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Circus sideshow in Coney Island, New York
The World Circus Side Show was a sideshow owned and operated by "Professor" Samuel Wagner from 1922 to 1941 on Surf Avenue, Coney Island, New York. Known
World_Circus_Sideshow
Modern-day version of a circus sideshow
The Jim Rose Circus is a modern-day version of a circus sideshow. It was founded in Seattle in 1991 by Jim Rose and his wife BeBe Aschard Rose.[citation
Jim_Rose_Circus
Theatrical genre
In North America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair, or other such attraction. They historically featured
Sideshow
Miniature circus sideshow
A flea circus is a circus sideshow attraction in which fleas are attached (or appear to be attached) to miniature carts and other items, and encouraged
Flea_circus
American circus performer
American performer who performed at many freak shows, including the World Circus Sideshow in 1941 under the stage name of Sealo the Seal Boy (often stylized
Sealo
Topics referred to by the same term
World Circus Sideshow, a former sideshow on Coney Island This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title World Circus. If an internal
World_Circus_(disambiguation)
Side show performer, nurse
1920s and 1930s for being exhibited as "the ugliest woman in the world" in American sideshows. Born into a working-class family in Plaistow, East London, Bevan
Mary_Ann_Bevan
British sideshow performer
Garry Turner is a sideshow performer. He holds the current Guinness World Record for the stretchiest skin, caused by a serious form of Ehlers Danlos syndrome
Garry_Turner
Exhibition of physically unusual humans
dime museums. In the circus world, freak shows, also called sideshows, were an essential part of the circus. The largest sideshow was attached to the most
Freak_show
American circus performer (1913–1975)
American circus performer who starred in the sideshow for over 25 years, 20 of which were with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was 2 ft
Clarence Chesterfield Howerton
Clarence_Chesterfield_Howerton
Traveling circus company
ushers and sideshow workers. The third section had 19 sleeping cars for the performers. On January 13, 1994, eighteen cars of the circus train derailed
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_&_Bailey_Circus
Sideshow performer (1890–1920)
1920) was an American entertainer and showman, known for his work as a circus sideshow performer in the early 20th century. He was famously billed as "the
Artie_Atherton
American sideshow performer
"Strangest Married Couple In The World Al and Jeannie Tomaini". Carnival History| Old Circus Photos| Sideshow History| Showmen's Museum. Retrieved
Jeanie_Tomaini
1985 American TV series or program
serves as Dumbo's right-hand partner, as well as the Circus's popcorn vendor, ticket taker, sideshow barker, and poster painter. Lionel was inspired by
Dumbo's_Circus
American sideshow performer
Circus, earning $175 per week. Despite the exploitative framing of her stage persona—later enshrined in Ripley's Believe It or Not! as the "World's Ugliest
Grace_McDaniels
Group of entertainers performing circus skills
multiple-ring circuses, and was also the first circus entrepreneur to use circus trains to transport the circus between towns. By the 1830s, sideshows were also
Circus
American performance and visual artist (born 1977)
extended motorcycle trip across Asia. "Dai Andrews – World Famous Sword Swallower and Modern Fakir". Sideshow Freaks. July 3, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2014
Dai_Andrews
American sideshow performer (1901–1971)
Circus, Clyde Beatty Circus, Tom Mix Circus, Crafts 20 Big Shows, and Foley & Burke Carnival. In 1928, Schlitzie made his film debut in The Sideshow,
Schlitzie
Extinguishing a flaming object in the mouth
fire eater can be an entertainer, a street performer, part of a sideshow or a circus act but has also been part of spiritual tradition in India. Fire
Fire_eating
American tattoo artist (1909–1983)
perform and travel with a sideshow. While appearing in showman John Hix's Strange As It Seems exhibition at the 1939 New York World's Fair in New York City
Betty_Broadbent
Tallest person in recorded history (1918–1940)
the Ringling Brothers Circus, appearing at Madison Square Garden and the Boston Garden in the center ring (never in the sideshow). During his appearances
Robert_Wadlow
American entertainer, former world's tallest person
pituitary gland, similar to other human giants. As a sideshow performer, he worked in a circus at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland in 1943, when
Al_Tomaini
American sideshow performer
Clarence Melvin Burkhart (1907–2001) was a sideshow performer known as the Human Blockhead for driving a large steel spike up his nose with a hammer. He
Melvin_Burkhart
1932 American horror film by Tod Browning
backdrop of a travelling French circus and follows a conniving trapeze artist who joins a group of carnival sideshow performers with a plan to seduce
Freaks_(1932_film)
Sideshow performer (1901–1982)
Herrmann weighed approximately 400 pounds (180 kg) when she entered the sideshow. By her forties, Herrmann's weight had reached approximately 555 pounds
Celesta_Geyer
Limbless sideshow performer (1907–1970)
Robinson Circus, which was later acquired by John Ringling, Violetta's later employer. For many years, Aloisia performed in several sideshows and freak
Violetta_(performer)
English sideshow performer
1730, was a performer in various circus sideshows in the mid-18th century. He is chiefly known for having the world's longest nose, allegedly measuring
Thomas_Wedders
Stage musical based on the 2017 film of the same name
Barnum (later of Barnum & Bailey Circus), a showman and entertainer, up to the point when he created his first circus. It premiered in the Bristol Hippodrome
The Greatest Showman (musical)
The_Greatest_Showman_(musical)
Canadian magician, comedian, and fire eater
for $50 per night, performing a ten minute set using skills learned from sideshow performers at a youth summer arts program, such as fire eating. Hendrix
Carisa_Hendrix
Sideshow performer
Hellzapoppin Circus SideShow Revue Ripley's Believe It or Not! (Taiwan) Sterling & Reid Brothers Circus Circo Caballero Brothers Grim Sideshow Sideshow By The
Jesús_Aceves
1939 American film
the money by setting up a circus in Porky's barn, with Spanky as the ringleader. A sideshow outside introduces the kid circus' young patrons to Oogie-Boogie
Clown_Princes
American sideshow performer
known professionally as the Lizardman, is an American freak show and sideshow performer. He is best known for his body modification, including his sharpened
The_Lizardman_(performer)
Sideshow performer and biological rarity
Human Owl and Bobby the Boy with the Revolving Head, was a German-American sideshow performer and biological rarity who could turn his head 180 degrees to
Martin_Laurello
Sideshow performer (1844–1924)
Century American Circus. San Bernardino, Calif: Borgo Press. p. 30. LaSala, Francine (2005). Carny folk: the world's weirdest sideshow acts. New York:
Eli_Bowen
American sideshow banner artist (1892–1990)
& Awning Co. after World War I, producing banners for owners Walter and Charles Driver between 1921 and 1930. Sideshow and circus banners first appeared
Fred_G._Johnson
Quartet of sibling entertainers
dwarfism from Stolpen, Germany. They were popular performers in circuses and sideshows in the United States from the mid-1910s until their retirement in
The_Doll_Family
Circus performance group
Initially, the duo was named Fireplay. They toured the world with a mix of circus and sideshow. In 1999, the company became a non-profit organization
Bindlestiff_Family_Cirkus
Sideshow performer (1887–1933)
Doherty. "Sideshow World, Sideshow Performers from around the world". Retrieved 2016-11-16. "Alice Doherty - The Minnesota Woolly Girl". Circus Freaks and
Alice_Elizabeth_Doherty
American actor and musician
" He was also featured in the 2005 documentary film Freaky Circus Guy alongside sideshow performers Katzen, Danielle D'Meux, and William Darke. In 2004
The_Enigma_(performer)
Canadian wrestler, strongman, and circus giant
Bunch Giant" was a Canadian circus and freak show giant, professional wrestler, strongman, and star of Barnum and Bailey's circus. He was one of the tallest
Édouard_Beaupré
Tap dancer and vaudeville performer
Thompson was well known in her time as a singing and dancing star of sideshows, circuses and later, black vaudeville in a career that lasted nearly four decades
Princess_Wee_Wee
British freak show and sideshow performer
Barnum and Bailey Circus, appearing as Omi the Zebra Man. He was billed as the star attraction in the sideshow, but left the circus after only one season
Horace_Ridler
Carnival sideshow with motorcycles
The wall of death, motordrome, velodrome or well of death is a carnival sideshow featuring a silo- or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder, typically ranging from
Wall_of_death
2009 American film
Butterfly Circus is a short independent film, created by Joshua and Rebekah Weigel in 2009. Set in the depression-era 1930s America, "The Butterfly Circus" is
The_Butterfly_Circus
German circus performer
in a traveling circus, and appeared in the 1939 New York World's Fair. Nacken was the tallest soldier in the German Army during World War II at a height
Jakob_Nacken
American actor (1906–1952)
Earle, was an American silent film actor and sideshow performer. Earle claimed to be one of the world's tallest humans standing 8 ft 6.5 in (2.60m) however
Jack_Earle
Fair location
entrance and the big top of a circus; thus, a carnival is essentially a travelling midway. The term originated from the World's Columbian Exposition held
Midway_(fair)
Considered the Tallest woman of her time, "Missouri Giantess"
Missouri woman considered the world's tallest female of her era. She would use her great height to earn a living as a sideshow attraction, popularly known
Ella_Ewing
2008 single by Britney Spears
"Circus" is a song by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on December 2, 2008, through Jive Records as the second single from her sixth studio
Circus_(Britney_Spears_song)
American slang term for carnival employee
Circus World books Circus World, City of Baraboo and Elephant Song are set on a planet populated by the descendants of a crashed space-going circus.
Carny
Performance skill
was featured at the World Columbian Exposition at the Chicago World's Fair. In the early 1900s, traveling circuses and sideshows featured sword swallowers
Sword_swallowing
British family entertainment show
Through the 19th century, the circus toured all of England, with a menagerie of animals, teams of acrobats and clowns. After World War II, under the management
Chipperfield's_Circus
Australian tightrope walker
and learned circus skills from the sideshows present in the town. By 1910, those of the family of sufficient age had formed a small circus troupe, calling
Con_Colleano
American sideshow performer (1913–1975)
William "Bill" Durks (April 13, 1913 – May 7, 1975) was an American sideshow performer best known as "The Man With Three Eyes", a stage persona based on
William_Durks
American circus performer
artistically marked up man in America"—as they both traveled with circuses and sideshows performing in carnivals throughout the Midwest. Their meeting occurred
Maud_Wagner
Jamaican reggae singer
including songs such as Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour"; "Sideshow" and "Three Ring Circus" by Blue Magic; and others originally by the Chi-Lites, the
Barry_Biggs
1977 American TV series or program
November 29, 1991 Circus of the Stars and Sideshow: November 27, 1992 Circus of the Stars Gives Kids the World: November 26, 1993 Circus of the Stars Goes
Circus_of_the_Stars
Moveable amusement park
the Chicago World's Fair, the term "midway" was adopted from the Midway Plaisance to denote the area at county and state fairs where sideshow entertainment
Traveling_carnival
Mexican side show performer (1834–1860)
Mexican singer and exhibition performer who became one of the best-known sideshow performers of the 19th century. Born in Sinaloa, she had generalized hypertrichosis
Julia_Pastrana
Indian conjoined twins
Europe and North America as "the Orissa Twins", sideshow performers with the Barnum and Bailey Circus. (Their names were spelled various ways in reports
Radhika_and_Dudhika_Nayak
Icelandic circus performer and actor
The Tallest Man: Johann Petursson[link appears to be DEAD 8/9/2020] Sideshow World gives biographical detail and notes his later, American professional
Jóhann_K._Pétursson
American businessman
California and Texas. He was the founder of the Caesars Palace and Circus Circus hotels in Las Vegas. Sarno was born in 1922 in St. Joseph, Missouri
Jay_Sarno
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
2010 census. Gibsonton was famous as a sideshow wintering town, where various people in the carnival and circus businesses would spend the off season,
Gibsonton,_Florida
American sideshow performer
"Fat Lady" sideshow performer in the 1880s. Despite the relatively short span of her career, she became very well-known, performing for circuses and dime
Big_Winnie_Johnson
Australian sideshow entertainer based in Amsterdam
Opposable Thumbs Sideshow, and now performs group shows predominantly with The League of Sideshow Superstars and Solid State Circus Aerial continues to
Aerial_Manx
American freak show performer (1842–1926)
series Wild West Tech. Although not the first pinhead in the American circus sideshows, his costumes and presentation led to the display of several other
Zip_the_Pinhead
American reality comedy films and TV show
Jokers – American comedy television show Jim Rose Circus – Modern-day version of a circus sideshow The 11 Commandments (Les 11 commandements) – a 2004
Jackass_(franchise)
1996 British film
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is a British concert film hosted by and featuring the Rolling Stones, filmed on 11–12 December 1968. It was directed
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
The_Rolling_Stones_Rock_and_Roll_Circus
Dwarf entertainer (1849–1920)
the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2008-09-02. House of Deception: Sideshow Performers [2] General Tom Thumb and His Circle [3][permanent dead link]
Count_Primo_Magri
American actor (1890–1938)
(March 5, 1890 – August 1, 1938) was an American silent film actor and sideshow performer who was one of the tallest actors in history. Aasen was born
John_Aasen
American sword swallower (1975–2019)
an American World Record holding sword swallower born with albinism. She started working for the Slim Kelly and Whitney Sutton sideshow of James E. Strates
Sandra_Reed
American showman (1868–1952)
House. As an agent he traveled the world in search of indigenous people to perform in the popular ethnographic sideshows of the day, including Filipinos
Samuel_W._Gumpertz
2009 concert tour by Britney Spears
Reid, Fixie (April 12, 2009). "Review: Spears emerges master, not sideshow, at Arco circus stop". The Sacramento Bee. ISSN 0890-5738. McCormick, Neil (June
The Circus Starring Britney Spears
The_Circus_Starring_Britney_Spears
1927 American film
without arms. Later, Dismuki went on to tour with the Al G. Barnes Circus and Sideshow where he was billed as "The Man Who Doubled for Lon Chaney's Legs
The_Unknown_(1927_film)
American magician, lecturer, actor, and author
subject of the 2005 documentary American Carny: True Tales From The Circus Sideshow, directed by Nick Basile. Robbins is one of five partners in the longest
Todd_Robbins
Military march by Julius Fučík
covered by Three Dog Night (1974); "Mr. Soft" by Cockney Rebel (1974); "Sideshow" (1974) by Blue Magic; "Carnival of Sorts" (1982) by R.E.M.; "Esther" (1989)
Entrance_of_the_Gladiators
Australian entertainer (born 1978)
performer. He is recognised for his 56x Guinness World Records as an extreme performance artist and sideshow, street, and freak show performer, as well as
Space_Cowboy_(performer)
Norwegian contortionist (born 1976)
Australian freak show "The Happy Sideshow" with Space Cowboy, Shep Huntly and Tigerlil. From 2004 to 2006, Frodo toured with Circus Oz in Australia and two seasons
Captain_Frodo
Painting by Georges Seurat
Parade de cirque (English: Circus Sideshow) is an 1887–88 Neo-Impressionist painting by Georges Seurat. It was first exhibited at the 1888 Salon de la
Parade_de_cirque
Themed land at Disney theme parks
The third and final phase (Pete's Silly Sideshow and Big Top Souvenirs) saw the completion of Storybook Circus on October 4, 2012.[citation needed] Snow
Fantasyland
American songwriter and musician
songs such as, "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (Ronnie Dyson); "Sideshow" and "Three Ring Circus", both performed by Blue Magic; "Love Won't Let Me Wait" performed
Vinnie_Barrett
Type of performing art with human targets
body without causing injury. Impalement arts are often found in circuses and sideshows as well as sometimes in variety, cabaret or burlesque shows. In
Impalement_arts
the physical layout of the Big Top and its sideshows, as well as the metaphysical forces behind the Circus's sinister glamour. Thematically, it leans into
World of Darkness: Midnight Circus
World_of_Darkness:_Midnight_Circus
American R&B and soul musical group
Ring Circus", also sold well, reaching number 36 in the pop chart and number 5 R&B. MFSB guitarist Bobby Eli and Vinnie Barrett co-wrote both "Sideshow" and
Blue_Magic_(group)
American circus entertainer, writer and professor
with numerous choreographers and dancers, several circus companies, and in the Coney Island SideShow. Miller has also collaborated on theatrical works
Jennifer_Miller
American entertainer (1936–1972)
carnival sideshows, including appearances at Hubert's Dime Museum and Flea Circus on West 42nd Street in Times Square, Milt Levine's World of Mirth show
Eddie_Carmel
1932 film by Rudolf Ising
1931 film Manhattan Parade. The short was released on August 6, 1932. At a circus, a clown does tricks while a marching band consisting of animals marches
I_Love_a_Parade
English performer (born 1988)
hosts and performs in, alongside a range of circus, sideshow and freak show artists from around the world including; contortionists, knife throwers, snake
Johnny_Strange
American entertainer
December 12, 2005. Col. Routh Goshen (May 5, 1837 [sic] - February 12, 1889) Sideshow giant, known as 'The Palestine Giant.' "A Manxman". New-York Daily Tribune
Colonel_Routh_Goshen
American circus performer (1838–1883)
an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum. Stratton was born January 4, 1838, in Bridgeport,
General_Tom_Thumb
Carnival Diablo the Ultimate Sideshow is a travelling sideshow operating primarily in Spencerville, Ontario, Canada. Performances by the troupe follow
Carnival_Diablo
Danish aerialist and trapeze artist (1926–2026)
original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2021. "La Norma". Circuses and Sideshows. 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved
La_Norma_Fox
American traveling carnival company
Carnival History| Old Circus Photos| Sideshow History| Showmen's Museum. Retrieved 2020-09-04. Hartzman, Marc (2006-09-21). American Sideshow. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4406-4991-2
Strates_Shows
Lithuanian-born American circus proprietor
known as "Lewiston's Big Circus Sideshow," "World's Fair Freaks," and "Palace of Oddities") featured a variety of sideshow and freak performers, a "girlie
Harry_Lewiston
Nightclub and museum in California, US
and historians of the American sideshow, had collected over the years. The venue, painted with bright, garish circus colors, displayed cryptotaxidermy
California Institute of Abnormalarts
California_Institute_of_Abnormalarts
Former Australian feminist circus troupe (1979–1981)
Rose Wise, and Christine Evans, and said to be the first women's circus in the world. Its home base was the Pram Factory, but it also toured to Sydney
Wimmins_Circus
Finnish giant
a miner and bartender. He also worked with the Ringling Brothers Circus as a sideshow attraction to exhibit his great height. Buying clothes was difficult
Louis_Moilanen
Using fuel to create fire from the mouth
2010-3-22. Retrieved on 2010-8-22. Nickell, Joe (2005). Secrets of the sideshows. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-7179-2. OCLC 65377460
Fire_breathing_(circus_act)
English sideshow performer (1853–1899)
19th-century celebrity billed by P. T. Barnum as The Tallest Man in the World. Henry Alexander Cooper "THE GIANT COOPER.; SKETCH OF THE TALLEST MAN IN
Henry_Alexander_Cooper
Family with albinism who toured with P.T. Barnum
as Coles Circus. By 1883 a St. Louis, Missouri directory showed Joseph Lucasie living with Landon Middlecoff, a giant who was also a sideshow performer
Lucasie_Family
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