Iwa Wanja


Iwa Wanja was a Bulgarian actress based in Germany. She moved to Berlin to pursue her career, appearing in around thirty German films. Married to Norbert Schultze, German composer, best remembered for having written the melody of the World War II classic Lili Marleen.

Life and career

In 1937, Wanja appeared in the Nazi propaganda film, Urlaub auf Ehrenwort.
Sometime around 1943, she wed German film composer Norbert Arnold Wilhelm Richard Shultze. They had two sons together. During their marriage, she penned the libretti for several of his compositions for the stage.

Selected filmography