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• New York Circuses
  ...nce has been by and large completely forgotten. Yet, from the ''Circus'' [[John Bill Ricketts]] erected in Philadelphia in 1793, to New York's ''Hippotheat - British equestrian John Bill Ricketts, who had just opened the first circus in America—in Phi
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• Miss Mara
  ...ing North]], and in October of the same year, she signed a contract with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, ''The Greatest Show On Earth'', then in ...States in April 1951, where she would eventually spend six years with the Ringling show. There she would reunite with her friend, Pinito del Oro. On September
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• Flying Gaonas
  ...alacios]], with triple-somersaulter [[Lalo Palacio]], were starring in the Ringling show, and the triple, still a rarity at the time, became Tito's goal. He ca ...978, becoming the leading star act of the circus's Blue Unit. In 1974, the Ringling show featured two Flying Gaonas acts: the original one and a second troupe
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• Dolly Jacobs
  ...brated clown [[Lou Jacobs]] (1903-1992), was for decades associated with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], where he performed from 1925 to 1985. Her moth In 1948, Jean ran away and joined the circus. She became a showgirl with the Ringling Bros. This was still the era of the giant traveling big tops and circus tra
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• Darix Togni
  ...him with a group of horses; and circus luminaries such as [[John Ringling North]], [[Arturo Castilla]], [[Joseph Bouglione]], and [[Cyril Mills]] were regu
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• Alberto Zoppé
  ...he war, to his family’s circus for the duration of Alberto’s contract. North agreed. ...s in the 1948 Ringling production, conceived by Broadway director-producer John Murray Anderson, and designed by the legendary Miles White (''Oklahoma'', '
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• Harold Alzana
  ...Alzana was, from the late forties to the mid-sixties, a star fixture of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey]] Circus. His daredevil manner—working on ...potential in Harold Alzana, and the act was booked for the 1947 season of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, ''The Greatest Show On Earth''.
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• Gunther Gebel-Williams
  By 1967, [[John Ringling North]], the owner of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], had lost interest in his circus. On November 1 ...bleached-blond Siegfried in spangled costumes, designed by the flamboyant Ringling costumier, Don Foote. Gunther’s talent and charisma, and his sheer joy of
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• Charly Baumann
  ...and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus, but Baumann’s asking price was to high for North. Finally, in 1957, Erie Klant ended his contract with Circus Roland. As a r ...hn Ringling North offered him once again to come to the United States with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This time, the price was right. In spite
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• Alfred Court
  ...ad already left Europe, and was performing in the United States with the [[Ringling Bros. Circus]]. ...of [[Charles Ringling]] and, in May 1914, The Orpingtons debuted with the Ringling Bros. Circus in Chicago.[[File:Orpingtons.png|thumb|left|300px|The Orpingto
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• Daniel Suskov
  ..., and trained a group of exotic animals. It is during this engagement with Ringling that his daughter, Sandrine, debuted as an animal trainer in her own right. ...d to [[Tarzan Zerbini]]. He will also present a group of white tigers from John Cuneo’s breeding farm.
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• Fritz Schulz
  ...vated by the fact that he had received a timely offer from [[John Ringling North]] to go to the United States and work with all his animals on ''The Greates ...thumb|right|380px|Fritz, Damoo Dhotre, Court, and Willy Storey (c.1945)]][[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]]’s new show debuted at New York's Madison Squa
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• Con Colleano
  "The Colleanos got to Sydney and joined the King Carnival. They went north with the King Carnival, struggling all the way, but they did get good busin ...h the great Ringling circus as its center-ring attraction. His salary with Ringling went up each season, so that by the late 1930s, he was earning $1,000 per w
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• Arturo Castilla
  ...als a constellation of great equestrians ([[The Carré Dynasty|Carré]], [[John Gindl|Gindl]], [[The Mullens Family|Mullens]], [[The Picard Troupe|Picard]] ...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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• Nadia Houcke
  ...s Verne|Municipal Circus of Amiens]] (today the Cirque Jules Verne) in the North of France. She later embarked in an international career as a high school r 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
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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 ...]]’s talent scouts, who offered her a contract in the United States with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, ''The Greatest Show On Earth''.
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• SHORT HISTORY OF THE CIRCUS
  ...etersburg, Russia; that same year, one of his pupils, British equestrian [[John Bill Ricketts]] (1769-1802), opened the first circus in the United States, [[File:Ringling_Program_Cover_1940.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on tour (1940)]]In 1825, [[Joshuah Purdy B
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• Circus Williams
  Carola Althoff was born on December 1, 1903 in Bad Sassendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Her father, [[The Althoff Dynasty|Dominik Althof ...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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• Unus
  ...us hand balancer in the circus business, thanks notably to [[John Ringling North]], who made him a true circus star in the United States and, consequently, ...rming on stage in comfortable buildings, and living in hotels. Undeterred, North (or his agents) began to chase Unus across Spain, from one engagement to th
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• Circus Sarrasani
  ..., colleagues and admirers such as [[Jérôme Medrano]] and [[John Ringling North]], and even, four generations later, [[Bernhard Paul]].
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• Struppi Hanneford
  ..., 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 ...eze act was a hit, and she worked with great success in all major shows in North America, including appearances on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' in 1959 and 1961
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• Cirque Medrano (Paris)
  ...and his sons [[Cyril Mills|Cyril and Bernard]] in England, [[John Ringling North]] in the United States, and before them, [[Hans Stosch-Sarrasani|Hans Stosc ...and agent. At the outbreak of WWII, Jérôme would send Vasconcellos to [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in the United States, where the famous e
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• Circus Krone
  ...a sealion trainer. (Their son, Adolf Frohn, Jr. (1904-1955), joined the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus in 1945 before settling in Marineland, F Traveling by rail, the circus then moved North, and then left Germany to visit Copenhagen in Denmark. Like most of the oth
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• Franz Althoff
  ...rpers. Franz Althoff was born in Hülchrath, a district of Grevenbroich in North Rhine-Whestphalia, Germany, on February 15, 1908. He was the fourth son of ...o Henry Hathaway. ''Circus World'' was to feature three major movie stars: John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale and Rita Hayworth. Bronston needed a fully functio
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• Barbette
  Staged by John Murray Anderson, ''Jumbo'' (which became a film directed by Charles Walters [[File:Barbette_Ringling_43.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Barbette on the Ringling Lot (1943)]]What we know is that Barbette spent eighteen months at the Post
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• Circus Ring of Fame
  ...ant number of circuses and circus performers since [[The Ringling Brothers|John and Charles Ringing]] moved their winter quarters there in 1927. ...hoto of the Inductees (2022)|400px|left]]Sarasota was the winter home of [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey]] Circus, as well as home to several other circuses
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