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- Female
- December 1, 1879
- Peter Weissmüller Sr.
- March 21, 1964
When Johnny Weissmuller was born on 2 June 1904, in Szabadfalu, Temes, Hungary, his father, Peter Weissmüller, was 27 and his mother, Elisabeth Kersch, was 24. He married Leona Christoffersen on 28 February 1931, in Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, United States.
- Male
- Maria Gertrude Baumann, Allene Rae Gates
- Swimming Career
- Motion Picture Career
- Personal Life
- Later Years
- Filmography
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When Weissmuller left high school, he worked as a bellhop and elevator operator at the Plaza Hotel in Chicago. At the same time he began training for the Olympic Gameswith swim coach William Bachrach at the Illinois Athletic Club. This is when Johnny developed his revolutionary high riding front crawl stroke. He made his amateur debut on August 6, ...
In 1929, Weissmuller signed a contract with the clothing company BVD to be a model and representative. He traveled throughout the country doing swim shows, handing out leaflets promoting the BVD brand of swimwear, giving his autograph and appearing on television talk shows. Also in 1929, Johnny made his first motion picture appearance as an Adonis ...
Johnny Weissmuller enjoyed close friendships with a number of other Hollywood leading men such as Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, Raoul Walsh, Forrest Tucker, and John Wayne. The men enjoyed golfingtogether and racing speed boats. Some have referred to this group as the first "Rat Pack." Weissmuller was less lucky in love. He married five times. His ...
In the late 1950s, Weissmuller moved back to Chicago and started a swimming pool company. He also lent his name to other ventures, but did not have success in business. He retired in 1965 and moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was Founding Chairman of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. In 1970, he attended the British Commonwealth Ga...
Glorifying the American Girl(1929) (Paramount) – AdonisCrystal Champions(1929) (Paramount) – HimselfTarzan the Ape Man(1932) (MGM) – TarzanTarzan and His Mate(1934) (MGM) – TarzanFury, David. Johnny Weissmuller, Twice the Hero. Minneapolis: Artist's Press 2000. ISBN 0924556021Packer, Eleanor The Story of Johnny Weissmuller, The Tarzan of the Screen with summaries of the motion pictures, Tarzan, the Ape Man and Tarzan and His Mate?.Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman, 1934 ASIN:...Weismuller, Johnny. Tarzan My Father. Toronto: ECW Press 2002. ISBN 1550225227May 9, 2024 · Genealogy for Elisabeth Kersch (1859 - 1946) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
May 11, 2024 · Elisabeth Kersch: Birthdate: estimated between 1648 and 1708 : Death: Immediate Family: Mother of Johann Gerard Trierweiler. Managed by: Claude Theisen: Last Updated: today
Jan 21, 2024 · January 20, 1984 (79) Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico (pulmonary edema) Place of Burial: Acapulco, Acapulco de Juárez Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico. Immediate Family: Son of Peter Weissmüller and Elisabetha Kersch. Husband of Maria Bauman.
However, the records of St Rochus Church in Freidorf show that Johann, son of Peter Weissmüller and Elizabeth Kersch, was baptized there on 6 May 1904. The passenger manifest of the S.S. Rotterdam , which arrived in New York on 26 January 1905, lists Peter Weissmüller, a 29-year-old laborer, his 24-year-old wife Elisabeth, and seven-month-old ...
