- The Behee-Bray Aerialists were trapeze artists known for A Noose Fits Anybody" appearance on Bat Masterson (1958). Performing with a safety net as entertainment before a scheduled public hanging were Rose Behee, George Voise, and Jack Bray. On the occasions when the trapeze artist on the perch above the crowd winked or glanced at Bat Masterson it was actress Ernestine Clark, not Rose Behee. During the episode it was Lola Faire, played by Clark, who became an integral part of the story line with Gene Berry as Bat Masterson. The woman doing the performing on the trapeze was Rose Behee. A news story written in July 1939 provided history regarding the aerialist troupe history, generally known as The Flying Behees. They were first presented in 1929 by Clayton Behee as the manager and producer of a "fly and return" act. He had worked previously in a ring, cradle, and high trapeze act with his parents and two brothers, Bob and Raymond. In 1934 he left his own act to join the Flying Codonas (Lolo and Vera Cordona). When Vera retired in 1935 she was replaced by Rose Sullivan, who were with her sister, Eileen, had been trapeze performers. During a European tour Clayton and Rose were married in 1936 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. During their second engagement in Paris Lolo injured his arm and was forced to retire. The Flying Behees then began with its first engagement in London. Ralph Swisher became their "catcher" and in the late 1930's joined the Cole Bros. Circus. Rose was featured as the only woman flyer to perform a two-and-a half somersault to a catch by the feet while blindfolded. Clayton Earl Behee (August 25, 1912 - November 27, 1976) in the 1970's worked as a phone promoter for Bill English's Circus Classics in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Clayton was born in Kansas City, Missouri USA and passed away in Sarasota, Florida USA. Clayton and Rose were divorced in 1950 in Sarasota, Florida USA. Rose Claire Sullivan (May 11, 1905 - May 11, 1987) was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts USA and passed away on her 82nd birthday in the same city. During their aerialist careers they worked in Australia, Austria, Canada, Canal Zone, Colombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Sweden, and throughout the USA.- IMDb Mini Biography By: SAGE STEPS
- Featured in Sloan's Liniment advertising in 1947.
- Clayton, Rose, and Bob Behee were touring with the Fernandez Circus, set up at the Scofield Air Base, ten miles from Honolulu in early December 1941. The Behees were living in Honolulu at the time and were sleeping when the bombing by the Japanese began. On December 8th the circus was dismantled. The Behees took all the performer costumes to their Honolulu apartment where they were picked up that evening. When the attack occurred the Behees had been in Hawaii for five months. They were not able to get transportation back to the homeland until February 21, 1942.
- On June 8, 1939 Rose Behee suffered severe bruises during the Flying Behees Cole Bros. Circus aerial act when she was thrown to the ground when the safety net collapsed during the afternoon performance. Despite strains to her left side she was able to appear during the evening performance at Mill Park in Pottstown, Pennsylvania USA.
- Played at the Winnipeg Amphitheater in early May 1949. Known as the Flying Thrillers on that occasion the troupe consisted of Rose Behee, George Voise, and Jack Bray. A surprise highlight during their Shrine Circus visit was an 18th birthday matinee serenade and follow-up party thrown by the friends of Rose Behee. Jack Bray and George Voise were in attendance along with Jimmy Davison (clown boxer), Gaby (acrobat comedian and clown boxer) and Margaret DeKoe (clown), George LaSalle (acrobat and clown), Dick "Rocko" Lewis (clown), Eva (trapeze artist) and Joe Lewis (cop clown), Mickey McDonald (clown), and Earl Shipley (clown).
- On July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut Clayton and Rose Behee were among the performers in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show when a sudden fire engulfed the mammoth main tent and reduced all of the circus equipment to ashes. There were 168 (of 6,000) spectators killed by the fire. The Behees escaped.
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