Louisa Ghijs
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Ludovica "Louisa" Ghijs (March 19, 1902 - July 18, 1985) was a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 stage
Stage (theatre)
In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...

 actress. She was married to Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 actor and centenarian Johannes Heesters
Johannes Heesters
Johan Marius Nicolaas "Johannes" Heesters is a Dutch actor, singer and entertainer with a -year career, almost exclusively in the German-speaking world. In Germany and Austria, Heesters is mainly known for his acting career...

. Ghijs met Heesters in 1928, they married in 1930 and had two daughters Wiesje (1931) and Nicole
Nicole Heesters
Nicole Heesters is a German actress. Nicole comes from a family of actors; her parents are Johannes Heesters a Dutch-German actor and Louise Ghijs a Belgian stage actress. Her husband was movie director Pit Fischer and one of her children, daughter Saskia Fischer, is also an actress. Nicole's...

 (1937).
In 1935, she played in her last movie, De vier Mullers
De Vier Mullers
De Vier Mullers is a 1934 Dutch film directed by Rudolf Meinert.-Cast:*Adolf Bouwmeester*Wiske Ghijs*Johannes Heesters*Johan Kaart*Tilly Perin-Bouwmeester*Jacques Van Bylevelt *Gusta Chrispijn-Mulder*Minny Erfmann...

, alongside her husband.

In 1985, Ghijs died. Wiesje is nowadays a pianist in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 and Nicole is an actress. One of her grandchildren is also an actress; Saskia Fischer
Saskia Fischer
Saskia Fischer is a German actress who began her career in 1991.She is the daughter of Nicole Heesters and the granddaughter of famous actors Johannes Heesters and Louisa Ghijs.- Filmography :* 1991: Altes Herz wieder jung...

 (born 1966).
Louisa Ghijs was the inspiration of Suzy from the Belgian comic series Spike and Suzy
Spike and Suzy
Spike and Suzy, the British title for Suske en Wiske in Dutch, is a comics series created by the Belgian comics author Willy Vandersteen. The strip is known as Bob et Bobette in French and Willy and Wanda in the U.S. It was first published in De Nieuwe Standaard in 1945 and soon became popular...

(Dutch: Suske & Wiske).
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