Lucy Millowitsch (8 November 1905 â€" 21 June 1990) was a German
stage-actress, screen star, stage director/producer, theatre
co-owner/manager and dramatist.Later she teamed up with her brother to
run the Cologne Millowitsch Theatre, which became known at the time as
a venue for "popular, low-brow comedies".Lucy Millowitsch was born in
Chemnitz. She was born into a long-established theatrical dynasty.
Michael Millowitsch, her great-great-great grandfather, had created a
successful puppet theatre in Cologne as far back as the late
eighteenth century. Her father was the stage actor and theatre
impresario Peter Wilhelm Millowitsch (1880â€"1945). Her mother, born
Käthe Planck, came originally from Vienna. Her father's younger
sister was the stage and screen performer Cordy Millowitsch. Lucy and
her younger brother Willy Millowitsch were appearing on the stage with
their father from an early age. In 1936, as the German economy
recovered, and after several years without a permanent home for the
family theatre company, their father opened a new theatre at the
"Colonia House" building, a one-time dance hall, in Cologne's Aachener
Straße, where the family theater company enjoyed great public success
over the next few years. Brother and sister formed an effective
on-stage partnership.
stage-actress, screen star, stage director/producer, theatre
co-owner/manager and dramatist.Later she teamed up with her brother to
run the Cologne Millowitsch Theatre, which became known at the time as
a venue for "popular, low-brow comedies".Lucy Millowitsch was born in
Chemnitz. She was born into a long-established theatrical dynasty.
Michael Millowitsch, her great-great-great grandfather, had created a
successful puppet theatre in Cologne as far back as the late
eighteenth century. Her father was the stage actor and theatre
impresario Peter Wilhelm Millowitsch (1880â€"1945). Her mother, born
Käthe Planck, came originally from Vienna. Her father's younger
sister was the stage and screen performer Cordy Millowitsch. Lucy and
her younger brother Willy Millowitsch were appearing on the stage with
their father from an early age. In 1936, as the German economy
recovered, and after several years without a permanent home for the
family theatre company, their father opened a new theatre at the
"Colonia House" building, a one-time dance hall, in Cologne's Aachener
Straße, where the family theater company enjoyed great public success
over the next few years. Brother and sister formed an effective
on-stage partnership.
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