Willi Forst

Active - 1922 - 1959  |   Born - Apr 7, 1903   |   Died - Aug 11, 1980   |   Genres - Musical, Romance, Drama

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Teutonic actor, filmmaker and screenwriter Willy Forst, born Wilhelm Frohs in Vienna, was a popular star of frothy musicals and operettas in Austria and Germany. Forst made a successful transition to films in the 1920s, became internationally popular during the early 1930s and continued working through the mid-1950s. He began directing in 1933 and frequently collaborated on scripts for his films.

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