Biography

Actress Pearl Eytinge initially produced The Sisters and wrote a comedietta for them called Mr Cupid. Her manager, Danish born William (Wilhelm) Fleron, took over the management of the sisters and later married Lona.

The dancer, singer and actress Gertrude Barrison was born as Gertrude Bareisen. She had her greatest successes together with her four sisters Lona, Sophia, Inger und Olga.

In their most famous act, the sisters would dance, raising their skirts slightly above their knees, and ask the audience, "Would you like to see my pussy?" When they had coaxed the audience into an enthusiastic response, they would raise up their skirts, revealing that each sister was wearing underwear of their own manufacture that had a live kitten secured over the crotch.

The sisters separated about 1900 and only Lona and Gertrude continued their career as solo artists.

She became a groundbreaking modern dancer in Vienna where she lived for two decades.