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{{quote|''She was born in the wagon of a traveling show
Her mama used to dance for the money they'd throw.''|'''Cher''', "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves"}}
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* Lots of early actors grew up in vaudeville and so forth. [[Buster Keaton]] started his career as a little boy being hurled around the stage by his father, learning how to fall so as not to break any bones and develop the [[Frozen Face]] that became his trademark.
* The Byzantine Empress Theodora was the daughter of a bear trainer and had an early career as an actress (which in that time and place was a profession at least bordering on prostitution).
* Renaissance Faire performers are a good modern expy. Some performers work within a local circuit, so not so much the traveling aspect, but they often come in families with the kids starting to perform as early as they can handle staying in a character. Other performers, especially established acts, travel
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