Willy Fritsch

Willy Fritsch

German actor
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Willy Fritsch (27 January 1901 – 13 July 1973) was a German theater and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s.

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Willy Fritsch was born on Sunday, 27 January 1901 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Poland]. His full name at birth was Wilhelm Anton Frohs. He was best known as an actor. Fritsch's country of citizenship (nationality) was German. He died on Friday, 13 July 1973 in Hamburg, Germany at the age of 72. He had dark brown hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Aquarius.

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Wilhelm Anton Frohs
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Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Poland]
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13 July 1973
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Hamburg, Germany
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  • Fist man to record Lili Marlene (Lili Marleen) in Germany.
  • Father of Thomas Fritsch.

Willy Fritsch is known for his role in the film Inglourious Basterds (2009) as performer: "Ich wollt ich waer ein Huhn".

He is also known for his role in the TV movie documentary Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands (2004) as No. 326 (in "Spione") / Wolf Helius (in "Frau im Mond").

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