Norma Fox - - 2014 World Acrobatics Society Legend (Professional Acrobatics).
Norma Fox was Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus’s center ring act in the late forties through 1952, when Norma doubled for Betty Hutton in the 1952 Oscar winning movie “The Greatest Show on Earth.”
La Norma, as she is called, has been favorably compared to the great Lillian Leitzel. Norma is an expert on the single trapeze. Norma made her own wardrobe featuring colorful feathers and sequins. She became fluent in several languages due to her international travels. She perfected the bare heel catch, the ankle catch and the knee catch working without a net at heights of 30 to 70 feet from the floor. The native of Denmark was married to Andre Fox, the trainer of a 12 horses act until his death. Andre designed Norma’s act that featured a rocket and a satellite orbiting the earth 70 feet above the ground with Norma working trapeze under the satellite.
Today, Norma mentors and coaches circus students in Sarasota County who are enrolled in the Sailor Circus program at the Arena at Sarasota High School.
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