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Louisa Ghijs and her future husband Johannes Heesters in 1928.
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Born |
Ludovica Ghijs March 19, 1902 Brussels, Belgium |
Died | July 18, 1985 Bavaria, Germany |
(aged 83)
Other names | Wiesje Ghijs |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1914–1935 |
Spouse(s) | Johannes Heesters (1930–1985) |
Children | Wiesje Heesters (b. 1931) Nicole Heesters (b. 1937) |
Ludovica "Louisa" Ghijs (March 19, 1902 – July 18, 1985) was a Belgian stage actress. She was married to Dutch actor and centenarian Johannes Heesters. Louisa 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.
Louisa Ghijs was the inspiration for Wiske ("Suzy") in the Belgian comic series Suske en Wiske (English: Spike and Suzy).