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Karl Valentin (Valentin Ludwig Fey) was born on 4 June, 1882 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, is an actor,writer,director. Discover Karl Valentin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Valentin Ludwig Fey
Occupation actor,writer,director
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 4 June, 1882
Birthday 4 June
Birthplace Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Date of death 9 February, 1948
Died Place Planegg, Bavaria, Germany
Nationality Germany

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Karl Valentin Height, Weight & Measurements

At 66 years old, Karl Valentin height is 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) .

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Height 5' 9¼" (1.76 m)
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Who Is Karl Valentin's Wife?

His wife is Gisela Royes (31 July 1911 - 9 February 1948) ( his death) ( 2 children)

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Wife Gisela Royes (31 July 1911 - 9 February 1948) ( his death) ( 2 children)
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Karl Valentin Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Karl Valentin worth at the age of 66 years old? Karl Valentin’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Germany. We have estimated Karl Valentin's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Actor

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1882

Karl Valentin was born on June 4, 1882 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany as Valentin Ludwig Fey.

1897

After the school he learnt the trade of a joiner from 1897.

1899

He already met his future wife Gisela Royes in 1899 who worked as a maid servant in the house of the Fey and they lived together as a couple.

1902

In 1902, he began his comic career, enrolling for three months at a variety school in Munich, under the guidance of Hermann Strebel. His first job as a performer was at the Zeughaus in Nürnberg (Nuremberg).

1906

In the wake of his father's death Valentin took a three-year break from performing during which he constructed his own twenty-piece one-man band (with which he eventually toured in 1906). Valentin also took musical studies, learning the guitar with Heinrich Albert.

1908

His real career began in 1908 when he had first successes as a comedian at the "Frankfurter Hof". There he also met Liesl Karlstadt who became his stage partner in 1911. With her he has an enormous success at the "Simplicissimus".

1911

In 1911 Karl Valentin got married with his long-standing friend Gisela Royes, at that time they already had two children.

1912

Karl Valentin had his great breakthrough as a comedian on the screen in 1912. His first movie was "Karl Valentins Hochzeit" and was a great success. In 1914 followed "Der neue Schreibtisch", but he laid the foundations of his legendary repute with countless appearances for cabarets where he enraptured the audience to enthusiasm.

1920

In the 1920s and 1930s, he became Germany's most popular comedian and cabaret artist, often collaborating with Liesl Karlstadt.

1922

In 1922, Bertolt Brecht, had appeared with Valentin and Karlstadt in a photo of Valentin's spoof of Munich's Oktoberfest.Brecht regularly watched Valentin perform his cabaret routines in Munich's beer-halls, and compared him to Chaplin, not least for his "virtually complete rejection of mimicry and cheap psychology.".

1923

In 1923, Valentin appeared in a half-hour, slapstick film entitled Mysteries of a Barbershop (Mysterien eines Friseursalons).

1934

Karl Valentin inaugurated his "Panoptikum" in 1934 which he had to shut down only 13 months later. Through it his partnership with Liesl Karlstadt went on the rocks because Valentin lost nearly her whole fortune with this project. The outwards always cheerful looking actress didn't have a light life with Karl Valentin because he was a hypochondriac. After all she attempted suicide which fortunately failed.

1936

He was an actor and writer, known for Donner, Blitz und Sonnenschein (1936), Die lustigen Vagabunden (1912) and Der verhexte Scheinwerfer (1934). He was married to Gisela Royes.

1941

The Nazis forbade him to make any more films after 1941 and he was forced to make a living from making and selling wooden utensils.

1948

After performing in a Munich bar in February 1948, he was coincidentally locked in the building and had to spend the night without any protection from the cold. The next day he was found. Karl Valentin caught a cold from that night and died within a few days.

1959

In 1959 based on private initiative the Valentin-Museum was established in the Isartor in Munich. This museum shows absurdities from parts of his legacy.