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Helen Kreis Wallenda (December 11, 1910 – May 9, 1996) was a German-born trapeze artist and aerialist, best known as a key member of the original four-member Great Wallendas high-wire troupe. [1] She was the wife of the high-wire artist Karl Wallenda, and together they performed daring acts without a safety net. Kreis was often the pinnacle ...
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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.
Barbette (1899–1973), American performer and trapeze artist; Bardhi (born 1997), Albanian rapper; Barkaa (born 1995), Australian rapper and musician; Baro (born 1992), South Korean actor, rapper, singer and lyricist; Barzin, Canadian singer-songwriter; Bas (born 1987), Sudanese-American rapper; Bashy (born 1985), British hip hop artist
Trapeze artist. Betty Felsen: June 9, 1905 November 30, 2000 American Dancer and teacher. Felsen began dance lessons at age 8 and was enrolled in the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet's school in 1916. Her first professional performance was in January 1917 at 11 years old. The Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet merged into the Chicago Opera Association in 1917.
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 .
Trapeze artist and actor with his family's act, the Winninger Family Concert Co. [96] Basil Wolverton: July 9, 1909 December 31, 1978 American Actor. Daisy Wood: September 15, 1877 October 19, 1961 British Singer and sister to Marie Lloyd. [346] Wee Georgie Wood: December 17, 1895 February 19, 1979 British Midget comedian who played children. [347]
Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. Co., 1890. A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes, metal straps, or chains, from a ceiling support. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances.