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- Birth nameKurt Walter Götz
- Curt Goetz was born on November 17, 1888 in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius (1950), Hocuspocus (1953) and Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend (1923). He was married to Valerie von Martens and Erna Nitter. He died on September 12, 1960 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
- SpousesValerie von Martens(December 20, 1923 - December 12, 1960) (his death)Erna Nitter(1912 - 1917) (divorced)
- He wrote his biggest success in 1925, the crime comedy "Hokuspokus".
- Curt Goetz was regarded as one of the most brilliant comedy writers of his time in the German-speaking world.
- His mother remarried, and his stepfather encouraged and financed his first steps in the theatre.
- Curt Goetz began his acting career at the theater where he got first engagements in 1907. From 1911 he also wrote successfully plays which were also filmed in later years.
- In 1939 he went to Hollywood to study film-making. He worked with the director Reinhold Schunzel, among others, and several of his comedies were turned into films.
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