Peter Millowitsch

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Peter Millowitsch on the bench of the Willy Millowitsch memorial, 2014

Peter Millowitsch (born February 1, 1949 in Cologne ) is a German folk actor , playwright and former director of the private Cologne Millowitsch Theater .

biography

The son of the Cologne folk actor and theater entrepreneur Willy Millowitsch (1909-1999) and his wife Gerda Millowitsch (1922-2004), nephew of the popular actress and theater director Lucy Millowitsch (1905-1990), grandson of the actor and theater director Peter Wilhelm Millowitsch (1880-1945) ), Great-nephew of actress and singer Cordy Millowitsch (* 1890) and older brother of actress Mariele Millowitsch (* 1955), took on his first role at the family's Millowitsch Theater at the age of eight . After graduating from high school, he attended an acting school in Hamburg .

In the 1970s he starred in film comedies with Roy Black ( Grün ist die Heide , 1972; Alter Kahn und Junge Liebe , 1973; Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer , 1974) and Rex Gildo ( Our aunt is the last , 1973), but also in socially critical ones Television games, such as in 1973 directed by Herbert Ballmann in stations , 1975 in Die Stadt im Tal by Wolfgang Petersen , and 1978 in an episode of the ARD adventure series Aufachse . From 1975 to 1977 he presented the ZDF children's program Kli-Kla-Klawitter as the successor to Wolfgang Jansen .

Since the 1980s he joined a. a. in the family series In the most beautiful Bilsengrunde (1980), Forstinspektor Buchholz (1989), Heidi and Erni (1990), Die Anrheiner (1998) and Nesthocker - Familie to give away (1999). He was also seen in guest roles in numerous crime series, such as: B. in the European co-production Eurocops (1990), in the RTL productions Die Wache (1994) and SK-Babies (1996), in the Sat.1 series SK Kölsch (1999), the ZDF police series Zwei Profis (2002 ) and again in consequences of ARD crime scene , or even 1991 in the wake misconduct series Commissioner Klefisch determined next to his father, who as a retired Commissioner Hermann-Josef Klefisch in Cologne. In 1978 father and son Millowitsch could also be seen together in the comedy The money is on the screen of Curth Flatow's bank .

From 1993 to 1996, Peter Millowitsch managed the traditional Cologne stage of his family as an equal business partner together with his father. From the 1996/1997 season he became sole managing director and director and continued a. with the slapstick comedy Where are they running? the British Philip King (1904–1979) added new accents. On the disputes with his father about the future theater program, he later said: “In the face of all the differences of opinion and quarrels that exist between us, I respect the achievements of my father, who understandably found it very difficult to get out of the scepter after so many years To give a hand. ”In the Millowitsch Theater, the theater entrepreneur also plays serious roles and performs pieces that do not fit the common cliché of a popular stage.

Millowitsch playing with Ariana Weil and Robert Sertic in Käsch in de Täsch , 2015

In contrast to his father and based on his grandfather and his aunt Lucy, Peter Millowitsch also writes plays himself. Together with Barbara Schöller he wrote z. For example, the Schwank Liebesgrüße aus Nippes (1993), the musical folk piece Der König vom Friesenplatz (1998) and the comedies Ufos üvverm Aldermaat (2000), Klüngel bei Klettenbergs (2001), Et kütt wie et Kütt (2002), Saionara Tante Klara (2003), Taxi to Ehrenfeld (2004), Einmol Prinz zo sin… (2005) and D´r Papst kütt (2006). You know each other, you help each other (2008), When the light goes out in the brothel (2009), Farmer needs sow (2010), For a handful of Flönz (2011), Tanzmariechen XXL (2012), Dat is called camping (2013), Annemie I can't mieh (2014). In October 2015, the author duo brought the Schwank Käsch in de Täsch to the stage of the Millowitsch Volkstheater.

He has also worked as a screenwriter since the late 1990s. Among other things, he wrote the episodes of the birthday specials for his father, together with Jochen Busse and Barbara Scholler some consequences of the WDR - Sitcom And in the basement it ferments (1998) and his co-author several television adaptations of his own plays, including Et kütt like et kütt (2003). He has been married to actress Barbie Millowitsch-Steinhaus since 1981 . Millowitsch is a motorsport fan and drives in his own racing car in the German Endurance Cup .

Radio plays

Web links

Commons : Peter Millowitsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [Home victory for the Millowitsch Theater] , WDR, at home & on the way , March 12, 2003
  2. ↑ “That's really hard work” , Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , September 9, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Millowitsch, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne