Lillian Leitzel

Lillian Leitzel
Lillian Leitzel in 1931
Born
Leopoldina Alitza Pelikan

(1892-01-02)2 January 1892
Breslau, Germany
Died 15 February 1931(1931-02-15) (aged 39)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Known forTrapeze
Acrobatics
Spouses
  • Clyde Ingalls, 1920-?
  • Alfredo Cadona July 20, 1928-death

Lillian Leitzel (born Leopoldina Alitza Pelikan; 2 January 1892 – 15 February 1931) was a German-born acrobat who specialized in performing on the Roman rings, for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The inaugural (posthumous) inductee to the International Circus Hall of Fame, Leitzel died in hospital two days after a fall during a live performance.

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