Friday, January 04, 2019

OUTDOOR #4


Posted by Chic Silber at 1/04/2019 12:46:00 AM

4 comments:

Mary Gray Frasier said...

Gotta be the lovely Tiny G aka Gala Shawn

04 January, 2019 02:44
Chic Silber said...


Yup it certainly is

04 January, 2019 12:29
Roger Smith said...

She had a speaking role in RING OF FEAR, sharing the scene with Clyde Beatty, Mickey Spillane, and Pat O'Brien. Her screen credit billed her as Mary Cuttin.

She was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1934. Her head-balancing trapeze act earned her 1950s stardom on the Ringling show, where John North re-named her Galla Shawn. In 1975, she received The Circus Oscar in Madrid, Spain, and The Lady of The Trapeze Award, in Paris. She retired in 1979 with a severe neck injury, after a tour with Circus Bouglione. She then began a new career in concessions.

She died on June 15, 1992, in Sarasota, at age 58.

Survivors included her husband, daughters Adella Togni, Victoria Bouglione, and Isabella Dos Santos, and two sons, Louis and Mark.

(Source: Two obituaries in CIRCUS REPORT. The husband was not named.)

04 January, 2019 18:42
Chic Silber said...


Her name was Mary Gallagher

She was married to Buzzy Cuttin

The youngest in her family so

she was known as Tiny Gallagher

05 January, 2019 00:43

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