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Frances O'Connor was an American entertainer. Born without arms, she made her living appearing in circus sideshows billed as the armless wonder or the living Venus de Milo. She would perform normal actions such as eating, drinking, writing and smoking a cigarette, using her feet. She also did knitting and sewing with her feet as a hobby. She worked firstly with AI G Circus and then from the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey travelling circuses.
Birth Name
Frances Belle O'Connor
Born
Tuesday, 08 September 1914
Died
Saturday, 30 January 1982
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Piccadilly Jim | Ann Chester | 2005 |
Freaks | Armless Girl | 1932 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Piccadilly Jim | Ann Chester | 2005 |
Freaks | Armless Girl | 1932 |