A daring aerialist whose heart stopping performances made her one of the most accomplished highwire artists of the Post-World War II era. She was the first woman to begin and end her act by climbing to, and descending from, the highwire on the diagonal cables that support the poles on each end of the Rigging. Shunning the use of a balancing pole, she performed on the wire while blindfolded, danced the Rumba and balanced alone on a bicycle seat.