Trixie Firschke

Martha "Trixie" Firschke (1920-2001) was born in a circus family in Budapest, Hungary. She started learning juggling from her stepfather, Oscar Firschke,http://www.juggling.org/jw/90/3/letters.htmlhttp://ezine.juggle.org/2016/10/17/scott-cain-updates-on-previous-ejuggle-articles/ when she was 11 years old. Her father had seen Enrico Rastelli perform, and he taught his daughter many Rastelli-style tricks. Trixie was able to balance a ball on a mouth stick the first time she tried it,http://www.juggling.org/jw/90/2/trixie.html and she was able to juggle 3 balls the first time she tried it.https://www.walden-family.com/juggling/28-6-pub-s.pdf
Trixie practiced by doing a trick perfectly 10 times out of 10, starting over if she missed any attempts. She was able to juggle 5 large balls, 7 plates, and 6 plates with a head bounce, and she could bounce two balls on her head at once.http://www.juggling.org/books/alvarez/part8.html#p93a
Trixie worked in various circuses and variety shows in Europe, and performed for several royals and heads of state.http://ezine.juggle.org/2015/02/13/trixie-a-juggling-legend-spinning-through-history/ In 1938, she moved to America, where she performed at Radio City Music Hall and with the Ice Capades. In 1940, she appeared in a movie with Fred Astaire. She married Escoe Larue, another Ice Capades performer. Trixie received the Historical Achievement Award from the IJA in 1991.https://www.juggle.org/history/honorary-awards/#historical
== References ==
thumb|left|480px|Trixie juggling in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_Melody_of_1940 Broadway Melody of 1940]
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