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Louise Ghijs
Ludovica "Louisa" Ghijs (19 March 1902 – 18 July 1985) was a Belgian Stage (theatre), stage actress. She was married to Dutch-German actor Johannes Heesters. Ghijs met Heesters in 1928, they married in 1930, and had two daughters Wiesje (1931), nowadays a pianist in Vienna, and Nicole Heesters, Nicole (1937) who became an actress. One of her grandchildren is also an actress: Saskia Fischer (born 1966). In 1935, she played in her last movie, ''De vier Mullers'', alongside her husband. She died in Bavaria, Germany. Popular culture Ghijs was the inspiration for Wiske ("Suzy") in the Belgian comic series ''Suske en Wiske'' (English: ''Spike and Suzy''). References 1902 births 1985 deaths Belgian stage actresses Belgian musical theatre actresses Actresses from Brussels 20th-century Belgian actresses {{Belgium-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Heesters
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011), known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a career dating back to the 1920s. He worked as an actor until his death and was one of the oldest performing entertainers in history, performing shortly before his death at the age of 108. Heesters was almost exclusively active in the German-speaking world from the mid-1930s and became a film star in Nazi Germany, which later led to controversy in his native country. He was able to maintain his popularity in Germany in the decades until his death. Early life Heesters was born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, the youngest of four sons. His father Jacobus Heesters (1865–1946) was a salesman and his mother Geertruida Jacoba van den Heuvel (1866–1951), a homemaker. Heesters was fluent in German from an early age, having lived for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
