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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 dic 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.
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 ...
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 ...
18 gen 2024 · Bess Houdini, born as Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner in Brooklyn New York, was the wife and stage assistant of the legendary Harry Houdini. Her date of birth is not surely known, as with her famous husband. Some say it is the 22 nd of January, 1876, others say that it is the 23 rd or even put the year as 1875.
Bess Houdini. Wilhelmina Beatrice " Bess " Houdini (de soltera Rahner; Brooklyn, Nueva York 23 de enero de 1876- Needles, Estados Unidos 11 de febrero de 1943) fue una maga y actriz de teatro estadounidense. Estuvo casada con Harry Houdini con quien formó pareja en el escenario bajo el nombre de The Houdinis. 1 2 .
Harry Houdini nel 1907. Harry Houdini, pseudonimo di Ehrich Weisz ( Budapest, 24 marzo 1874 [1] – Detroit, 31 ottobre 1926 ), è stato un illusionista e attore ungherese naturalizzato statunitense. È stato uno dei più famosi illusionisti ed escapologi della storia, divenuto celebre grazie alle sue fughe impossibili.
