Contributor Jim Gerald
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Other Names Diabolo, James Fitzgerald
Gender Male
Nationality Australian
Date of Birth 2 January 1891
Date of Death 2 March 1971
Functions Actor, Comedian, Performer
Notes Joined the Fullers' vaudeville circuit in 1912 as 'Jim Gerald', an acrobat and wire-walker. Served in both World Wars. Died in Melbourne. Best remembered for his versatility—as a big-eared oaf in baggy pants and shapeless hat, as a seemingly rubber-boned and pathetically droll clown and as Australia's greatest pantomime dame.
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