Baby Bunny Smith Explained

Baby Bunny Smith
Birth Name:Helen Smith
Birth Date:1888
Death Date:1951 (aged 62 or 63)
Occupation:Circus sideshow performer
Spouse:Peter Robinson
Children:2

Helen "Baby Bunny" Smith (1888–1951)[1] was an American sideshow performer. She made her living traveling with sideshows in the early 20th century billed as a circus fat lady.

Smith was born in 1888. 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 . She was billed as "Baby Bunny Smith" during her sideshow career and settled at Coney Island. She met her husband, 58-lb Peter Robinson, a fellow sideshow performer known and billed as "the human skeleton", in the cult film classic Freaks. They had two children.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Helen "Baby Bunny" Smith. 6 May 2015 . Piper Houdini.