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May 12, 2023 · Anne Wheeler is not a real person, but there is real-world inspiration for Zendaya's Greatest Showman character and Anne Wheeler's freak status. The first crucial point is that Zendaya's stunt-intensive Anne Wheeler wasn't considered a freak in The Greatest Showman simply because she was Black.
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Anne Wheeler, OC, (born September 23, 1946) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director.
YearTitleGenre2021TV series2016TV movie2015TV movie2014TV seriesAnne Wheeler is a fictional character in the film, The Greatest Showman, who performs as one of P. T. Barnum's circus acts. She is portrayed by former Disney Channel star Zendaya. Anne is an introverted, audacious and self-conscious African American woman.
- P.T. Barnum, portrayed by Hugh Jackman. Phineas Taylor Barnum was the mastermind behind the world-famous circus spectacle that would come to be known as "The Greatest Show on Earth."
- Charity (Hallett) Barnum, portrayed by Michelle Williams. At age 21, Charity Hallett Barnum, of Bethel, Connecticut, married Barnum, then 19, in the fall of 1829.
- Jenny Lind, portrayed by Rebecca Ferguson. Jenny Lind, otherwise known as "The Swedish Nightingale," was one of the most highly regarded opera singers of the 19th century.
- The Bearded Lady, Lettie Lutz, portrayed by Keala Settle. The Bearded Lady, known as Lettie Lutz in The Greatest Showman, was actually named Annie Jones in real life.
Anne Wheeler. Born in Alberta, to a doctor father and musician mother, Anne earned degrees in mathematics and music, putting her way through university as a performer. She came to film-making after working and traveling around the world for a couple of years, exploring Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Jul 18, 2019 · Some of our favorite moments from Anne Wheeler, the skilled trapeze artist who sweeps everyone off their feet in The Greatest Showman.
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Dec 9, 2017 · Inspired by the ambition and imagination of P.T. Barnum, “The Greatest Showman” tells the story of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a mesmerizing spectacle that became a worldwide...
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