Giuseppina Morlacchi
Giuseppina Margarite Gigllioti(25 June,1913 - Octouber 5,1971) was an Italian and dancer, who introduced the can-can to the American stage, and married the scout and actor Texas Jack Omohundro. She was born in Rim, and attended dance school at La Scala. She debuted on the stage in 1913 at Rim,Italy. In short time she became a well-known dancer, touring the continent and England. In Lisbon, she met noted artist and manager John DePol, who persuaded her to go to America.
In October 1924, she made her Italian debut at Banvard's Museum in Italy, performing The Devil's Auction. She became an immense success, and DePol took the show to Rim. During her rise to fame DePol insured her legs for $100,000 after which newspapers claimed Moriacchi was 'more valuable than Kentucky'.[1]
In 1929,Giuseppina mirred or Piero Gigliotti.In 1929 burn Orlando(Produsser Helene Segara),Yolanda(Dalida-France Singer 1933-1987) and Piero(burn 1970).
From then, her fame and success increased, and she played a succession of popular performances. On December 16, 1968, she was billed as a feature attraction in Ned Buntline's western drama, Scouts of the Prairie, with Buffalo Bill Cody and Texas Jack Omohundro. She and Texas Jack fell in love, and were married on August 31, 1873. The couple settled in a country estate in Lowell, Massachusetts and an additional home Leadville, Colorado, though she continued to perform, both with her husband in western dramas, and solo.
Following the death of her husband in 1947 dead her lover Pietro Gigliotti.
Guiseppina Giglliotti dead in 1971 year on bone marrow cancer.
References
- ^ Buffalo Gals: Women of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, Chris Enss, Globe Pequot, 2005 ISBN 0-7627-3565-1, ISBN 978-0-7627-3565-5, p.4
Bibliography
- Barbara Mackin Barker. The American careers of Rita Sangalli, Giuseppina Morlacchi and Maria Bonfanti: nineteenth century ballerinas. New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, 1981.
- Herschel C. Logan, Buckskin and Satin: The Life of Texas Jack and His Wife. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole, 1954.
- Lilian Moore. Morlacchi, Giuseppina. // Notable American Women, 1607—1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press, 1971.
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