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[[Dell O'Dell]] (October 20, 1902 - February 5, 1962) was born Dell Newton in Kansas.  Dell was a pioneer female magician earning the title of the "World's Leading Lady Magician" and "Queen of Magic."
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[[Dell O'Dell]] (October 20, 1902 - February 5, 1962) was born Dell (or Nell) Newton in Kansas.  Dell was a pioneer female magician earning the title of the "World's Leading Lady Magician" and "Queen of Magic."
  
 
She married juggler [[Charles Carrer]], who managed and made most of the magical apparatus for her shows. She and Charles established homes in New York, Florida and California.  
 
She married juggler [[Charles Carrer]], who managed and made most of the magical apparatus for her shows. She and Charles established homes in New York, Florida and California.  

Revision as of 20:38, 16 July 2008

Dell O'Dell (October 20, 1902 - February 5, 1962) was born Dell (or Nell) Newton in Kansas. Dell was a pioneer female magician earning the title of the "World's Leading Lady Magician" and "Queen of Magic."

She married juggler Charles Carrer, who managed and made most of the magical apparatus for her shows. She and Charles established homes in New York, Florida and California.

In the 1950s, she had a magic show on TV, which may have been one of the first magicians on TV and to have a regularly scheduled show.

She wrote the column "Dell-lightfully" for the Linking Ring.

Dell was know to pay writers for her special rhyming patter. Some printed in Genii magazine.


Her Stamp Album presentation was published in Tarbell Course in Magic Volume 4.