Clown Camp, Univ. of Wis. at La Crosse, June 5, 1999
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"The Children's Clown"International Clown Hall of Fame Inductee 1996 |
Clown Camp, Univ. of Wis. at La Crosse, June 5, 1999 |
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Thought you might like to see a photo of the dolls they made of me. |
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Jackie Le Claire At Home With His Dolls |
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Cover "LAUGH-MAKERS" Magazine Winter 1999 |
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| Inside contained a six page story written by Mike Fixer, and seven black and white photographs. My compliments and thanks to Mike for one of the best write-ups I've ever had. Special thanks to Catherine Gibbons, Editor and Art Director. |
Jackie Le Claire Guest Appearance Royal Palace Circus Sarasota, FL 1998 |
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"Royal Palace Circus" and "The Great Sarasota
Circus On Tour" had used my picture on their posters and free children's tickets for their 1998 season. Litterally thousands an thousands of posters were posted and unbelievably millions of free children's tickets distributed throughout the areas that they played. I thought the least I could do was work "meet and greet" during the come in of the show when it played here. I love this one on one working with the children, and as you can see by the photo, they kind of enjoyed me to. Above photo taken by Jimmy Daniels Piehl who has graciously scanned and e-mailed to me all the other photos I have so far used on these web pages. |
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Eleven performances, Nov. 4 th to the 14th, and weeks of rehearsals, but it was a fun show to do. Got the best laugh in the show with the comedy
drag making my entrance in the "Come Follow the Band" number on the the chorus singing "See the pretty lady toss that baton high. Ain't she a cutie?" Did 9 appearances, 5 costume changes and 4 make up changes. Even did a center stage dance in the "Join the Circus" number. For 72, not bad!!! |
The Greatest Show On Earth Motion Picture Filmed 1951 |
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| Picture released in 1952. I doubled for Cornel Wilde in the first trick he does in the film. I also appeared in the final scene as a clown in my hooped, ruffled costume dancing with my little ubrella, right in the center of all the activity |
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| My first visit to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Providence, RI, June 22, 1927 |
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| Newspaper articles stating that my mother and father were taking me with Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus for the 1929 season |
Felix Adler, Jackie, Jack LeClaire, Sr. and the Pig |
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| Probably about 1930 - 1931 Ringling. Felix was as an Uncle to me. He was with my father when my father met my mother in 1921. They were life long good friends. They had done an act together in vaudville called "Adler & LeClair the Odd Pair". |
As "Richo" the Rich Plan Clown 1957-59 |
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| In PR doing all sorts of appearances including neighborhood shows right on front lawns from a Vokswagon Micro Bus. Great experience for me which set me up to be qualified the "Ambassador of Goodwill" as Ringling's advance clown in the early 60's. |
Jackie LeClaire as "The Ambassador of Mirth" |
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Three consecutive seasons, 2001 - 2002 - 2003, -- hundres of peformances, as the "Ambassador of Mirth" in the big top with Circus Sarasota.
A special thank you to Jimmy Piehl for this magnificent photo. |
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Thank you for viewing my webpage. It certainly was not meant to brag, or as they say in the circus, "put up paper". I just wanted to share with you some of my fondest memories. You may want to view some more of my memories on my second webpage: |
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