Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman
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after 1960 [1] Other names. Minnie Ha Ha; Koo Koo the Bird Girl; Cuckoo Girl; Koo Koo, the Blind Girl from Mars. Occupation (s) Entertainer as sideshow entertainer, film performer. Known for. Freaks film. Minnie Woolsey (1880 – after 1960), billed as Koo-Koo the Bird Girl, was an American side show entertainer, best known for her only film ...
- after 1960
- Minnie Woolsey, 1880, Rabun County, Georgia
- Minnie Ha Ha; Koo Koo the Bird Girl; Cuckoo Girl; Koo Koo, the Blind Girl from Mars
- Freaks film
Koo Koo, also known as Minnie Woolsey or Minnie Ha Ha, was a sideshow performer with a rare skeletal disorder that made her look like a bird. She appeared in the film "Freaks" (1932) as "The Bird Girl" and later worked at Coney Island as "The Blind Girl from Mars".
Sideshow career. Green was the actual "first" performer to be billed as Koo-Koo the Bird Girl and toured with Ringling Brothers Circus. Hers was mainly a comedy act, and it involved her dancing around in a feathered body suit with large bird feet and a long feather on her head.
Koo-Koo was the stage name of Minnie Woolsey, a sideshow performer with bird-headed dwarfism. She starred in the 1932 film Freaks as a dancing and singing bird girl, becoming a legendary icon of human oddity.
Freaks is a classic horror film by Tod Browning featuring real-life sideshow performers, including Koo Koo the Bird Girl, a woman with a beak-like nose. She is one of the circus performers who exacts revenge on the cruel trapeze artist who betrays them.
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May 29, 2021 · Koo Koo the Bird Girl was a real person with a rare skeletal disorder who performed in American sideshows and a controversial film. Learn about her life, her role in Freaks, and a modern tribute by Sarah Houbolt.
Elizabeth Green was a sideshow performer who was billed as The Human Stork and Koo Koo the Bird Girl. She appeared in Tod Browning's "Freaks" (1932) and had a comedy act involving dancing like a bird.
