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Frances Belle O'Connor was born in 1914 in Sheridan, Wyoming and began exhibiting herself and her abilities with the Sells-Floto Circus at the tender age of eight. Frances was in the business over 20 years appearing with various travelling shows including the circuses of Cole Bros., Hagenbeck-Wallace and Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey. As a teenager in 1931 she had a small role in the Tod Browning movie "Freaks" but certainly did not appear for the money as by then she had amassed a small fortune which included a sizable ranch in Monarch (Wyoming). As evidenced by some of her pitchcards Frances unabashedly used the "ogle factor" of her male patrons to turn the tip, a pretty bold move in those days. Frances died in Long Beach, CA in 1982 at age 67. |
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