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Vander Clyde Broadway (December 19, 1899 – August 5, 1973), stage name Barbette, was an American female impersonator, high-wire performer, and trapeze artist born in Texas. Barbette attained great popularity throughout the United States but his greatest fame came in Europe and especially Paris, in the 1920s and 1930s.
Laverie Vallee (née Cooper; July 18, 1875 – February 6, 1949), best known by her stage name Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman. One of her risqué trapeze acts was captured on film in 1901 by Thomas Edison.
Louise Armaindo, born either Louise or Louisa Brisebois or Brisbois (1861–1900), was a Canadian strongwoman, trapeze artist, competitive walker, and high-wheel cyclist. [1] [2] Throughout the last decades of the 19th century, she was known as "the champion female bicycle rider of the world."
Luisita Leers was born in into a family of circus artists: her mother Gertrude was an acrobat, and her adoptive father Guido Krökel was a ring specialist. [1] She was trained by Krökel from the age of six. She made her debut in his troupe in March 1920, aged only eleven.
Fictional trapeze artists (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Trapeze artists" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
María Cristina del Pino Segura Gómez, known as Pinito del Oro (6 November 1931 – 25 October 2017), was a Spanish trapeze artist and novelist. She specialised in the Washington trapeze. [1] She was perhaps best known for her seven-year run with Ringling Circus.
Kaely Michels-Gualtieri is an American trapeze artist known for her work as a leading artist with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, often performing under the stage name "Electra". [1] [2] She is the winner of two Golden Flyer Awards as one of the world's leading swing trapeze artists. [3]
Leona Dare (1854/55 – May 23/24, 1922 [1]) was an American trapeze artist and aerial acrobat, billed often as the "Queen of the Antilles" or the "Pride of Madrid". [2] She was famous for her stunts on trapezes suspended from ascending balloons .