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Mino
| Mino | |
 From Linking Ring, Feb 1950 | |
| Born | Mino Nowroji Cooper circa 1881 |
|---|---|
| Died | February 14, 1951 (age 69) Bombay, India |
Mino, the mystic (1881-1951), was a Parsi professional magician starting around 1906. Initially as a society magician, he toured starting in 1906 with a large show throughout India, Burma, S. Africa, and the East.
Biography
Mino was a past president of the Society of Indian Magicians in Bombay.
His wife was his assistant in his shows.[1]
At one time he was an Indian motion picture performer. From 1932 until 1941, he did the leading roles in 25 pictures. Mostly comedies, but also a few straight, serious roles. It was between his motion picture contracts that he did a six-months tour of South Africa with a large illusion show.[2]
In his later life, he was dubbed the "Grand Patriarch of Magic" by the Society of Indian Magicians, before he died in Bombay.[3]
Mino's one daughter, Husn Bano, was a well-known Indian motion picture star and an amateur magicienne. [4]
Eddie Joseph dedicated his book Coin and Money Magic (1942) to Mino.
- Note: Name also spelled "Minoe" and "Minoo" in some publications.
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