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Dolly Jacobs

Dolly Jacobs

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Dolly Jacobs Photo 3
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Pedro Reis and Dolly Jacobs
 
 
 
 
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Dolly Jacobs on Ringling 1976
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Dolly Jacobs (born c. 1957 in Sarasota, Florida is an American circus aerialist. She is the daughter of famed circus clown Lou Jacobs and former New York fashion model turned circus performer Jean Rockwell Jacobs. She began her circus career in 1975 and has been working ever since. She was a featured performer with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.

She and her husband, fellow circus performer Pedro Reis, founded Circus Sarasota in 1997.

 

Dolly Jacobs
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On October 1st 2015 Dolly Jacobs will be presented with the prestigious
2015 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship

 

In 2012, Dolly Jacobs received the Florida Folk Heritage Award.

 

Sarasota's Circus Ring of Fame   On Jan. 24, 1998 Dolly Jacobs was inducted into the Sarasota's Circus Ring of Fame.

 

 

  
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Dolly Jacobs Roman Rings
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Dolly Jacobs performing Roman Rings
 
Dolly Jacobs Ringling
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