Resultado de búsqueda
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. Bess and Harry worked as The Houdinis for several years before Houdini hit it big as The Handcuff King.
Harry Houdini ( Budapest, Imperio austrohúngaro; 24 de marzo de 1874- Detroit, Míchigan; 31 de octubre de 1926), de nombre verdadero Erik Weisz 2 (cambiado después por Erich Weiss al emigrar a Estados Unidos ), fue un ilusionista y escapista austrohúngaro nacionalizado estadounidense. Primero llamó la atención en el ámbito del vaudeville ...
10 de feb. de 2012 · Bessie's two graves. Tomorrow marks the 69th anniversary of the death of Beatrice "Bess" Houdini on February 11, 1943. She passed away aboard a train bound for New York as it arrived in the town of Needles, CA. For the occasion, I thought I'd take a look at the question of her two gravesites.
30 de jul. de 2011 · Bess Houdini, by all accounts, was as much a go-getter as her husband. She looked after a household filled with pets and family, kept Houdini focused onstage and off, wrangled the assistants for his full evening roadshow, and even made all the costumes.
9 de nov. de 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 ...
5 de ene. de 2024 · En él, Houdini era atado y metido dentro de un saco, que a su vez se colocaba en un arcón que su esposa Bess cerraba con llave. La misma Bess corría una cortina para ocultarse de los espectadores, de inmediato se oían tres palmadas y, al descorrer la cortina, aparecía Houdini totalmente liberado junto al arcón, con el saco del que ahora salía Bess esposada.
31 de oct. de 2011 · Houdini and his wife, Bess, had no children, and when he died — on Halloween, 85 years ago — he willed all of his props to Theo. Theo Hardeen even named one of his sons Harry Houdini Hardeen.
