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It is 1929, the height of the Spiritualist frenzy. Houdini, the world’s first Superstar, has been dead two years - yet surely if anyone can break through from the Other Side, it’s Harry. When his beloved wife, Bess, hints that he already has, she is accused of. rigging the séance. Broke, broken and hounded by the Press, she flees to a ...
28. Dez. 2023 · Contrary to popular speculation, Bess Houdini did not remarry after Harry’s death. After her husband’s tragic death, Bess opened a tea house in New York and briefly performed a vaudeville act freezing a man in ice. In the 1930s, she settled in Hollywood with her partner Edward Saint and worked to keep Houdini’s memory alive.
Beatrice Houdini. Beatrice or Bess Houdini was born Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner on January 23, 1876, in Brooklyn, New York. Like her famous husband, Bess came from a large German speaking immigrant family and was bitten by the showbiz bug in her teens. Bess was working at Coney Island in a song and dance act called The Floral Sisters when she ...
4. März 2018 · Rebecca: Bess met Charmian at the Orpheum Theater in Oakland, California, November 15, 1915. Houdini was performing his Chinese Water Torture Chamber Escape. Jack London had brought his young daughter to see the show the day before, and brought Charmian to see the Great Houdini. Houdini and Jack London were the two most famous men of their time ...
9. Nov. 2023 · Bess: The Other Houdini runs until Sunday 12 November. 7.30pm, 4pm (Sun only). £24, £22 cons. Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London, N6 4BD. 0208 340 3488. upstairsatthegatehouse.com. Escapologist Harry Houdini was a legend in his own lifetime. His headline-grabbing stunts, involving mystifying, often lurid escapes from chains, padlocks, water ...
Bess Houdini (January 23, 1876 – February 11, 1943), whose real name was Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner, was the stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini. Bess was working at Coney Island in a song and dance act called The Floral Sisters when she met Houdini and married him a week later.
23. Jan. 2022 · Bess remembers life with Houdini. To celebrate Bess Houdini's 146th birthday today, here are some excerpts from terrific interesting article by Sally MacDougall called "What Magicians' Wives Think of MAGIC". This appeared in The Tacoma Daily Ledger on July 29, 1928. "My husband thought I was clever, and you don't suppose I was going to ...
