Louisa Ghijs

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Ludovica "Louisa" Ghijs (19 March 1902 – 18 July 1985) was a Belgian stage actress. She was married to Dutch-German actor Johannes Heesters.

Louisa Ghijs
Ghijs and her future husband Johannes Heesters in 1928
Born
Ludovica Ghijs

(1902-03-19)19 March 1902
Brussels, Belgium
Died18 July 1985(1985-07-18) (aged 83)
Bavaria, Germany
Other namesWiesje Ghijs
OccupationActress
Years active1914–1935
Spouse
(m. 1930)
ChildrenWiesje Heesters (b. 1931)
Nicole Heesters (b. 1937)

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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Ghijs was the inspiration for Wiske ("Suzy") in the Belgian comic series Suske en Wiske (English: Spike and Suzy).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Van Hooydonck, Peter (1994). Biografie Willy Vandersteen. De Bruegel van het beeldverhaal (in Dutch) (2nd ed.). Antwerpen: Standaard Uitgeverij. pp. 9–10. ISBN 90-02-19500-1.