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- Willy Millowitsch was born on January 8, 1909 in Cologne, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Das Paradies der flotten Sünder (1968) and Der Etappenhase (1956). He was married to Gerda Feldhoff and Linny Lüttgen. He died on September 20, 1999 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- SpousesGerda Feldhoff(September 28, 1946 - September 20, 1999) (his death, 4 children)Linny Lüttgen(1939 - ?) (divorced)
- Children
- Internationally known for his single line in National Lampoon's National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) : "Wer zum Teufel waren die Leute?" (Who the devil were those people?).
- Very popular actor in his home town Cologne, which erected a monument in his honor during his lifetime and named a square near his theater the Willy-Millowitsch-Platz.
- Son of Wilhelm Millowitsch Sr. and Käthe Planck, father of Katarina Millowitsch, Peter Millowitsch, Susanne Millowitsch and Mariele Millowitsch, father-in-law of Barbie Millowitsch-Steinhaus, brother of Lucy Millowitsch.
- Honorary citizen of Cologne (17 November 1988)
- After taking over the "Volkstheater Millowitsch", where plays in Cologne dialect have been shown, from his father in 1940, he was its director until 1996.
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