| 词条 | Bess Houdini | |||
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| name = Bess Houdini | image = Houdinibessbio.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1876|1|23}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1943|2|11|1876|1|22}} | death_place = Needles, California, U.S. | resting_place = Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York) | spouse = {{marriage|Harry Houdini|1894|1926|end=died}} }}Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner (January 23, 1876 – February 11, 1943), better known as Bess Houdini, was the stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini.[1] BiographyWilhelmina Beatrice Rahner was born in Brooklyn, New York (before New York City was consolidated) in 1876 to German immigrants Gebhard Rahner (a cabinet maker) and Balbina Rahner (née Bugel). Bess 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). But it was the older Houdini brother, Harry, that she fell in love with and married on June 22, 1894.[2] The pair worked as The Houdinis for several years before Houdini hit it big as The Handcuff King. But he and Bess continued to occasionally perform their signature trick, Metamorphosis, throughout his career. Bess also looked after their menagerie of pets, collected dolls, and made the costumes for Houdini's full evening roadshow.[3] The Houdinis remained childless throughout their marriage. Bess's niece, Marie Hinson Blood, said Bess suffered from a medical condition that prevented her from having children.[4] After 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.[5] She moved to Inwood, Manhattan and would try to contact Harry during seances.[6] In the 1930s she moved to Hollywood, California, and worked to promote Houdini's memory along with her manager and partner, Edward Saint. On Halloween 1936, Bess and Saint conducted a "Final Houdini Séance" on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. At the conclusion of the failed séance, beside a photograph of Houdini, she put out the candle that was said to have burned for ten years. In 1943 she said "ten years [was] long enough to wait for any man."[7] After the 1936 séance, Bess asked Walter B. Gibson—writer of the mystery series The Shadow and a friend, confidant, publicist and ghostwriter for Houdini—to carry on the yearly tribute. He held them for many years at New York's Magic Towne House with such magical notables as Houdini biographer Milbourne Christopher. Before he died, Gibson passed on the tradition[8] to Dorothy Dietrich.[9] Bess Houdini died from a heart attack on February 11, 1943 while in Needles, California, aboard an eastbound train traveling from Los Angeles to New York City. She was 67 years old.[10][11][12] 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 and he was a Jew. She is interred instead at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. In filmBess Houdini appeared as herself in the 1938 film Religious Racketeers (a.k.a. Mystic Circle Murder) directed by Frank O'Conner and produced by Fanchon Royer. In the film, she expressed her belief that communication with those who have died is impossible. The film sparked controversy among spiritualists, but was praised by magicians. It was released on DVD in 2006 by Alpha Video.[13] Bess has been portrayed in film by Janet Leigh (Houdini, 1953), Sally Struthers (The Great Houdini, 1976), Stacy Edwards (Houdini, 1998), and Kristen Connolly (Houdini, 2014). 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).[14][15][16] References1. ^{{cite book |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/272947/Harry-Houdini?source=ONTHISDAY |title=Harry Houdini |work=Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate=March 24, 2014}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/01/this-weekend-we-are-wild-about-bess.html|title=This weekend we are Wild About Bess|accessdate=January 22, 2011}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/04/dorothy-young-remembers-her-days-with.html|title=Dorothy Young remembers her days with Houdini|accessdate=April 2, 2011}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/07/problem-with-bessie.html|title=Wild About Harry|accessdate=April 15, 2018}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/01/bess-and-frozen-man.html|title=Bess and the frozen man|accessdate=January 23, 2011}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Inwood Resident Discovers the Magic of Inwood Manhattan |url=https://inwoodmanhattan.com/inwood-resident-discovers-the-magic-of-inwood-manhattan/ |website=Inwood Manhattan |accessdate=24 February 2019}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Harry Houdini|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774270,00.html|quote=The late, great prestidigitator Harry Houdini, famed foe of phony mediums, and his wife Beatrice agreed before his death to try to get in touch with each other afterwards. Gravely ill last week in Hollywood, his widow announced that she had not only given up trying but had her doubts about the existence of a hereafter. She had held seances every year for ten years, unsuccessfully. "Ten years," observed patient Mrs. Houdini last week, "is long enough to wait for any man."|work=TIME|date=February 15, 1943|accessdate=2008-07-31}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://blueridgegazette.blogspot.com/2006/05/houdini-museum.html|title=Houdini Museum|accessdate=January 22, 2011}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=TNSJournal|first=Michael|last=Williams|accessdate = October 29, 2014|url=http://tnsjournal.com/culture/annual-houdini-seance-held-halloween}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2013/09/audio-marie-hinson-remembers-death-of.html|title=AUDIO: Marie Hinson remembers the death of her sister Bess Houdini=September 2, 2013}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Death of Bess Houdini|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774340,00.html|quote=Beatrice Rahner Houdini, 67, widow of Prestidigitator Harry Houdini, famed escape artist, exposer of phony mediums; of a heart ailment; in Needles, Calif., aboard an eastbound train from Los Angeles|work=TIME|date=February 22, 1943|accessdate=2008-07-31}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Mrs. Harry Houdini. For Ten Years Tried to Hear From Him From Spirit World. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/02/12/archives/mrs-harr-houdini-widow-of-magician-for-ten-years-triedto-hear-from.html|quote=Mrs. Harry Houdini, widow of the magician, died tonight aboard a train taking her to New York. Her age was 67.|work=The New York Times|date=February 12, 1943|accessdate=2008-07-31}} 13. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/04/when-madame-houdini-spoke.html |title = When Madame Houdini spoke|accessdate = April 12, 2011}} 14. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/01/women-who-have-played-bess.html |title = The women who have played Bess|accessdate = January 23, 2011}} 15. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2013/06/uk-houdini-play-announces-full-cast.html |title = UK HOUDINI play announces full cast|accessdate = June 26, 2013}} 16. ^{{Cite web|url = http://irishpost.co.uk/interview-harry-potter-star-evanna-lynch/|title = Interview: Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch on becoming Harry Houdini's wife|accessdate = January 24, 2016}} External links{{Portal|Biography}}
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