Willy Hagara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Willy Hagara

Austrian actor

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1927

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 15-May-2015

Profession: actor, singer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Willy Hagara

  • Willy Hagara (4 June 1927 – 15 May 2015) was an Austrian schlager pop singer and actor. Born in Vienna, he worked for the Austrian postal service before winning a talent competition in the Vienna Konzerthaus in 1946.
  • Credited at the time as "the best jazz singer in Vienna", he took singing and acting lessons and began a career as a popular baritone singer and entertainer.
  • His song "Casseta in Canada" reached number 3 on the German pop chart in 1958.
  • He made numerous television appearances, and appeared in popular West German films such as Weißer Holunder, Der Haus-Tyrann, and Paprika.He largely gave up his career in entertainment in the late 1960s after the deaths of both his wife and father, from whom he received a large inheritance.
  • He lived quietly in retirement, and made his final public appearance in 2002.
  • He died in 2015, aged 87.

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