Carla left her family's troupe in 1961 to star in her own act, but returned four years later after two members of The Flying Wallendas were killed during a performance of the pyramid and her aunt ...

Carla Wallenda left the family act in 1961 to form her own troupe. The next season, two of the Wallendas were killed in an accident while performing the pyramid. Her brother was paralyzed.

Carla will also be joined by her receptionist, Svetlana Trantastic, a puppeteer, comedian and psychic (also known as Joseph Reed). If all goes well, the show could be the first of many therapy ...

Carla Wallenda at a circus in Jacksonville, Fl., on Sept. 30, 1972. Steve Starr / AP file. Carla Wallenda was born Feb. 13, 1936, and appeared in a newsreel in 1939 as she learned how to walk the ...