- She was born into a circus family, Ménagerie Van Been, and married into another circus family. She and her husband were married in a cage of lions, and spent their honeymoon with the Wild West Show founded by Buffalo Bill Cody. Their circus moved into the Cirque d'Hiver (Winter Circus), the 1,500-person venue in the Marais district of Paris, and it remained their base while they toured around the world.
- She married Joseph Bouglione in 1928. He was a cat trainer who became a legendary circus owner and director, in a lions' cage.
- She was a French circus performer and the matriarch of the Bouglione circus family.
- She was considered the French (and European) circus "Queen," and of course, she was its doyenne.
- Rosa Bouglione began performing as a child and was known for her "serpentine" dance, in which she danced "à la Loie Fuller" in a cage full of lions.
- In 2011, she published her memoirs, Un mariage dans la cage aux lions : la grande saga du cirque Bouglione ("A wedding in the lions' cage: the great saga of the Bouglione circus").
- Until the very end, "Madame Rosa," as Rosa Bouglione was known, was still active.
- Her funeral was held in the Cirque d'Hiver's ring on 29 August 2018 and she was buried in the Bouglione family's tomb at the cemetery of Lizy-sur-Ourcq, near Paris.
- She died at the age of 107 on 26 August 2018 in her apartment at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris.
- She had seven children and 53 grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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