Violetta

Violetta

Violetta (born 1906/1907 in Bremen, Germany) was the stage name of Aloisia Wagner, born without legs or arms.

In 1924 Violetta emigrated to the United States and performed in sideshows as a singer, including Coney Island's Dreamland and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She moved herself by hopping from place to place on the bottom of her torso. She was apparently able to manipulate objects with her mouth enough to sew, light a cigarette, and wash herself. Violetta wore her wedding band on a gold chain around her neck. [Wallace Stort, [http://www.overground.be/londonLife/1940/19400127c.html Amazing Account Of A Limbless Beauty Show] , "London Life magazine", 27 January 1940]

ee also

*Prince Randian, another limbless sideshow performer

References

External links

* [http://www.quasi-modo.net/Violetta.html Violetta at quasi-modo.net]
* [http://www.phreeque.com/violetta.html Violetta at Phreeque.com]


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