Dolly Jacobs

Dolly Jacobs (born c. 1957[1] in Sarasota, Florida[2]) is an American circus aerialist.

She is the daughter of famed circus clown Lou Jacobs and former New York fashion model turned circus performer Jean Rockwell Jacobs.

She was a featured performer with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.

[2] She is a recipient of the 2015 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts,[5] which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

[2] She has also won a Silver Clown award at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo.

Jacobs (lower) in 2016