!!!Heesters, Johannes Jopie

b. Amersfort (The Netherlands), Dec. 5, 1903, actor and singer. 
Trained as an actor and singer in Amsterdam; first minor speaking 
parts in the Netherlands and Belgium, later tenor in operettas, 1934 
debut at the Volksoper in Vienna, from 1935 in Berlin; 1935 debut as 
film actor, numerous roles in UFA-Productions (famous film studio in 
Germany); also as an Austrian citizen many film and stage engagements 
(Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna); especially parts in musical 
theatre (Honore in the musical "Gigi", Count Danilo in "The Merry 
Widow" by F. Lehár); numerous awards. 1982 the Theater an der 
Wien created the "J. H. Ring" to be conferred to outstanding 
representatives in the field of light entertainment, he was the first 
to gain this award. 1984 honorary member of the Volksoper in Vienna.

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Work: Ich bin Gott sei Dank nicht mehr jung, 1993 (autobiography).

!Literature
I. Dombrowski and R. Borchert, J. H., 1993.


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