This article is about the circus performer. For the musician, see Emmett Kelly (musician).
Emmett Kelly
Kelly ca. 1953
Born
Emmett Leo Kelly
(1898-12-09)December 9, 1898
Sedan, Kansas, US
Died
March 28, 1979(1979-03-28) (aged 80)
Sarasota, Florida, US
Resting place
Rest Haven Memorial Park, Lafayette, Indiana
Other names
Weary Willie
Occupation
Circus clown
Spouses
Eva Mae Moore
(m. 1923; div. 1935)
Elvira Gebhardt
(m. 1955)
Children
Emmett Leo Kelly Jr.
Patrick Kelly
Stasia Kelly
Monika Kelly
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Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898 – March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the clown character "Weary Willie", based on the hobos of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898 – March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the clown character "Weary Willie", based on the hobos...
The EmmettKelly Museum in Sedan, Kansas, nominally honors their native son, the famed circus clown. The museum houses a mix of local memorabilia along...
plays a minor role. Former stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and circus clown EmmettKelly also are among those in an unusual cast. It was filmed on location in...
composed by Ty Segall, except "Move" written by Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin, EmmettKelly, and Charles Moothart. Musicians Ty Segall – vocals, guitar, percussion...
examples of this type of clown are the circus tramps Otto Griebling and EmmettKelly. On film, Red Skelton, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin...
solo performances, occasionally accompanied by the likes of Leroy Bach, EmmettKelly, Sam Wagster, Dan Mohr, Gillian Lisée. Benjamin Boye, Rachel Ries, and...
collaborators Mikal Cronin (bass, backing vocals), Charles Moothart (drums), and EmmettKelly (guitar, backing vocals), playing alongside Ben Boye (keyboards) and...
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American teenager who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after...
examples of this type of clown are the circus tramps Otto Griebling and EmmettKelly. Red Skelton, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Rowan Atkinson...
Mullin decided to sketch an exaggerated version of famed circus clown EmmettKelly to represent the Dodgers in his much-praised cartoons in the New York...
of a picture that appeared in several newspapers of sad tramp clown EmmettKelly holding a water bucket, the event became known as "the day the clowns...
Blue Eyes Is Back, premiered, featuring guest stars Dustin Hoffman and EmmettKelly. It went on to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Special – Comedy-Variety...
Floridians. In the Sarasota area his photographic subjects included EmmettKelly, Elden Rowland, Eric Hodgins, and the Hilton Leech House and Amagansett...
drawing of famous clown EmmettKelly to depict "Dem Bums": the team would later use "Weary Willie" in promotional images, and Kelly himself was a club mascot...
criticized by Dorothy Kilgallen is like having your clothes criticized by EmmettKelly." Cavett appeared on the show once, to do a gymnastics routine on the...
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