Joan Rhodes was very famous in the 1950s and 60s as a strong woman. She performed in cabaret, variety and vaudeville, stunning audiences with her amazing feats of strength. She could bend heavy steel bars that no man in the audience could even dent, she could break six inch nails with her hands, and she could tear the 1000 page London phone book not merely in half, but into quarters. She could lift men with ease, and loved to do so.
This is part of her performance, just at the end when she's bent the iron bar. There's also a video clip of this.
The quality of these pictures is extremely poor, but I reckon we're lucky to have this at all! If anyone has a better quality version, do let me know.
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