Walt Disney hired a 71 year old former burlesque dancer to be the very first Tinkerbell to slide down the wire between the Matterhorn and Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. Tiny Kline (born Helén Deutsch) was a Hungarian-born circus performer. She performed with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and as Tinker Bell at Disneyland. Kline's most well-known act was the "slide for life," a variation of traditional iron jaw performance in which she slid down a wire from tall buildings or other structures by he