Count Primo Magri
Count Primo Magri (1849–1920) and Count Rosebud were the stage names of a 19th-century Italian dwarf who married Lavinia Warren, the widow of General Tom Thumb on Easter Monday, April 6, 1885,[1] at the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York City.[2]
Career
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Magri's supposed twin brother, Giuseppe (or Ernesto) Magri (1850–?), also a dwarf, used the stage names Baron Magri and Baron Littlefinger.[4][5][6][7]
While the military and aristocratic titles that P. T. Barnum gave his dwarves were fantasy titles, it is claimed that the Count was given his title by Pope Pius IX.[8][9]
The Magris were said to have had very expensive tastes, and were therefore forced to exhibit themselves into old age.[9] He appeared in a 1915 silent film, The Lilliputian's Courtship, as Uncle Tiny Mite along with Lavinia.[10]
Death
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References
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- ↑ TWO WEE PEOPLE MARRIED; TOM THUMB'S WIDOW BECOMES THE COUNTESS MAGRI The New York Times April 7, 1885
- ↑ Some Recollections Mrs. Tom Thumb's Autobiography Template:Webarchive, New York Tribune Sunday Magazine, November 25, 1906
- ↑ [1] E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
- ↑ The Seattle Telegraph, June 24, 1892 p. 5; Seattle Press-Times, June 24, 1892 p. 3; The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 19, 1892 p. 13; Ibid., June 23, 1892 p. 5. By Greg Lange, February 22, 1999
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- ↑ House of Deception: Sideshow Performers
- ↑ [2] General Tom Thumb and His Circle
- ↑ a b [3]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Patt Kelley website
- ↑ [4] Magri on the Internet Movie Database
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