Vanessa Armstrong

Vanessa Armstrong

Vanessa Armstrong is a freelance culture, history and entertainment writer with bylines at the New York Times, Smithsonian magazine, Atlas Obscura, Travel + Leisure, and many other outlets. You can find more of her work at vfarmstrong.com. 

Dell O'Dell loved the stage as much as she dominated it—no small feat for any magician, much less a “funsational femagician,” as she called herself.

Dell O'Dell's Trailblazing Magic Show Cast a Spell on Early Television Audiences

Rare footage of the woman magician's act captures her magnetic stage presence and range of tricks

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