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Johannes Heesters
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Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)
Johannes Heesters was a Dutch actor, singer, and entertainer who had a long career spanning most of the 20th century, living from 1903 to 2011. He is notable as a prominent figure in European entertainment during the 20th century, though his legacy remains complex due to his activities during World War II.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1903
- Works
- 3
Top works
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1903-12-05
- Active to
- 2011-12-24
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,850
- Total plays
- 49,285
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Johan Marius Nicolaas "Johannes" Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011) was a Dutch actor, singer, and entertainer with a career dating back to 1921. Active almost exclusively in the German-speaking world from the mid-1930s, he was a controversial figure for his actions during the Second World War and alleged support for the Nazi Party. Heesters was born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, the youngest of four sons. His father Jacobus Heesters (1865–1946) was a salesman and his mother Geertruida
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,894x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,548x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,233x
- Fast, scalable generation of high‐quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega
· 2011 · cited 14,502x
- LINCS: A linear constraint solver for molecular simulations
· 1997 · cited 14,355x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1903-12-05 ) 5 December 1903, Amersfoort , Netherlands
- Died
- 24 December 2011 (2011-12-24) (aged 108), Starnberg , Germany
- Resting place
- Nordfriedhof , Munich , Germany
- Occupations
- Actor singer
- Years active
- 1921–2011
- Spouses
- Louisa Ghijs ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1930 ; died 1985 ) Simone Rethel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 )
- Children
- Wiesje Heesters (born 1931) Nicole Heesters (born 1937)
- Website
- www .johannes-heesters .de
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Encyclopedic overview
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011), known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch-German actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a career dating back to the 1920s. He worked as an actor until his death and is one of the oldest performing entertainers in history, performing shortly before his death at the age of 108. Heesters was almost exclusively active in the German-speaking world from the mid-1930s and became a film star in Nazi Germany, which later led to controversy in his native country. He was able to maintain his popularity in Germany in the decades until his death.
Early life
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