She told him that John would be thrilled to know the Handcuff King had slept in his bed. After accepting her offer, he followed her upstairs to her absent son's bedroom. Margery even asked the magician, who admitted he was exhausted, if he wanted to take a nap upstairs rather than retire to the Copley. The exchange between Houdini and the psychic were refreshingly pleasant away from the Charlesgate. After his run-in with Conant, Houdini arrived to inform the Crandons and their guests that all was ready for seance that evening. Here truth is stranger than the fiction.ĭespite the rift, Houdini discovered that Margery rarely made critics feel unwelcome at Lime Street. In the excellent new book, The Witch of Lime Street: Seance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World, author David Jaher reveals that Margery did tempt the magician with what he famously called her "applesauce." But the location of this alleged seduction was not in Houdini's hotel. Unlike some other members of the Scientific American committee who investigated the medium in 1924, Houdini did not stay in the Crandons home at 10 Lime Street.īut it now looks like I owe screenwriter Nicholas Meyer an apology. I pegged this as "False" in my Houdini miniseries fact check, pointing out that Margery did not have the opportunity to mount such a seduction. In last year's Houdini miniseries starring Adrien Brody, there is a scene in which Margery (played by Megan Hobbs) attempts to seduce Houdini in his hotel room. UPDATE: Martyn's credit has now been changed to "Young Woman."
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The series will air next year on ITV Encore (UK), Global TV (Canada), and FOX (U.S.). Houdini & Doyle stars Michael Weston as Houdini and Stephen Mangan as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
She is a distant relative of silent film star Pola Negri. She grew up in Canada where she attended York University and studied improv at The Second City in Toronto. I'm thinking Bo Martyn might be joining the ranks of Angela Clarke, Ruth Gordon, Rita Zohar, Grace Zabriskie, and Eszter Ónodi as our new Mama.īo Martyn was born on the island of Swinoujscie in Poland on September 27, 1986. But why then call her Young Cecilia? This implies there is an Old Cecilia. It's also possible this is just a character named "Cecilia" who has nothing to do with Mrs. For the record, Cecilia Weiss was 32 when she had Ehrich. Now, I know nothing about this role nor the plots of these episodes, but is it possible Martyn is playing the young Cecilia Weiss, Houdini's mother? Maybe she's playing her in flashbacks in a parallel storyline? Or maybe her presence as a young woman is a bit more supernatural in nature (executive producer David Hoselton describes the series as an "Edwardian X-Files"). The series wrapped the first 8 episodes in the UK and will complete the 10-episode series in Southern Ontario.Īccording to IMDb, these last two episodes feature a character named "Young Cecilia" played by 29-year-old actress Bo Martyn. The final two episodes of Houdini & Doyle have begun production in Toronto, Canada.
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