Occupation musician Known for yodelling | Name Maria Hellwig | |
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Albums Advent in der Wernesgruner Musikantenschenke Similar People Margot Hellwig, Margot Werner, Florian Silbereisen, Willy Millowitsch, Otto Waalkes | ||
Maria Hellwig und die Max Greger Band
Maria Hellwig (22 February 1920 – 26 November 2010) was a German yodeler, popular performer of volkstümliche Musik (Alpine folk music), and television presenter.
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- Maria Hellwig und die Max Greger Band
- Berchtesgadener und m nsterland ber neuharlingersiel maria hellwig volksmusik
- Life
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Berchtesgadener und m nsterland ber neuharlingersiel maria hellwig volksmusik
Life
Maria Neumaier was born in 1920 to Heinrich Neumaier, an electrician, and his wife, Maria, in Reit im Winkl, Bavaria, Germany. At the age of five, she performed for the first time at Bauer Theatre in Reit im Winkl. After leaving school, she took an apprenticeship as a shop assistant. In her spare time, she acted in the theatre and took voice lessons.
She married her first husband, Joseph Fischer, a fellow amateur actor, and had their only child, Margot, on 5 July 1941. Fischer died shortly afterwards while fighting in World War II. Maria became almost blind in 1996.
She hosted several music TV-shows in the 1980s and 1990s. On 26 November 2010, she died in Ruhpolding, Bavaria, Germany.
