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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jan Adele (1936
in Australia – 27 February 2000) was a circus, vaudeville, theatre, film
and television entertainer and actor best known for her recurring role
of Trixie O’Toole in the 1970s television soap opera Number 96. Trixie,
a brassy and raucous nightclub singer, was a recurring comedy character
in the popular serial between 1974 and 1977. Prior to this role Adele
had enjoyed a long and varied entertainment career. As a teenager she
performed in the circus as an acrobat on the high wire, and as a
contortionist. At the age of 19 she began a three- year stint
entertaining US troops in Korea and Japan. After this she performed
steadily in vaudeville theatre and as a show girl.