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{{Short description|First person recognised to have primordial dwarfism}} ...y, and she was known as the "[[Sicily|Sicilian]] [[Fairy]]" or "Sicilian [[dwarfism|Dwarf]]." She was only about 50 cm tall at the time of her death; it w ...

{{Short description|Mexican entertainer with dwarfism (1864–1890)}} ...pdf |archive-date= 2007-02-02 | title= Majewski Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism Type II (MOPD II): Natural History and Clinical Findings| journal= American ...

He was the first Latin artist to sell a million records in the U.S. with his hit "Happy Birthday My Darling" in 1974. He did instrumental work for t ...rais]], the eldest of seven siblings. He was the only sibling to develop [[dwarfism]]; as an adult he was {{convert|111|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall.{{citation neede ...

...ebsite=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> – November 25, 1919) was an American [[Dwarfism|proportionate dwarf]], who was a circus performer and the wife of [[General ..."museums" of that era owing to its perfectly miniaturized characteristics, with the same proportions as common larger people, caused by a [[pituitary gland ...

{{Short description|Quartet of sibling entertainers}} ...'Earles Family'''}} was an American quartet of sibling entertainers with [[dwarfism]] from [[Stolpen]], Germany. They were popular performers in [[circus (perf ...

...into the steering wheel. The trio formed a racing team called 3-K Racing, with Don as the crew chief. [[Category:Entertainers with dwarfism]] ...

.../ref> Dilward is one of only two known African-Americans to have performed with white minstrel companies before the [[American Civil War]] (the other being ...redited in [[John Russell Bartlett]]'s 1877 ''Dictionary of Americanisms'' with having invented the word [[wikt:hunky-dory|hunky-dory]] (spelled in apparen ...

...1918, ''Georgina Bamlett v. George Bamlett''</ref> Georgie had a form of [[dwarfism]], as an adult reaching a height of {{convert|4|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}, and re ...tears, though with age and experience, "he learned to treat his shortness with a degree of humour".<ref name="London Secret"/> ...

...sula Hegi]] which chronicles 40 years of the life of Trudi, a woman with [[dwarfism]], as she navigates the silently complicit, violent, and redemptive era of ...from doorframes, hoping to grow.<ref name=":2" /> She also becomes friends with a boy, Georg Weiler, whose mother dresses him in girls' clothing; their fri ...

...''' (November 1739&ndash;September 5, 1837) was a [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[Dwarfism|dwarf]] who was [[Court dwarf|employed by the court]] and who was also a mu ...had settled in Poland, was reluctant to marry Józef, but he bombarded her with love-letters and won her heart.<ref name="Dwarfs"/> ...

...epimp/status/1566550920095272962--> on June 2, 1968. Green was born with [[dwarfism]] and [[microcephaly]], a condition that caused his small head relative to ..., 1999, making an appearance with Frank "Third Degree" Burns, who also has dwarfism, while Rooney was promoting his [[dwarf-tossing]] business.<ref name="marks ...

...known by his stage name "'''General Tom Thumb'''", was an American with [[dwarfism]] who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer [[P.&nbsp;T. ...ed any weight. Apart from this, he was a completely normal, healthy child, with several siblings who were of average size. His body was proportionate and f ...

...hed 25 pounds.<ref name=breezeobit/> He was best remembered as a performer with [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]] and for his role in the [[NBC In 1980, Meszaros, along with his Hungarian guard, defected to the U.S.<ref name=breezeobit/> He became a ...

...m to film a celebration event of the jubilee of his plant, his fascination with the possibilities of film begins to transform his life. ...iness meeting. (He allows Filip to keep the pigeons as long as the shot of entertainers being paid is taken out.) He submits the film to a festival and gains thir ...

...00-nov-18-me-53962-story.html|title=Joseph Calleja; Rapper 'Joe C.' Toured with Kid Rock|date=2000-11-18 |access-date=2015-05-19 |website=[[The Los Angeles ...his age to be 23.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LEWD BUT LEGAL Another Untold Story with JOE C and Champtown| website=[[YouTube]] | date=November 26, 2018 |url=http ...

...er was a merchant mariner, and his mother was a maid. Shaw was born with [[dwarfism]] and as an adult was listed as {{convert|3|ft|8|in|cm}} tall.<ref name="NY ...d a graphic image of Bill moments after he shot himself during an argument with his girlfriend.<ref name="ScarfaceInterview">[http://www.vibe.com/content/f ...

...archive.org/web/20141112212014/http://www.wbgo.org/blog/you-dont-know-jazz-with-dr-lewis-porter-chick-webb |archive-date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> stated h ...jury progressed to [[Pott disease|tuberculosis of the spine]], leaving him with short stature and a badly deformed [[spine (human anatomy)|spine]] which ca ...

[[Image:Anthonis van Dyck 013.jpg|right|thumb|''Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson'' (1633) by [[Anthony van Dyck]]]] ...ught with the [[Cavalier|Royalists]] in the [[English Civil War]] and fled with the Queen to France but was expelled from her court when he killed a man in ...

...Actors Guild Award]] in 2020 for the role. Dinklage has a common form of [[dwarfism]] known as [[achondroplasia]], and stands {{height|ft=4|in=5}} tall. ...War]]'', and as [[Hervé Villechaize]] in the [[biopic]] film ''[[My Dinner with Hervé]]''. He also provided voice-acting for the video game ''[[Destiny (vi ...

...ap and bells|eccentric hats]] in a [[motley]] pattern. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storyt ...d ''fol'', ''disour'', ''buffoon'', and ''bourder''. These terms described entertainers who differed in their skills and performances but who all shared many simil ...