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- Birth nameWilhelmine Johanna Winter
- Johanna Terwin was born on March 18, 1884 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. She was an actress, known for Pique Dame (1918), Sodoms Ende (1913) and Harvest (1936). She was married to Alexander Moissi. She died on January 4, 1962 in Zurich, Switzerland.
- SpouseAlexander Moissi(December 16, 1919 - March 22, 1935) (his death)
- The actress Johanna Terwin had her most active time for the film in the 10's.
- After 1918 she retired from the film and devoted completely to the theater. Only in the 30's she took part again in movies.
- She made her debut in 1904 at the Passau City Theatre, followed by stage appearances in Zurich and Munich.
- She played leading roles in Max Reinhardt's Sumurun (title role, 1911), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet, 1912), Hamlet (Ophelia, 1912), George Bernard Shaw's Doctor at the Crossroads (1912), Spring Awakening (1913), Ghosts (1914), Minna von Barnhelm (1914), and many other plays. During this time, she also appeared in various silent films, including alongside Alexander Moissi, who became her husband in Berlin in December 1919.
- After 15 years of absence, she appeared again in Berlin in 1957 in the role of a cocotte in Gigi at the Renaissance Theater.
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