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• Bertram Mills
  ...Pissiutis]]’ riding act; the clowns [[Gobert Belling]], the [[Benedetti Brothers]], and [[Theodore]] and Partners; [[Mona Connors]]’ equestrian act; the [ ...in the world returning to London after a long hiatus! Unfortunately, John Ringling was unable to arrange shipping space for such a huge undertaking so soon af
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• Cyril Mills
  ...tinent (following the disappointing news that [[The Ringling Brothers|John Ringling]] couldn’t bring over from America ''The Greatest Show On Earth'' to fill ...am Mills Circus became a model of modern tenting standards in Britain. The brothers ran it until 1964, when declining profits brought it to a sad end. They wer
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• Con Colleano
  ...his older brother Bonar, the ''Hillston Spectator'' remarked: "The Collino Brothers perform one of the most dangerous feats ever performed on the elastic rope, ...udonym of "Zeneto" early in his wirewalking career. In those days Con, his brothers and sisters donned special names for the circus bills, an expedient that wa
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• May Wirth
  ...(1868-1948), an equestrienne and a sister of the [[The Wirth Family|Wirth brothers]], proprietors of one of Australia’s largest circuses. ...al trick rider." In Melbourne in 1906, aged twelve, she was billed as "May Ringling," the "American fearless hurricane hurdle rider." Like the most ''adroit''
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• Norman Barrett
  ...ped Sue with her dog act. Then, in 1956 the Yeldings moved to the [[Robert Brothers Circus]], one of Britain’s larger tenting circuses, and Norman followed t It was for Robert Brothers Circus that Norman became ringmaster for the first time, in the winter of 1
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• Arturo Castilla
  ...been graced by such illustrious funny men as [[Rico & Alex]], the [[Albano Brothers]], [[Pompoff Thedy Family|Pompoff y Thedy]], the [[The Andreu-Rivels|Andreu ...c American circus posters (with the notable use of the attractive faces of Ringling’s iconic clowns [[Paul Jung]] and [[Lou Jacobs]])—developing a styl
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• Ali Hassani
  ...jpeg|thimb|right|300px|The Hassani Troupe (c.1960)]]In 1951 Tamara and her brothers Sascha and [[Michael Coco|Michael]] had left Mills, where the shadow of the ...ited States, at the Stardust Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and later with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]'s ''Greatest Show on Earth''.
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• Nadia Houcke
  In 1954, she was signed by [[John Ringling North]] to be featured in the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] show, where she remained until 1956—the l ...ther equestrian acts until 1963—at the end of which season the Mills brothers ended their touring show. Her last assignment for Mills was at the [[Belle
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• Paul Jung
  ...lowns (albeit as an anonymous face), coming second only after his famous [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] colleague, [[Lou Jacobs]]. During and after Jun ...r the Ringling organization, with ''The Greatest Show On Earth'' and other Ringling-owned circuses, for nearly half a century.
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• Rob Torres
  ...1973 to Marguerite and Efrein Torres. He had one sister, Allison, and two brothers, Thomas and Andrew. His parents later moved to Hillsdale, New Jersey, where ...juggling and magic and developed a love for the circus. In 1992 he joined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s [[Clown College]] in Venice, Florida, where h
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• Pinito del Oro
  ...s most prestigious circuses, and had been a center-ring headliner with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States for seven consecuti ...books. She was a pretty child, albeit tiny and of delicate appearance; her brothers made fun of her, and nicknamed their pampered little sister ''Shirley Templ
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• Jenda Smaha
  ...08-1986), and his mother was also a remarkable equestrienne. Jenda had two brothers, Antonin Joszi, known as [[Tony Smaha, Jr.]] (1949-2008), and [[Pero Smaha| ...'' at the [[Circus World Museum]] in Baraboo, Wisconsin—in the old [[Ringling Bros. Circus]] winter quarters—and they settled in this history-rich
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• William Woodcock, Jr.
  ...eisty Babe would often say, "My family was in the circus when the Ringling brothers were still wearing wooden shoes." ...dler with another elephant trainer, Eugene "Arky" Scott, who worked with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]].
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  [[File:Ringling_Program_Cover_1940.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on tour (1940)]]In 1825, [[Joshuah Purdy B ...ailey, which they combined with their own circus in 1919 under the title [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Combined Shows.
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• Circus Williams
  ...r’s tutelage, and being the eldest, Carola had to set an example for her brothers and sisters. She made her circus debut at the tender age of three as an equ ...a talented cat trainer and, like Gunther, a center-ring attraction with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States. Baumann found his
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• Gilbert Houcke
  ...t city southeast of Lyon at the foot of the French Alps. Like his talented brothers and sisters, Gilbert was trained at an early age in all circus basics, from ...is young uncles, [[The Rancy Dynasty|André and Albert Rancy]]. The Houcke brothers were soon performing together a jockey act and riding in high school in the
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• Lola Dobritch
  ...wing year, 1947, the Goetschis signed a contract for their two acts with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, and went to the United States. ...g their American debut. Lola and the Goetschis remained three seasons with Ringling Bros., playing dates in Europe or in America during the winter.
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• Circus Sarrasani
  ...l Krone]], colleagues and admirers such as [[Jérôme Medrano]] and [[John Ringling North]], and even, four generations later, [[Bernhard Paul]]. ...: Marie Louise Albertine Walpurgis, known as Wally, born in 1868; two twin brothers, of whom little is known, born in 1869; Therese Edwig, born in 1971, who di
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• Struppi Hanneford
  ...os. Circus]] was a big importer of European acts after the War. (The Mills brothers, Jake, Jack, and Harry, were themselves Russian immigrants.) Going to Ameri ..., who had just replaced the legendary [[Merle Evans]] at the helm of the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus’s band. Finally, Struppi chose "Tatjan
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• The Lorch Family
  ...rttemberg, on July 14, 1847. Before the turn of the twentieth century, the brothers worked in partnership, and their ''Circus Gebrüder Lorch'' traveled princi ...ly troupe sailed to the New World, where their act was featured with the [[Ringling Bros. Circus]]; it remained there until 1912, working in American vaudevill
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