1. Hilda Emma Schneider, who went by the stage name Daisy Earles, was a German-born actress with dwarfism who migrated to the United States in the early 1920s.
10 Facts About Daisy Earles
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Daisy Earles worked in Hollywood films and later toured with circus companies with her siblings under the name of The Doll Family.
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Daisy Earles was blonde, pretty, and tall compared to her other sisters, and had a very well proportioned figure, for which she earned the epithet of a "miniature Mae West".
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The Daisy Earles had toured with the Dancing Dolls family prior to their joining films and acting with new names.
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Hilda, who later came to be known as Daisy Earles, joined her brother and sister in California in the early 1920s.
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All four siblings, who had earlier taken the surname Daisy Earles, changed it to "Doll" after the death of their manager, Daisy Earles.
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Daisy Earles was most well known for her part in Freaks in 1932.
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In 1928, Daisy Earles had appeared in the 1928 film Three-Ring Marriage.
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Daisy Earles had a small uncredited role in 1952's The Greatest Show on Earth, for which she won an award for her "blink-and-you-miss-it" photo shot.
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Daisy Earles retired from film acting in 1952, after her bit part in The Greatest Show on Earth.