Simon David (19 December 1883 â€" 1 July 1939) better known as Louis
Davids was a Dutch cabaretier and revueartist and is widely considered
one of the Netherlands biggest names in performing arts.Louis Davids
was born in Rotterdam as son of the comedian and café owner Levie
David and Francina Terveen (deceased in 1927) in a poor Jewish family
of eight children. His parents were performing artists and Louis sang
from the age of eight years at all the state fairs with his brother
Hakkie who played the Piano. Until he was 13 years old he also
performed with his sister Rika in Rotterdam outside of the fair. After
an argument with his father he left for England to be an assistant to
a Magician. Returning to Rotterdam a year later, returning home with a
lot more experience in variety theater. Together with his sister Rika
he managed to secure a job outside of the fair, working at the theater
Pschorr, on Een reisje langs den Rijn and We gaan naar Zandvoort aan
de zee amongst others, him and his sister then moved to Amsterdam to
work with theater director Frits van Haarlem in Carré with plenty
success in creating revues after English fashion. He furthered his
success in revue in 1909 working with Henri ter Hall.After Rika
married English magician John Weil and moved to England she parted
from the successful duo. Louis then formed another duo, after an
unsuccessful attempt at a career as a magician, this time with his
younger sister Henriëtte (Heintje). The second Davids duo was a
success once more. The husband of Heiintje, Philip Pinkhof, wrote the
roles that Davids and his ster would play. Louis Davids Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter