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Emilio Alberto Aragón Bermúdez (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈmiljo alˈβeɾto aɾaˈɣom beɾˈmuðeθ]; 4 November 1929 – 18 November 2012), [1] better known as Miliki (pronounced), was a Spanish clown, accordionist and singer, he was a member of the artist family Aragón. He was declared Son of the City of Carmona and received the Silver ...
Otto Griebling, Sr. was married twice. His first wife, Hanna, was a fellow circus performer; [10] they had three children together and divorced in 1948. [4] His second wife, Anna, relocated with him to Venice, Florida, in 1961.
A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms.The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.
Albert Fratellini was a famous circus clown who helped to redefine the role of the Auguste clown type. He was a member of the Fratellini Family. [1] Albert was born in Moscow, Russian Empire, in 1886. He died in Épinay, France, in 1961. He had two brothers: François Fratellini (1879–1951) and Paul Fratellini (1877–1940). [2]
Lou Jacobs in makeup, 1941. Johann Ludwig Jacob (January 1, 1903 – September 13, 1992), professionally known as Lou Jacobs, was a German-born American auguste clown who performed for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for more than 60 years.
Michael's Coco the Clown was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame in 1991. As well as Michael, Poliakoff had five other children with wife Valentina: Helen, Nadia, Sascha, Olga, and Tamara. Tamara was the founder, along with her husband Ali Hassani, of the first circus in the United Kingdom not to use performing animals.
He arguably became the most famous clown in Mexico and all Latin America. His show was aired in more than 18 countries. [citation needed] Cepillín recorded 27 long play albums of children songs, 11 of which went gold. [2] In all they sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
Emmett Leo Kelly was born in Sedan, Kansas on December 9, 1898. His father, Thomas, was a section foreman for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad.While he was still a child, the family moved to Southern Missouri where his father had purchased a farm in Texas County, near the community of Houston, Missouri. [1]