using a chair in training big cats; Irina Bugrimova (1911–2001), the first female ...

6. Category:Lion tamers - Wikipedia

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7. Martini Maccomo - Wikipedia

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   Martini Maccomo (died 11 January 1871) was a lion tamer in Victorian Britain. He performed with William Manders' menagerie from around 1854 and remained the group's key attraction until his death. His act involved pursuing lions and tigers around a cage utilising whips, pistols and knuckledusters.