Albert Joseph Henry Hodgini, Sr. (1884–1962) was a circus performer.
Biographyedit
He was born in 1884 to an English family circus troupe, the Hodges, that Italianized their name to make it more exotic for their act. He attended a military and riding school in Germany and appeared with the Albert Schumann Circus in Berlin.[1]
He had as his children: Albert Joseph Henry Hodgini, Jr. and Harriet Hodgini Mazel-Szanto.[2][3]
Albert Hodgini is featured in the book "The Circus Age" by Janet Davis (p. 114-117), including photos of him in drag and with his wife. He played "the Original Miss Daisy" in drag with Ringling Brothers from 1908 to 1914 and was so good at it, that he got a few marriage proposals from men who thought he was a real woman.
Referencesedit
^. Marina Hodgini. Archived from the original on December 7, 2004. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
^"none". St. Petersburg Times. February 28, 2007. Hodgini, Albert, 90, of St. Petersburg, died Wednesday (Feb. 7, 2007) at home of cancer. He was born in Indiana. He rode horses bareback and performed in a ...
^"Harriet Mazel-Szanto, 73, hospital executive". Chicago Tribune. March 25, 1989. Retrieved 2011-12-22. Mrs. Mazel-Szanto was a member of the Hodgini family, originally from England, which has been in show business for 350 years. Her father, Albert Hodgini, was a bareback rider and horse trainer for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She was born in Barbaboo, Wis., in the days when the circus wintered there.
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