Wednesday, October 24, 2018

FRENCH #2


4 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Annie Fratellini was the daughter

of 1 of these 3 men & she started

a circus school that survived her

She might have been the 1st female

clown in France

Bob Momyer said...

I believe she was the fourth generation of this famous family and is credited with the birth of Big Apple Circus

Roger Smith said...

Albert Fratellini is the clown @ L. Controversy arose over the similarity of his and Lou Jacobs's makeups, both being of the Auguste discipline. Students of the two see the differences, and latter-day audiences saw no end to the rip-offs, especially of Jacobs, reflected on both posters and with exponents of clown schools.

Chic Silber said...


I was Annie's guest at a graduation

performance at her school in Paris

many years ago with many prominent

European circus family members present

Quite a festive evening to remember

I was not aware of her BAC involvement

Perhaps Paul could fill us in