Max Hansen (tenor)
Max Hansen (22 December 1897 – 12 November 1961), also known as 'The Little Caruso',[1] was a Danish singer, cabaret artist, actor, and comedian.[2][3]
Biography
Hansen was born Max Josef Haller in
In 1924, Hansen created the tenor role of Baron Kolomán Zsupán in
In 1932, Hansen satirised
In 1951 he returned to Germany and was successful once again singing the role of Leopold the waiter (The White Horse Inn) in Hamburg and at Berlin's Theater am Nollendorfplatz. In 1953 Hansen moved back to Copenhagen, where he died in 1961.
Hansen was married to Austrian actress Lizzi Waldmüller and after 1939 to Britta Hansen. He had four children. His daughter Ann-Mari Max Hansen, born in 1949, and his son Max Hansen Jr., born in 1954, are both actors.
In 2004 the German director Douglas Wolfsperger portrayed Hansen in his documentary "War'n Sie schon mal in mich verliebt?"[9]
Filmography
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References
- ^ cyranos.ch
- ^ Biographie (Danish) Archived 22 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hansen's grave at Copenhagen
- ^ "filmportal.de". Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
- ^ steffi-line.de
- ^ "filmportal.de (extended page)". Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
- ^ Clarke, Kevin (14 April 2018). "Message in a Bottle? YouTube As Global Popular Home-Archive For Operetta". Operetta Research Center. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ Neue Freie Presse, 9 March 1938
- ^ "filmportal.de". Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
External links
- Max Hansen at IMDb
- Reto Caluori (2005). "Max Hansen". In Andreas Kotte (ed.). OCLC 62309181.
- Max Hansen at cyranos.ch
- Pictures of Hansen at Virtual-history.com, accessed 24 June 2011