Kowa, Victor de |
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BORN 8 Mar 1904, Hochkirch, Sachsen (near Görlitz) - DIED 8 Apr 1973, Berlin (West) REAL NAME Kowallczyk, Victor Paul Karl GRAVE LOCATION Berlin: Friedhof Heerstrasse, Trahkener Allee 1, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (Feld 16-G-29 (Ehrengrab)) |
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Viktor de Kowa was educated at the Art Academy in Dresden. He
took acting lessons with Erich Ponto and debuted in 1922 at
the Dresdner Staatstheater. He worked in Lübeck, Frankfurt am
Main and Hamburg before he went to Berlin. There he was engaged
at the Volksbühne, the Deutsches Theater and from 1935 at the
Staatstheater. In 1926 he married the actress Ursula Grabley, but they divorced. He liked Brigitte Horney, but after he asked her to meet for breakfast he added that he only loved Louise Ullrich. In 1939 he married the Japanese actress Michiko Tanaka. He continued his acting during the war, but his pacifism resulted in trouble with the authorities. After the war he immediately received a working permit and he became the manager of the Berliner Tribüne. His last part in a movie was Ravenhurst in "Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand" (1966). Family • Wife: Tanaka, Michiko Related persons • cooperated with Horn, Camilla • cooperated with Markus, Winnie Sources • Baedeker Berlin, Baedeker Verlag, Stuttgart, 1994 • Hammer, Klaus, Historische Friedhöfe & Grabmäler in Berlin, Stattbuch Verlag, Berlin, 1994 • mmhg.de |
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 The grave of Victor de Kowa and Michiko Tanaka at Friedhof Heerstrasse, Berlin. Picture by androom (25 Aug 2006) |
 The grave of Victor de Kowa and Michiko Tanaka at Friedhof Heerstrasse, Berlin. Picture by androom (25 Aug 2006) |
 Viktor de Kowa. (1933-1934) Picture by Atelier Binder, Berlin phot. |
