Maria Hellwig

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Maria Hellwig
Born	(1920-02-22)22 February 1920 Reit im Winkl, Germany
Died	26 November 2010(2010-11-26) (aged 90) Ruhpolding, Germany
Occupation	musician
Known for	yodelling
Website
http://www.hellwig-musik.de

Maria Hellwig (22 February 1920 – 26 November 2010) was a German yodeler, popular performer of volkstümliche Musik (Alpine folk music), and television presenter.

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. ^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

References

↑ "Jodelkönigin Maria Hellwig gestorben". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). 27 November 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

External links

Official website (German)
Binder, Susanne (2006). "Geschichte der volkstümlichen Musik im Fernsehen". Der Musikantenstadl: alpine Populärkultur im fremden Blick. p. 40. ISBN 978-3-8258-9802-1.

Persondata
Name	Hellwig, Maria
Alternative names
Short description	Musician
Date of birth	22 February 1920
Place of birth	Reit im Winkl, Bavaria, Germany
Date of death	26 November 2010
Place of death	Ruhpolding, Bavaria, Germany

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