This books tells Harry's difficult life of finding fame through his amazing acts. On stage she has been played by Judith Bruce ( Man of Magic, 1966), Viviane Thomas ( Houdini - A Circus Opera, 1979), Kim Lores ( The Great Houdini, 1999), and Evanna Lynch ("Houdini," 2013).This book "Harry Houdini: Master of Magic: Master Of Magic" by Robert Kraske is the life story of Harry Houdini the world famous escape artist. It was released on DVD in 2006 by Alpha Video.īess has been portrayed in film by Janet Leigh ( Houdini, 1953), Sally Struthers ( The Great Houdinis, 1976), Stacy Edwards ( Houdini, 1998), and Kristen Connolly ( Houdini, 2014). The film sparked controversy among spiritualists, but was praised by magicians. In the film, she expressed her belief that communication with those who have died is impossible. Mystic Circle Murder) directed by Frank O’Conner and produced by Fanchon Royer. In filmīess Houdini appeared as herself in the 1938 film Religious Racketeers (a.k.a. She is interred instead at Gate of Heaven Cemeteryin Hawthorne, New York. She was 67 years old. Her family would not allow her to be interred with her late husband at the Machpelah Cemetery in Queens, New York as she had been raised a Roman Catholic. Before he died, Walter passed on the tradition to Dorothy Dietrich, who now does them yearly at the Houdini Museum inScranton, PA.īess Houdini died from a heart attack on Februwhile in Needles, California, aboard an eastbound train traveling from Los Angeles to New York City.
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Gibson writer of the famous mystery series "The Shadow" and friend, confidant, publicist and ghost writer for Houdini, and asked him to carry on the yearly tribute, who held them for many years at New York's Magic Towne House with such magical notables as Houdini biographers Walter B. In 1943 she said "ten years long enough to wait for any man." After the 1936 séance, Bess passed the torch to Walter B. At the conclusion of the failed séance, she put out the candle beside a photograph of Houdini that was said to have burned for ten years.
On Halloween 1936, Bess and Saint conducted a "Final Houdini Séance" on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. Bess's niece, Marie Hinson Blood, said Bess suffered from a medical condition that prevented her from having children.Īfter Houdini died on October 31, 1926, Bess opened a tea house in New York, and briefly performed a vaudeville act in which she froze a man in ice. In the 1930s she moved to Hollywood, California, and worked to promote Houdini's memory along with her manager and partner, Edward Saint.
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Bess also looked after their menagerie of pets, collected dolls, and made the costumes for Houdini's full evening roadshow. The Houdinis remained childless throughout their marriage. But he and Bess continued to occasionally perform their signature trick, Metamorphosis, throughout his career. But it was the older Houdini brother, Harry, that she fell in love with and married on June 22, 1894. Bess and Harry worked as The Houdinis for several years before Houdini hit it big as The Handcuff King. in 1876 to German immigrants Gebhard Rahner (a cabinet maker) and Balbina Rahner (née Bugel).īess was working at Coney Island in a song and dance act called The Floral Sisters when she was first courted by Houdini's younger brother, Theo (aka Theodore Hardeen). Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner was born in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner (Janu– February 11, 1943), better known as Bess Houdini, was the stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini.
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