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Sybil Bruncheon has been performing on stage, radio, TV, film, and in various Vaudeville, burlesque, church basement, county fair, and sideshow....uh..."venues" for most of her 29 years. She is available for bookings for just about anything and can be reached at bruncheon@hotmail.com and on her website sybilbruncheon.com. She is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Her erdo number is 16.

Gaye Ann Beeker was the most reserved member of the Beeker family, a large, prosperous, and prominent one in the Shaker Heights area. They had made their money in the 1800s in coal, and later in natural gas, and then on to automobile parts and finance. Wise investments matched with conservative spending saved them from the vagaries of the market, even through the Crash and the Depression. The Beekers were known for their philanthropy, generous but not ostentatious, although their names did appear on hospitals, museums, schools, universities, and even several dinner theatres and petting zoos.

It was Gaye Ann who had a soft spot for the more vulnerable recipients of the family's charities, particularly wildlife and domestic animals. She had spear-headed relief for circus animals and for better and more humane zoos, and she was reported to be the secret underground leader of a group of citizens who used terror tactics on pet shops and their owners who were discovered to be abusing or neglecting animals in their care. "The Rabid Rabbits", as they were called, were presumed to be a gang of well-funded vigilantes capable, as time went by, of increasing violence. Their members were sworn to secrecy, and no infiltration ever took place from outside authorities since their dedication was so heart-felt. And besides, who would ever suspect an heiress to such a fortune as the head of a terror gang?

Of course, Gaye Ann's natural disguise helped her. She had Methuselah Syndrome, a hereditary fluke. Here she is at 11 years of age at the height of her power, looking like "a kindly middle-aged lady" or "a frumpy housewife"..but actually an assassin!....And here's her little dachshund Kiełbaso, and that's just what she's reported to have yelled to him on their midnight raids; "KEEEEL, Basso! KEEEEL! KEEEEL!!!".......

[Postscript: Though the Social Register described her as "the most reserved member of the Beeker family", she, Kielbaso, and her friends and associates continued on as a vigilante group saving animals from hateful abusers. You see she had read "The Scarlet Pimpernel", and it affected her deeply. And she turned what some might think of as a liability into a tool of triumph and vengeance. She never married, but was much loved by folks and animals far and wide. She eventually died at 18 years of age, very happy and fulfilled. Kielbaso passed away in his sleep just two days later at the age of 136.]

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