![]() ![]() “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. 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. Starting from his childhood, it documented Houdini’s rise to fame and his death-defying acts, and he how got involved with MI5 to work as a spy. ![]() His family moved to Appleton, Wis., from Budapest, Hungary, when he was a toddler, his father securing work as a rabbi. Houdini (2014) In this two-part miniseries by History Channel, Adrien Brody played the part of the legendary illusionist and escape artist, Harry Houdini. “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. ![]() Man who sued Gwyneth Paltrow over ski crash regrets ever filing lawsuit.Randy Bachman offers look at more than 80 of his guitars in Studio Bell exhibit.The actor, who idolized Harry Houdini as a boy, recently spoke with THR about the magician, his. Hugh Jackman reveals new cancer scare, urges people to stop tanning Adrien Brody is stepping into the chains and straitjacket f or History Channel’s Houdini.‘American Idol’ contestant quits show weeks after Katy Perry ‘mom-shaming’ comment Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Kristen Connolly star in the 2-part event, HOUDINI, as seen on HISTORY which follows the world-renowned master of. ![]()
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