The 1932 film by Tod Browning featured an array of top-tier freak acts of the time, and remains an iconic, if not somewhat idealized, slice of life behind the sideshow banners.
A list of the freak performers in the film include:
- Harry Earles as Hans [e]
- Daisy Earles as Frieda
- Violet & Daisy Hilton, Siamese Twins
- Schlitze
- Josephine Joseph, Half Woman-Half Man
- Johnny Eck, Half Boy
- Frances O’Connor, Armless Girl
- Peter Robinson, Human Skeleton
- Olga Roderick, Bearded Lady
- Koo Koo
- Prince Randion, The Living Torso(as Rardion)
- Martha Morris, Armless Girl
- Elvira Snow, as Zip
- Jenny Lee Snow, as Pip
- Elizabeth Green, Bird Girl
- Angelo Rossitto, midget
- “Edith,” Crawling Girl
- Alex Linton, Sword Swallower
- Unidentified Fire-Eater
- John Aasen (supposedly in the film , according to IMDB), Giant
- Jerry Austin (supposedly in the film , according to IMDB), Knife-Throwing Dwarf
- Tiny Doll, (supposedly in the film , according to IMDB)
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