I don't know about you but I am loving this season of American Horror Story! Above right you might clearly recognize the character Meep, but do you know similar dressed person on the left? That is Koo-Koo the Bird Girl aka Minne Ha Ha aka Minnie Woolsey. She appeared in the film "Freaks" and commonly performed as a side show attraction. While she did not have any lines in the movie she did dance around and appeared in many scenes dressed in the feathery costume above. Suffering from a rare condition called Virchow-Seckel syndrome, she was bald, toothless, and severely short sighted. In her side show performance she would often come out speaking gibberish adorned in a Native American costume. The cause of her death is currently unknown, but it is said she continued performing well into the 1960's. Spending the end of her days at the Coney Island side show.
While the character Meep does not have many connections to Minnie Ha Ha other than the feathered costume from her movie debut it is still an amazing nod toward this iconic side show performer.
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