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Johannes Heesters

Actor
Born December 5, 1903Died December 24, 2011 (108 years)
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters professionally known 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. Heesters worked as an actor until his death and is 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.
Known For
  • The Moon Is Blue
  • Das Hofkonzert
  • Opernball
  • Der Bettelstudent
  • Gasparone
  • Die Fledermaus
  • Karneval der Liebe
  • Hello Janine!
  • Es lebe die Liebe
  • My Husband's Getting Married Today
  • You Only You
  • Im Weissen Rössl
  • Die Csardasfürstin
  • Frech und verliebt
  • Stage Free for Marika
  • Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox
  • Illusion
  • Junge Leute brauchen Liebe
  • Rosen in Tirol
  • It All Started So Gaily
  • Jenny und der Herr im Frack
  • Hab' ich nur deine Liebe
  • Professor Nachtfalter
  • Nanon

Filmography

2018
2011
Ten · as Mr. Peterson
2008
1998
In aller Freundschaft (TV Series) · as Prof. Dr. Junghans
1997
alphateam (TV Series) · as Weck
1995
1994
Zwei alte Hasen (TV Series) · as Jan Van Houten
1989
Zwei Münchner in Hamburg (TV Series) · as Konsul Thaddäus Van Daalen
1984
Holly - The Movie · as Clochard
1973
Hallo - Hotel Sacher... Portier! (TV Series) · as Marinus De Ryder
1972
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (TV Series) · as Georg
1969
The Commissioner (TV Series) · as Eberhard Boszilke
1962
Mein Bruder Jacques · as Jacques
1961
Junge Leute brauchen Liebe · as Charles Fürst
1960
Am grünen Strand der Spree (TV Series) · as Graf Chiaroscuro
1958
Stage Free for Marika · as Michael Normann
1956
Opernball · as Georg Dannhauser
1956
1955
Adventure in Rio · as Don Felipe
1955
Bel-Ami Der Frauenheld von Paris · as Georges Duroy Genannt Bel Ami
1955
Bel Ami · as Georges Duroy Genannt Bel Ami
1955
1953
Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach · as David Slader
1953
Hab' ich nur deine Liebe · as Franz Von Suppé
1953
The Divorcée · as Karel
1953
The Moon Is Blue · as Tourist (uncredited)
1952
Im Weissen Rössl · as Dr. Siedler
1951
Die Csardasfürstin · as Edwin Von Weylersheim
1951
Whirled into Happiness · as Pedro Domingo
1951
Professor Nachtfalter · as Dr. Joachim Wendler
1950
Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies · as Pieter Van Goos
1948
Frech und verliebt · as Peter Schild
1947
Wiener Melodien · as Ferry Van Der Heuvels
1946
Die Fledermaus · as Herbert Eisenstein
1944
Es lebe die Liebe · as Manfred Richter
1944
It All Started So Gaily · as Clemens Verné
1943
Karneval der Liebe · as Tenor Peter Hansen
1943
1941
Illusion · as Stefan Von Holtenau
1941
1941
You Only You · as Will Hollers
1940
Rosen in Tirol · as Graf Herbert Von Waldendorf
1940
Die lustigen Vagabunden · as Werner Schratt, Schauspieler
1940
Liebesschule · as Enrico Villanova, Tenor
1939
Hello Janine! · as Graf René De Batier
1939
Another Experience · as Heinz Van Zeelen
1938
Nanon · as Marquis Charles D'aubigne
1937
Gasparone · as Erminio Bondo
1936
Das Hofkonzert · as Leutnant Walter Von Arnegg
1936
Der Bettelstudent · as Symon Rymanowicz / Herzog Kasimir
1936
Die Leuchter des Kaisers · as Grossfürst Peter Alexandrowitsc
1935
De vier mullers · as Otto Muller
1934
Bleeke Bet · as Ko Monje

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