Baby Bunny Smith
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Baby "Bunny" Smith was an American actress and sideshow performer. She made her living traveling with sideshows in the early 20th century as the "Fat Woman".
in April 1898. Despite a normal childhood she became very heavy during grammar school. She left school and took a job as a sideshow performer at the age of 13. Her weight ballooned to as much as 500 lbs.
She met her husband, 58 lb Peter Robinson
, a fellow sideshow performer known as "the human skeleton", while filming the cult classic Freaks
. They had two children. Smith was diagnosed as hypothyroid in 1951 and died shortly after of a heart attack.
Personal life
She was born in Portland, OregonPortland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
in April 1898. Despite a normal childhood she became very heavy during grammar school. She left school and took a job as a sideshow performer at the age of 13. Her weight ballooned to as much as 500 lbs.
She met her husband, 58 lb Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson (sideshow artist)
Peter Robinson was an American actor and sideshow performer.Peter Robinson was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of Norwegian immigrants...
, a fellow sideshow performer known as "the human skeleton", while filming the cult classic Freaks
Freaks
Freaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a cast mostly composed of actual carnival performers. The film was based on Tod Robbins' 1923 short story "Spurs"...
. They had two children. Smith was diagnosed as hypothyroid in 1951 and died shortly after of a heart attack.