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Bess Houdini

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The Resume

    (January 22, 1876-February 11, 1943)
    Born in Brooklyn, New York
    Birth name was Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner
    Wife and stage assistant of magician Harry Houdini

Why she might be annoying:

    Her Catholic family would not allow her to be buried with her husband.
    She initially dated Harry's brother before she and Harry fell in love.
    After her husband's death, she performed her own vaudeville act.
    She held a number of seances in order to try and contact her husband's spirit.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She had a medical condition that prevented her from having children.
    She has been portrayed in films by Janet Leigh and Sally Struthers.
    She suffered a fatal heart attack on board a train.

Credit: Jack Magic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 26 Votes: 3.85% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 36 Votes: 80.56% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying