- Legendary German singer and cabaret artist, best known for collaborating with Karl Valentin in over 400 sketches and movies.
- A fountain on the Viktualienmarkt in the center of Munich is dedicated to her.
- After she had invested her savings in a project of Karl Valentin, which led into their bankruptcy, she was hospitalized due to mental problems for a while.
- In 1956, appeared with Beppo Brem in the first commercial of German television, produced by Henkel for their washing powder Persil. During 1956, several commercials for this product were produced with sketch-like plots, all starring the Bavarian acting duo.
- Daughter of a baker of Italian ancestry.
- Was given her showbiz name by Karl Valentin.
- Famous for her comedic improvisations.
- She earned her first money as a saleslady.
- Rudolf Bach described the comedian duo as follow: "Liesl is tender, good-natured, superior, always the normal opposite part, so to speak the Sancho Panso to Valentin-Don Quicotte".
- Liesl Karlstadt decided in 1930 to take acting lessons; her first theater appearance was in the play "Sturm im Wasserglas". But her popularity was still based on her entrances with Karl Valentin.
- At the age of 17 she went to the theater and to the cabaret.
- The year 1911 was the most important one for Liesl Karlstadt. Karl Valentin met her at the "Frankfurter Hof" and they were engaged together for the Simplizissimus cabaret. The two were very curious and plumbed all possibilities of the motioned pictures. In 1912 they already appeared in a movie for the first time called "Karl Valentins Hochzeit".
- When Karl Valentin lost the whole fortune of Liesl Karlstadt because of a museum project, the outwardly always cheerful acting Liesl didn't see another way out than to plunge into the Isar.
- Liesl Karlstadt was able to maintain her popularity after Karl Valentin's death. She played more often at the theater. Also her engagements for the film increased.
- She had a good command of instruments and was soon employed in different small roles which banked on her musical talent.
- Liesl Karlstadt put herself into service for Karl Valentin and submitted to him. Many of her written comedies passed the laugher to him deliberately.
- Karl Valentin saw the comical talent of the young Liesl Karlstadt and engaged her as his partner. The two had great successes and although many of their famous comedies came from the creativity of Liesl Karlstadt, she nearly was noticed by the public. However Karl Valentin's fame grew unlimited.
- Liesl Karlstadt died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen because of a cerebral hemorrhage.
- Her modesty came from her origin. She was one of nine siblings and grew up in simple circumstances.
- After a failed attempted suicide she was send to a clinic where she recovered again.
- The public didn't notice how difficult it was for Liesl Karlstadt to live with Karl Valentin. Valentin had a tendency to be a hypochondriac.
- The actress Liesl Karlstadt was born as Elisabeth Wellano in Munich. She had an immense success with star comedian Karl Valentin (1882-1948), and they went down in history as a inseparable duo which looks for the likes of them.
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