Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman

Who is Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman?

Elizabeth Green, also known as Betty Green, was an American sideshow performer who was presented to audiences as a human stork during the early 1900s. A genetic condition was responsible for her unusual features; she also suffered from mild mental retardation, though she had no other known medical problems. Her large, long nose and thin bone structure earned her the "Stork-Woman" title.

Green was the actual "first" Koo-Koo the Bird Girl and toured with Ringling Brothers Circus. Hers was mainly a comedy act and it involved her dancing around in a feathered body suit with large bird feet and a long feather on her head. Some claim Green was used at the entrance of the circus, being one of the "less weird looking" freaks, in order to catch the attention of passers by. She has also been referred to as "Molina the Pinhead" however this was probably only to differentiate between her and Koo-Koo the Bird Girl, on the set of the Freaks film, who had a similar character.

She is most prominent for her appearance in Browning's 1932 film Freaks as the "stork-woman."