- Houdini act
- Houdini act /hoo-dēˈni akt/nounA remarkable feat of escapeORIGIN: Harry Houdini (1874–1926), US escapologist
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Houdini, Harry — orig. Erik Weisz born March 24, 1874, Budapest, Hung. died Oct. 31, 1926, Detroit, Mich., U.S. U.S. magician. The son of a rabbi who emigrated from Hungary to the U.S. and settled in Wisconsin, he became a trapeze performer at an early age. In… … Universalium
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Bess Houdini — Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner (January 22, 1875 ndash; February 11, 1943), known as Bess, was the stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini. They had no children.BiographyThere are many stories of how Bess and Houdini met. One version is that in… … Wikipedia
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