Image: Miss Electra autograph card, c. 1970. Circus- und Clownmuseum Wien
The article appears under the magazine’s ‘Menschen’ section, carries the headline ‘Artistin Miss Electra’, and is credited to Clemens Marschall with the date 8 October 2026.
The account states that Horn worked together with her husband, Teddy Horn, who technically conceived the feats, and that together they brought audiences across Europe to marvel at the acts.
The description of Miss Electra’s performance method says that, from the 1970s onward, she was placed under high voltage in variety theatres and made whatever was placed in her hand glow, with the account using the phrase ‘the spark literally jumped over’.
The retired artist recalls the intensity of the work in a concise statement: ‘We never took a break.’
