Written by Nicholas Meyer and executive produced by the TV veteran Gerald W. When audiences tired of the novelty he moved on to increasingly dangerous feats - plunging off bridges into icy water, for instance. After early struggles, he found success in the U.S. “What he overcame, being an impoverished Jew in the time of greater anti-Semitism and Eastern European coming to the United States to become the most revered, iconic American performer and what he represented for America is the epitome of American success story,” said Brody.Born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, before immigrating with his family to Appleton, Wis., the boy who would become Harry Houdini was not a simple figure, in love with illusions and attention equally and willing to undertake risky acts to pursue them both. Shortly afterward he married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner - known on stage as his assistant Bess - played by House of Cards actress Kristen Connolly in the miniseries. Growing up in poverty, Houdini took odd jobs like shoe-shining as a child to help support the family and at 17 began his career as a magician. His family moved to Appleton, Wis., from Budapest, Hungary, when he was a toddler, his father securing work as a rabbi. “He had the most relentless personality and he overcame tremendous failure as well and hardship,” the 41-year-old actor said from Los Angeles.īorn Ehrich Weiss in 1874, he took the name Harry Houdini as a tribute to the French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. Back on track: Céline Dion releases first new song since diagnosis.Drake Bell, star of ‘Drake & Josh,’ found after he was reported ‘missing and endangered’.Are Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson brothers? They think it’s possible.punishing foreign musicians with higher visa fees? This is going to hurt
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