Barbette (1899 - 1973) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Barbette
Original name: Vander Clyde Broadway

Birth:	Dec. 19, 1899
Death:	Aug. 5, 1973
Actor, Trapeze Artist. At a young age he left home to become an acrobat. Later he formed a partnership with a woman trapeze artist assuming the role of her twin sister, who had died. As a solo-trapeze and wire-walker artist, he continued to dress as a woman, and in the mid-1920s he went to perform in Europe. He achieved great success in Paris, France, and was a friend of Jean Cocteau. In the early 1930s he posed for a series of photographs by artist Man Ray, who put into a book called, "Le Sang Dun Poete" and in 1932 appeared in the film, "The Blood Of A Poet." Later he returned to the United States and in 1938 he suffered injuries in a fall on a high-wire and was forced to retire. (bio by: K) Family links: Parents: Hattie M. Loving (1879 - 1949) Search Amazon for Barbette

Burial: Round Rock Cemetery Round Rock Williamson County Texas, USA Plot: Section C, Row 2, Stone, 3
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