Where Was Harry Houdini Born. One of five brothers and one daughter born to rabbi samuel weiss and his wife. Harry houdini was born on march 24, 1874 in budapest, hungary.

He was one of six children and the son of rabbi mayer weisz and his second wife, cecilia steiner. His mother, cecilia weisz (neé steiner), had six children (five boys and one girl) of which houdini was the fourth child. Mailer played houdini in 1999 film cremaster 2 role played of/by pearce, guy (born 5 october 1967).