- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDaisy Skinner
- Nickname
- San Antonio's Siamese Twins
- Height5′ (1.52 m)
- Born to a barmaid, Daisy and her conjoined twin sister Violet Hilton were raised by the midwife who delivered them. This woman, Mary Hilton, saw her meal ticket in the curly-haired babies and trained them to perform. The girls were ill-treated and kept in a state of poverty until they arranged a private meeting with a lawyer at the age of 23. They then became their own managers and remained popular vaudeville performers until live shows were replaced by motion pictures. After performing in Freaks (1932) and Chained for Life (1952). Daisy and Violet fell into poverty and obscurity. They were found dead in their apartment when their employer, a grocer, reported that they hadn't shown up for work. They left no known survivors.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Christina Dunigan <cdunigan@hotmail.com>
- SpouseHarold Estep(September 17, 1941 - October 1941) (divorced)
- She and Violet Hilton learned self-hypnosis from Harry Houdini as a way to be alone.
- Daisy and her sister, Violet Hilton, were employed as cashiers at the Park n' Shop grocery store in southwest Charlotte at the time of their deaths.
- She and Violet Hilton had a Broadway musical called "Sideshow" loosely based on their lives. It was critically acclaimed, but closed after only 91 performances.
- Opened a hot dog stand, The Hilton Sisters Snack Bar, in Miami in 1955.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content