Erik Charell

Erik Charell
Born
Erich Karl Löwenberg

(1894-04-08)8 April 1894
Breslau, German Empire
Died15 July 1974(1974-07-15) (aged 80)
Munich, West Germany
Occupation(s)Actor, director

Erich Karl Löwenberg (8 April 1894 – 15 July 1974), known as Erik Charell,[1] was a German theatre and film director, dancer and actor. He is best known as the creator of musical revues and operettas, such as The White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rössl) and The Congress Dances (Der Kongress tanzt).

  1. ^ Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1960, 1963-1974 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.