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Joseph Grimaldi as the clown in Harlequin Padmanada; or, The Golden Fish Bozo the Clown Killer Klowns from Outer Space Grock in his dressing room at the Circus Medrano, 1952.
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Joseph Grimaldi as the clown in Harlequin Padmanada; or, The Golden Fish
Bozo the Clown
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Grock in his dressing room at the Circus Medrano, 1952.
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Kelly, Emmett
Emmett Kelly
American clown
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Red Skelton
American actor
Grock
Grock
Swiss clown
Joseph Grimaldi as the clown in Harlequin Padmanada; or, The Golden Fish
Joseph Grimaldi
English clown and pantomimist
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Dan Rice
American clown
Popov, Oleg
Oleg Popov
Russian clown

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