Mary Chipperfield

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☨ Mary Chipperfield

Personal details

Spouse(s)	Roger Cawley

Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	director 1966
Location	at Longleat Safari Park in United Kingdom

Title	owner 1955-1999
Location	at Mary Chipperfield’s Circus in United Kingdom

Title	animal trainer -1955
Location	at Circus Chipperfield in United Kingdom

Relevant literature

Biography details

Mary Chipperfield , circus animal trainer in United Kingdom

Born 1938-11-26 in United Kingdom dead 2014-11-30 , daughter of director Jimmy Chipperfield and assistant director Rosie Chipperfield .

Mary Rose Cawley (née Chipperfield, 26 November 1937 – 30 November 2014) was a 1970s British circus entertainer who specialised in a chimpanzee act. She was also known as an animal trainer, providing numerous animals for various BBC productions and the 1967 movie Doctor Dolittle.

Mary Chipperfield in Hippodrome Circus, Great Yarmouth, 1975. The elephant bull is Maxi, now breeding bull in Zuerich Zoo, Switzerland.

Children

Total: 1 children

Born: . Suzanne Chipperfield

Siblings

Siblings through the father Jimmy Chipperfield (1912 -- 1990):

Richard Chipperfield Born ? Dead: † 1975

Mary Chipperfield s ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Mary Chipperfield Born: 1938-11-26	Father: James Chipperfield Born: 1912	Paternal Grandfather: Richard Chipperfield Born: 1875-04-08	Paternal Great-grandfather:
			Paternal Great-grandmother:
		Paternal Grandmother: Emily Seaton Born: 1883-08-16	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Emily Seaton Born: 1883-08-16	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Rosie Purchase Born: 1912	Maternal Grandfather: Born:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trainer Mary Chipperfield in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=638. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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