Suzy Wandas – Old School Female Manipulator
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Suzy Wandas (1896 – July 12, 1986) was born Jean Van Dyk in Belgium to magicians Charles and Elizabeth Van Dyk. She became part of the act as a child, walking the slack rope and playing the violin while dancing as Miss White Flower.
She was inspired after seeing Talma doing manipulation magic to take up magic and was doing a card and coins manipulation act by the age of 14. She became one of the best at manipulation magic.
After her farther passed away, her brother Louis was added to the act and they started performing as The Three Wandas. She chose a stage name “Suzy” from the popular song of the day If You Knew Suzy.
After her brother Louis was injured in World War I, Susy and her mom kept performing as the Wanda Sisters. When her mom retired in 1936, Suzy continued to perform throughout Europe and later the United States. Susy was able to speak five languages. Her cabaret show included ropes, thimbles, cigarettes, canes, silks, coins, the Miser’s Dream, card fans, and a routine with eight linking rings. She was billed as Suzy Wandas, the Lady with the Fairy Fingers.
Watch above, as Suzy performs card manipulations at Abbott’s 1961 magic convention and in home movies from 1962. Visit the Miracle Factory Site to learn more about Suzy Wandas: The Lady with the Fairy Fingers.
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March 5th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I get that you’re using magician’s terminology, but it’s very misleading on a blog mostly about cardistry. ‘Old school female magician’ would be more descriptive and would’ve kept me from clicking.
What a waste of time. :(
March 5th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
MM… Try watching video maybe? =
March 5th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Nothing to see here folks just a dead box jumper.
She did nothing any decent male magician didn’t do 10x better.
March 6th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
bad video, sorry
March 6th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
it’s good to get a little bit of history, even though it IS a little bit. ;D
March 7th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
she live for 100 yrs
March 12th, 2010 at 12:41 am
Lol, she was manipulating cards before it was popularised. i think that deserves a praise or two.
March 22nd, 2010 at 10:52 pm
before it was popularized at what point was it not popular? some of the first videos and magazine covers were of card manipulators?
June 5th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Using an Internet search engine or asking your local librarian for information about support for schools in you local area can help immensly. That is indeed how I stumbled across your Suzy Wandas – Old School Female Manipulator | .thecuso | Learn magic tricks, card flourishes and cardistry site.
June 6th, 2010 at 5:27 am
Thank you for sharing this awesome track ;)