Bird Millman 002
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A photo of Bird Millman (1890-1940) Highwire Artiste born "Jenna Dean Engleman" 20 October 1890 in Canon City, Colorado to high wire performing parents Dyke Frank Engleman (1868-1943) and Genevieve Patton (1869-1941). In 1904 the Millman Family Trio of wire walkers toured the Vaudeville stages. By 1913 Bird became a solo premiere attraction with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Bird Millman's first marriage with Harry Underwood in 1909 was annulled. Her second marriage to ticket agent Charles Thomas (1889-) in 1920 ended in a quick divorce. Her third marriage was to military veteran Joseph Francis O'Day (1893-1931) in 1925, who died in 1931 after losing his fortune in the 1929 stock market crash. Devastated and destitute Bird returned to Canon City, Colorado where she died of uterine cancer at the age of 49.
additional information:
Bird Millman appeared in The Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 and Ziegfeld's Frolics. In 1920, she performed a specialty number in 'The Deep Purple', a silent film directed by Raoul Walsh (1887-1980).
Bird Millman's first marriage with Harry Underwood in 1909 was annulled. Her second marriage to ticket agent Charles Thomas (1889-) in 1920 ended in a quick divorce. Her third marriage was to military veteran Joseph Francis O'Day (1893-1931) in 1925, who died in 1931 after losing his fortune in the 1929 stock market crash. Devastated and destitute Bird returned to Canon City, Colorado where she died of uterine cancer at the age of 49.
additional information:
Bird Millman appeared in The Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 and Ziegfeld's Frolics. In 1920, she performed a specialty number in 'The Deep Purple', a silent film directed by Raoul Walsh (1887-1980).
Date & Place:
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1890 - 1940
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Updated Dec 12, 2017
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You never see anyone with hair that beautiful any more but in the 50's when I was young all women had lovely hair.
I'm not sure where you were living, dear......what I remember from the 50s were all those awful home perms....
I remember a friend of my grandmother's who, in the 50's through 80's (until she died), had long, long, beautiful thick white hair that she coiled up in a bun. Now I'm in my 60's, have very thick hair, and keep it just to my shoulders. I don't want to fuss with all of that hair anymore!! :)
AncientFaces I’m glad you still have thick hair. I don’t know why but I know no one in my part of Texas that still has really thick hair. You are blessed.
Shirley K. Brown Except for all the hair that sheds everywhere! :)
I grew up in Houston but we all had a thick and shiny hair, the ones I knew didn't do home perms.
AncientFaces Yes....I have long thick hair, and I swear I shed worse than the cat....haha