Frank Brown (entertainer)

Brown in 1920.

Frank Brown (6 September 1858 Brighton, England – 9 April 1943, Buenos Aires, Argentina)[1][2] was a clown, acrobat and circus entrepreneur with vast experience in Argentina, where he was known as El Payaso Inglés (The English Clown).

History

Son and grandson of clowns, Brown was linked to the circus since childhood with performances in Moscow and Mexico. Reaches Buenos Aires in 1884 where he works in the Brothers Carlo circus and then by the most famous criollo clown, José Podestá as Pepino 88.

He retired in 1924 and lived with his wife, Ecuyere, Rosita of La Plata (Rosalia Robba) who had been married to Antonio Podestá, one of nine brothers Podestá.

He died in Buenos Aires at the age of 84. He is buried in the La Chacarita Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ Knapp Jones, Wills (1966). Behind Spanish American Footlights. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292737242.
  2. ↑ Hochman, Stanley (1984). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes, Volume 3. McGraw-Hill. p. 221. ISBN 0070791694.
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