James Freeman

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☨ James Freeman

Profession	circus artist
Personal details
Born	?

Dead


Spouse(s)	1917 - 1961 Victoria Florence Sanger Freeman

Residence
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	artist -1961
Location	at Circus Sanger in United Kingdom

Biography details

James Freeman , circus artist in United Kingdom

Freeman was born * ?

Married 1917 to Victoria Florence Sanger Freeman born 1895-10-28 .

James Freeman was a trapeze artist, tightrope walker and clown, among other roles.
He was considered the most versatile of all British circus performers in his heyday and as a clown under the name 'Pimpo' he was one of the country's most popular jesters.

He rose to fame at George Sanger's Circus in the 1930s and 1940s. In "A Perfect Holiday", essayist EV Lucas describes Pimpo's performance, which apparently included acrobatic and animal training skills, as well as more conventional clown techniques. .

In 1917 he married Victoria Sanger Freeman.
James Freeman died in 1961 in Brixtol where he peacefully spent his last days.

Family

Total: 1 children

Pat Freeman. Born: ?.

James Freeman is mentioned on 4 other person pagesMike Freeman, Patrick Freeman, Peter Freeman, Victoria Sanger,

James Freeman is mentioned on 2 location pagesCircus Sanger, Wallace and Co Circus,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). artist James Freeman in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2542. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://clownevolution.blogspot.com/2017/06/pimpo.html

Selected publications

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