Harry and Bess married in 1894, remaining partners for the rest of their careers. His replacement was lovely assistant Wilhelmina Beatrice "Bess" Rahner (1876-1943). Though it was probably Theodore who had the idea of incorporating escape acts into their performances. His early partnership with his brother Theodore Weiss (stage name Theodore Hardeen, 1876-1945) was not particularly successful either. Or at least not on the level of, for example, the levitating girl of Harry Kellar or the bullet catch of Alexander Herrmann (1844-1896).
He focused his efforts in "traditional card tricks", material which wasn't visually impressive. The early phase of Houdini's career was largely undistinguished. He decided to add to his stage name as a homage to Harry Kellar (1849-1922), arguably the most famous American stage magician of the time. Ehrich had used the first name Harry as a nick-name for a while. The last name was directly inspired by Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871), a highly influential French stage magician. Ehrich started his stage magician career in 1891. The Weiss family moved from Appleton to New York City c. In 1883, Ehrich made his first stage performance as a 9-year-old trapeze artist.
They gained American citizenship in 1882. Houdini would later misremember Appleton as his birthplace.
The combined family settled in Appleton, Wisconsin for a few years. Cecelia sailed for the United States with five of her children, Ehrich included, in 1878. His parents were Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia Steiner. He was born Erik Weisz/Ehrich Weiss (spelling variations) in Budapest. He was also a noted skeptic, noted for his efforts in proving that several supposed instances of supernatural phenomena were actually hoaxes. Harry Houdini (1874-1926) was a Hungarian-American stage magician, escape artist, stunt performer, actor and film producer.
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