Julius Witt
Julius Witt ( January 9, 1835 in Koenigsberg - December 13, 1879 in San Francisco ) was a German theater actor and director .
Life
Witt, the son of a master baker and councilor, was an extraordinarily popular comedian, whose splendid humor and drastic characterization skills earned him many admirers. He also worked as a director in Aachen, Cologne and Breslau and, after having worked for six years at the Germaniatheater in New York, took an engagement in San Francisco, where he also died on December 13, 1879.
He was married to Fanny Heuser , daughter of Ludwig Heuser . His children were Karl , Hermine and Lotte Witt . Julius Straßmann , Hermione's husband, was his son-in-law. All of the above were also stage actors.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1135, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witt, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1879 |
| Place of death | San Francisco |