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Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898 – March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the clown character "Weary Willie", based on the hobos of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Emmett Kelly (born December 9, 1898, Sedan, Kansas, U.S.—died March 28, 1979, Sarasota, Florida) was one of the great American circus clowns, best known for his role as Weary Willie, a mournful tramp dressed in tattered clothes and made up with a growth of beard and a bulbous nose.
May 2, 2017 · Emmett Leo Kelly was a circus performer and one of the greatest American circus clowns of the 20th century. He created the character “Weary Willie,” the sad hobo clown, dressed in tattered clothes. Born in Sedan, in 1898, on December 9th, Emmett Leo Kelly was the son of an Irish railroad worker.
Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898 – March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the clown figure “Weary Willie,” based on the hobos of the Great Depression in the 1930s. According to Charles W. Carey, Jr.: Kelly’s creation of Weary Willie revolutionized professional clowning and made him the country’s most familiar ...
Nov 16, 2011 · Emmett Kelly Sr., the most well-known of the tramp clowns of the circus. His character, Weary Willy , was the perpetual underdog, who never gave up – and, because of it, occasionally won. He was inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame in 1989.
Dec 4, 2006 · PHOENIX, Dec. 3 (AP) — Emmett Kelly Jr., who followed his father, one of the nation’s most famous clowns, into a career under the big top, died Wednesday near his home in Tombstone, Ariz.
In 1944 Emmett is depicted in a famous photograph while in clown wardrobe during the Hartford fire, futilely fighting the flames with buckets of water. On April 20, 1955 Kelly married Elvira Gebhardt a circus performer from Germany.
Aug 1, 2019 · Kelly’s grandson, Emmett Kelly III, left his job as an accountant to follow in his predecessors’ clownish footsteps. He did not use the Weary Willie character, but was a less mournful clown, known simply as “Willie.”
Aug 8, 2023 · Emmett Leo Kelly was born on Dec. 9, 1898, in Sedan, Kan. Growing up in Missouri, his affinity for performing and making people laugh was evident from a young age. As a teenager, he joined the circus, developing his skills as a trapeze artist, tightrope walker and acrobat.
Mar 29, 1979 · Emmett Kelly, the bedraggled clown with a gift for evoking laughter by his mournful mien, died yesterday of a heart attack in Sarasota, Fla., on the day of the opening in...
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