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Louisa Ghijs
1985Jul, 18

Louisa Ghijs

Louisa Ghijs, Belgian-German actress (b. 1902)
Ludovica "Louisa" Ghijs (19 March 1902 – 18 July 1985) was a Belgian 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 (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.

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  • 25May

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  • 6Jun

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