Emmett Kelly
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Raised on a farm in Texas County, Missouri, he cultivated drawing skills through a correspondence cartooning school before moving to Kansas City in 1917, where a sketch of a tramp sparked his interest in circus work and led to trapeze training. His first clown appearance came with Howe's Great London Circus in 1921, and after several seasons as a white-face performer he introduced the hobo persona…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
