Tiny Kline
Tiny Kline (born Helen Deutsch,[1] 1891–1964) was a Hungarian-born[2] circus performer. She performed for Barnum & Bailey and Disneyland.
Life and career
In 1905, Kline immigrated to the United States with a dance troupe.[2] She lived at the Clara de Hirsch home for immigrant girls.[3] She started as a burlesque dancer, but moved on to perform in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as Tiny Duchée.[4] There, she met rodeo trick rider Otto Kreinbrink (stage name Otto Kline). Two years later, they married. When he died during a ride, she took over and learned acrobatic tricks, including the "aerial iron jaw act", where she would be suspended by the mouth on a long glide wire.
In 1961, Walt Disney began a search for a Tinker Bell to wow crowds at Disneyland. Kline was hired to glide down a wire connecting the Matterhorn to Sleeping Beauty's Castle.[2] She retired and died in 1964. Leaving the bulk of her estate to the Clara de Hirsch Home.[3]
References
- ↑ Kline, Tiny. (2008). Circus Queen and Tinker Bell: The Memoir of Tiny Kline. Edited by Janet M. Davis. University of Illinois Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tinker Bell bio on MousePlanet. Retrieved on 2009-10-14.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Ladley, Diane A. Haunted Naperville. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. 87.
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