Connie Clausen

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Connie Clausen

Constance "Connie" Clausen (born June 11, 1923 in Menasha , Wisconsin , † September 7, 1997 in Manhattan , New York City ) was an American actress , writer and literary agent .

Connie Clausen began her career as a circus performer in 1942 at the age of 19 . In Sarasota , Florida , the winter quarters of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , she was approached on the street by ringmaster John Ringling North , who saw her as the perfect cast of Alice in Wonderland in the coming season's grand finale due to her blonde hair . which should be under the motto " fairy tales ". She joined the circus but performed as the acrobat of an elephant act. Her experiences she dealt with later in their 1961 published autobiographical novel I Love You Honey, but the Season's Over (dt. Love to end season , 1962), in which they discussed, among other issues the "significant discrepancy" what women within the arena contributed in Contrasted with their treatment outside.

After her time at the circus, she worked as a magazine and television writer and began working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Hollywood as the head of special promotions. Encouraged by an MGM studio photographer, she moved to New York and began a career as a model for photographer Conover and as a successful Broadway and television actress. She made Broadway appearances with Alfred Drake on "The Gambler" and in hundreds of TV shows and commercials in the 1950s and 1960s. She was a TV spokesperson for Beech-Nut child and baby food and, together with her twin sons, was a regular guest on Benjamin Spock's TV program "The Doctor Spock Show" .

Connie Clausen started a new career in publishing in 1971. As assistant to the Vice President of Macmillan , she helped with the publication of the two best-sellers " Bottom on the River " and " The Seagull Jonathan ". In 1976 she opened a literary agency with Connie Clausen & Associates , which brought several bestsellers to publication, such as the books by fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo , the Pulitzer Prize title “Jackson Pollock: An American Saga” by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith , “Eat to Win ”,“ The Rules ”and many others. She was also the long-time agent of the British author Quentin Crisp .

Connie Clausen was married three times and all marriages were divorced. She died at the age of 74 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. Her grave is in Manasota Memorial Park in Bradenton , Florida .

In the British feature film An Englishman in New York , a sequel to the 1979 television film The Naked Civil Servant , Connie Clausen is portrayed by Swoosie Kurtz .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Connie Clausen, Literary Agent And Actress, 74. The New York Times , September 14, 1997, accessed October 31, 2015 .
  2. ↑ David Lefkowitz: Constance Clausen, Actress & Agent, Dead At 74. playbill.com, September 15, 1997, accessed October 31, 2015 .
  3. ^ Bernard Taper: Balanchine: A Biography . University of California Press , 1996, ISBN 0-520-20639-8 , pp. 181 f .
  4. ^ Peta Tait: Circus Bodies: Cultural Identity in Aerial Performance . Routledge , Abingdon (Oxfordshire) and New York 2005, ISBN 0-415-32938-8 , pp. 104 .
  5. ↑ a b Obituaries . In: Publishers Weekly . 244, No. 38, 1997, pp. P. 17th
  6. ^ Earl Wilson: Movie Studios Now After Connie Clausen. Earl Wilson's America. In: Sarasota Herald-Tribune. October 19, 1952, p. 6 , accessed October 31, 2015 (English, Google News Archive).
  7. ↑ Jane O'Boyle: Cool Dead People . Penguin Books , 2001, ISBN 0-452-28229-2 .
  8. ↑ "The world would be better without homosexuals?" . Interview with Quentin Crisp
personal data
SURNAME Clausen, Connie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clausen, Constance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress, writer and literary agent
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Menasha , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1997
Place of death Manhattan , New York City