Irene Danner

From the list of elephant persons Family: Danner

☨ Irene Danner
Profession	circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born	1923-01-28 Liège in Belgium

Spouse(s)	Peter Bento Sr.

Country	Germany

Locations
Title	animal trainer -
Location	at Circus Adolf Althoff in Germany

Biography details

Irene Danner , circus animal trainer in Germany

Born 1923-01-28 in Belgium dead 2006 , daughter of artist Hans Danner and artist Alice Lorch .

Alice Lorch, Julius’s daughter who had married the German acrobat Hans Danner, was luckier: She and her daughters, Irene and Gerda, were hidden during that time by Adolph Althoff (1913-1998) in his circus, and survived WWII and the Nazi regime unharmed.

The equestrienne Irene Danner (1923-2006), Julius’s granddaughter, married the clown Peter Bento (1923-2013).

Siblings

Siblings through the father Hans Danner (? -- ):

Gerda Danner Born ?

Irene Danner s ancestral Ahnentafel:
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	Mother: Alice Lorch Born:	Maternal Grandfather: Julius Lorch Born: 1875-12-11	Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis Lorch
		Maternal Grandfather: Julius Lorch Born: 1875-12-11	Maternal Great-grandmother: Johanna Meyer
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trainer Irene Danner in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1207. (archived at the Wayback machine)