Bill & Irene Larsen

£30

William W. (Bill) Larsen and his brother, Milt Larsen, were both in television but had grown up in a family of magicians. Their father was a performing magician and respected Los Angeles defense attorney, William W. Larsen, Sr., and their mother, Geraldine, the early TV pioneer children’s entertainer known as The Magic Lady, published Genii, the Conjurors Magazine, which is still in publication. In 1962, Bill and his brother Milt completed their father’s dream of The Academy of Magical Arts and The Magic Castle. Not long after the Magic Castle opened, Bill married Irene Larsen on November 10, 1963. Irene Larsen (born September 25, 1936) was born in Steuhlingen, Germany near Siegfried Fischbacher (although never met him until years later). Irene’s career in magic started by chance when, in 1965, she attended a magic show in Germany and was asked on stage by magician John Daniel. One year later she arrived in America, married Daniel and became involved with Owen Magic, a manufacturer of magic products. She is the Honorary President for Life for the Academy of Magical Arts and is affectionately known as “Princess Irene, a stage name she was given by her first husband, magician John Daniel. She toured the school circuit with Daniel and after that, with Daniel and Bob Towner. She performed with him on “The Dean Martin Show” with Orson Welles. In later years Irene and Bill become co-editors of Genii magazine.

Magic Hands Poster approx 11 by 17 inches. Signed in black pen. June ‘89.

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