Louisa Ghijs

Louisa Ghijs
Louisa Ghijs and her husband Johannes Heesters in 1928.
Born	Ludovica Ghijs March 19, 1902 Brussels, Belgium
Died	July 18, 1985 (aged 83) Bavaria, Germany
Other names	Wiesje Ghijs
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1914–1935
Spouse(s)	Johannes Heesters (1930–1985)
Children	Wiesje Heesters (b. 1931) Nicole Heesters (b. 1937)

Ludovica "Louisa" Ghijs (March 19, 1902 – July 18, 1985) was a Belgian stage actress. She was married to Dutch actor and centenarian Johannes Heesters. Louisa Ghijs met Heesters in 1928, they married in 1930 and had two daughters Wiesje (1931), nowadays a pianist in Vienna, and Nicole (1937) who became an actress. One of her grandchildren is also an actress: Saskia Fischer (born 1966). In 1935, she played in her last movie, De vier Mullers, alongside her husband.

In 1985, Ghijs died.

Louisa Ghijs was the inspiration for Wiske ("Suzy") in the Belgian comic series Suske en Wiske (English: Spike and Suzy).^[1]

References

1. Van Hooydonck, Peter (1994). Biografie Willy Vandersteen. De Bruegel van het beeldverhaal (in Dutch) (2nd ed.). Antwerpen: Standaard Uitgeverij. pp. 9–10. ISBN 90-02-19500-1.