Dorothy Dietrich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dorothy Dietrich

American magician and escapologist

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1969

Place of Birth: Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: stunt performer, magician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Dorothy Dietrich (born October 31, 1969) is an American stage magician and escapologist, best known as the first and only woman to have performed the bullet catch in her mouth, and the first woman to perform a straitjacket escape while suspended hundreds of feet in the air from a burning rope.
She was the first woman to gain prominence as an escape artist since the days of Houdini, breaking the glass ceiling for women in the field of escapes and magic. The 2006 Columbia Encyclopedia included Dietrich among their "eight most noted magicians of the late 20th century", and entertainment writer Samantha Hart in "The Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2000 Sensational Stars, Star Makers and Legends", called her a "world-class magician" and "one of the world's leading female magicians".
Early on, as a teenager, she already was referred to as "The First Lady of Magic", a reference later copied by others.Dietrich, often called the female Houdini, has duplicated many of Houdini's original escapes, and has gone one step further by doing the Jinxed Bullet Catch Stunt – the one that Houdini backed away from.