Connie Clausen (1923-1997) was an American actress, author, and literary agent. Her career began in 1942 at the age of 19 when she was approached by John Ringling North on Main Street in Sarasota, Florida. She joined the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus and performed as an acrobat in an elephant act.
After leaving the circus, she worked as a magazine and television writer and started with MGM studios in Hollywood as Director of Special Promotions. Encouraged by an MGM studio photographer, she moved to New York City to begin a career as a Conover Model and as a successful Broadway and television actress. She appeared in hundreds of television shows and commercials in the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1971 Connie Clausen began a new career in publishing. And in 1978 she started her own literary agency, Connie Clausen & Associates.
Here is a glamorous photo collection of this talented beautiful woman from between the 1940s and 1950s that found by her son Sangroncito.
Connie Clausen in the 1940s and 1950s |
After leaving the circus, she worked as a magazine and television writer and started with MGM studios in Hollywood as Director of Special Promotions. Encouraged by an MGM studio photographer, she moved to New York City to begin a career as a Conover Model and as a successful Broadway and television actress. She appeared in hundreds of television shows and commercials in the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1971 Connie Clausen began a new career in publishing. And in 1978 she started her own literary agency, Connie Clausen & Associates.
Here is a glamorous photo collection of this talented beautiful woman from between the 1940s and 1950s that found by her son Sangroncito.