Dolly Jacobs - Revision history

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 File:Lou_Jacobs_and_family.jpg|Dolly Jacobs (3rd from left) with father Lou, mother Jean, and sister Lou Ann (c.1970)
 Image:Jacobs_family.jpg|Dolly Jacobs with her parents, Lou and Jean (c.1980)
 File:Dolly_Jacobs_-_Hamilton_Plate.jpg|Collectible plate featuring Dolly Jacobs (c.1980)

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 While in the show, Dolly began developing an act of her own. She first tried the tight wire, but preferred the freedom of aerial work and eventually decided on an aerial act. Her godmother, Margie Geiger, came to help. Margie was married to Joe Geiger, a member of the original [[Wallendas]], and she was herself a former aerialist who had enjoyed a brilliant career in North America with a Roman Rings act, which was partially performed in full swing: It was something rarely seen in Roman Rings acts, which were usually performed in a static version.
-]After attempting to develop a trapeze act for Dolly, Margie took her old rings from their box and, during the summer of 1976, in three hot months of unrelenting work, the two women managed to create a presentable first version of Dolly's Roman Rings act&mdash;just in time to audition for Ringling Brother's new show. Dolly's act was accepted, and she debuted it in the 1976 edition of ''The Greatest Show On Earth''.
+After attempting to develop a trapeze act for Dolly, Margie took her old rings from their box and, during the summer of 1976, in three hot months of unrelenting work, the two women managed to create a presentable first version of Dolly's Roman Rings act&mdash;just in time to audition for Ringling Brother's new show. Dolly's act was accepted, and she debuted it in the 1976 edition of ''The Greatest Show On Earth''.
 At first, of course, Dolly's was just another act in a show that, at the time, featured dozens of acts. But she had all the qualities of a circus star: a hardworking perfectionist, she had ambition and a keen artistic sense, and she never took no for an answer. Moreover, she was strikingly beautiful and had a charismatic personality. In 1977, [[Irvin Feld]] sent her to the [[International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo]]. Dolly came back with the coveted ''Dame du Cirque'' award. Even so, she felt she had gone there unprepared, and decided to return to Monaco one day with an act that could win the highest awards of the Festival&mdash;a Gold or a Silver Clown.

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 File:Lou_Jacobs,_Dolly,_Feld.jpeg|Dolly, Lou, Irvin Feld (c.1980)
 File:Dolly_Jacobs.jpg|Dolly Jacobs (c.1980)
 Image:Dolly_Jacobs_and_Pedro_Reis.jpg|Dolly Jacobs & Pedro Reis at Circus Sarasota
 File:Dolly_Jacobs_(c.2010).jpeg|Dolly Jacobs (c.2010)

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 * Video: [[Dolly Jacobs BAC Video 1987|Dolly Jacobs]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''1001 Arabian Nights'' (1987)
 * Video: [[Dolly_Jacobs_Video_(1990)|Dolly Jacobs]] on ''The Ronn Lucas Show'' (1990)
-• Video: [[Dolly_Jacobs_Interview_Video_(2018)|Dolly Jacobs Interview]] at The Ringling (2018)
+* Video: [[Dolly_Jacobs_Interview_Video_(2018)|Dolly Jacobs Interview]] at The Ringling (2018)
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 * Video: [[Dolly Jacobs BAC Video 1987|Dolly Jacobs]] in the Big Apple Circus production of ''1001 Arabian Nights'' (1987)
 * Video: [[Dolly_Jacobs_Video_(1990)|Dolly Jacobs]] on ''The Ronn Lucas Show'' (1990)
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−	~~[[File:Lou_Jacobs_and_family.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|left\|Dolly (3rd from left) with her family (c.1970)]]~~Dolly Jacobs was born to a circus family: her father, the celebrated clown [[Lou Jacobs]] (1903-1992), was for decades associated with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], where he performed from 1925 to 1985. Her mother was born Jean Rockwell. An adventurous woman, she was a photographer, a published writer, a model and cover girl, and even held a pilot's license—all this at a time when women were supposedly destined to become homemakers regardless of their own inclinations.	+	Dolly Jacobs was born to a circus family: her father, the celebrated clown [[Lou Jacobs]] (1903-1992), was for decades associated with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]], where he performed from 1925 to 1985. Her mother was born Jean Rockwell. An adventurous woman, she was a photographer, a published writer, a model and cover girl, and even held a pilot's license—all this at a time when women were supposedly destined to become homemakers regardless of their own inclinations.

	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 trains, and the job not only meant dancing, but also riding elephants, parading in elaborate costumes, and participating in ensemble aerial presentations. Jean's circus career was short-lived. On May 5, 1948, a few days after her debut at Madison Square Garden, she fell from an aerial revolving ladder while working in the aerial ballet. Lou Jacobs visited the beautiful aerialist in the hospital as often as he could. When Jean recovered, they married. They had two daughters, [[Lou Ann Jacobs\|Lou Ann]] and Dolly Jean.		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 trains, and the job not only meant dancing, but also riding elephants, parading in elaborate costumes, and participating in ensemble aerial presentations. Jean's circus career was short-lived. On May 5, 1948, a few days after her debut at Madison Square Garden, she fell from an aerial revolving ladder while working in the aerial ballet. Lou Jacobs visited the beautiful aerialist in the hospital as often as he could. When Jean recovered, they married. They had two daughters, [[Lou Ann Jacobs\|Lou Ann]] and Dolly Jean.

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	==Roman Rings==		==Roman Rings==