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Hannah Jane Battersby (née Perkins); c. 1836 – November 25, 1889) was an American "Fat Lady" sideshow performer and the wife of "Human Skeleton" John Battersby (1829 – 1897). She performed for companies including the Barnum & Bailey Circus alongside Lavinia Warren and Charles Stratton ( General Tom Thumb ) between 1859 and 1889 and was ...
Celesta Geyer (née Herrmann; July 18, 1901–February 19, 1982) was an American woman most famous for being the circus fat lady known as Dolly Dimples (also Bonnie Sonora and Jolly Dolly Geyer). She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
"Big Winnie" Johnson (c. 1839 – September 4, 1888) was an American "Fat Lady" sideshow performer in the 1880s. Despite the relatively short span of her career, she became very well-known, performing for circuses and dime museums across the country.
Her master's thesis was published by HarperCollins as her first novel, Till The Fat Lady Sings, in 1991. Kwitney was an editor for Vertigo Comics. She is currently the editor for Liminal Comics at Brain Mill Press. [2] Kwitney lives in an old farmhouse two hours from Manhattan with her husband and two children. [1]
Image credits: Fuzzy Door #2 Garfield. Garfield, the chubby, lasagna-obsessed orange tabby cat, has captured hearts since 1976 when he first appeared in a comic strip by creator Jim Davis.
Teena (comic strip), a cartoon panel series and comic strip created by Hilda Terry Teena Mulder , from The X-Files television series Teena the Fat Lady , a Marvel Comics character
The Supreme Court has overturned a decision of the Fifth Circuit that barred a lawsuit by Priscilla Villarreal, known as La Gordiloca, who was arrested for seeking and publishing nonpublic ...
She made her living traveling with sideshows in the early 20th century billed as a circus fat lady. Smith was born in 1888. Despite a normal childhood, she became very heavy during grammar school. She left school and took a job as a sideshow performer at the age of 13. Her weight ballooned to as much as 689 lb (313 kg).