Trenk-Trebitsch, Willy

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Name (Latin)
Trenk-Trebitsch, Willy
Other forms of name
Trebitsch, Willi Trenk-, 1902-1983
Trenk, William, 1902-1983
Trenk, Willie, 1902-1983
Trenk-Trebitsch, Willi, 1902-1983
Trebitsch, Willy Trenk-
Date of birth
1902-03-11
Date of death
1983-09-21
Field of activity
Made-for-TV movies
Motion pictures
Musical theater
Theater
Occupation
Actors
Singers
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 42029051
Wikidata: Q88627
Library of congress: nr 91024754
Sources of Information
  • German Wikipedia, via WWW, November 30, 2021(Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Austrian actor; originally studied music before becoming an actor, debuting in the Deutschen Theater in Prague in 1927; best known for his performance as Mack the Knife from The threepenny opera by Bertolt Brecht, both at its Berlin and Prague premieres (1928) and on the first recording of the work (1930); fled to France in 1938, and then to the United States in 1940, where he worked in theater as well as supporting roles in films; returned to Germany in 1952)
  • I'll be yours, 1947, 2017:title frame (William Trenk, cast member)
  • IMDb, November 30, 2021(Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, actor; born March 11, 1902, in Vienna, Austria; active in motion pictures, 1930s-1970s; credits from the mid-1940s are for English-language films under the listed name William Trenk, although most credits are for German-language films and made-for-TV movies; name also given as Willi Trenk-Trebitsch, Willie Trenk; also directed TV movies in the 1960s; died September 21, 1983, in West Berlin, Germany)
  • Weill, K. Die Dreigroschenoper [SR] c1982, p1958:label (Willy Trenk-Trebitsch)