Ludovica "Louisa" Ghijs (19 March 1902 – 18 July 1985) was a Belgian

stage Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * Sta ...

actress. She was married to Dutch-German actor

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 stag ...

. Ghijs met Heesters in 1928, they married in 1930, and had two daughters Wiesje (1931), nowadays a pianist in

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, and

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(1937) who became an actress. One of her grandchildren is also an actress:

Saskia Fischer Saskia Fischer (born 1966) is a German actress who began her career in 1991. She is the daughter of Nicole Heesters and the granddaughter of famous actors Johannes Heesters and Louisa Ghijs. Fischer has lived since 2002 with actor Mario Ramos i ...

(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 Wiske (English: Wanda, Suzy, Bobette, Lucy) is one of the main characters in the popular Belgian comic strip ''Suske en Wiske'' by Willy Vandersteen. She is the girl of the duo. Together with Lambik she is one of the most popular characters in t ...

("Suzy") in the Belgian comic series ''

Suske en Wiske Suske (English: Willy, Luke, Bob, Spike) is one of the main characters in the popular Belgian comic strip ''Suske en Wiske'' by Willy Vandersteen. He is the boy of the duo. History When Willy Vandersteen created his first adventure story with t ...

'' (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