Answer the following question: Facts: - birth name: kurt walter gotz - death date: 12 september 1960 - birth date: 17 november 1888 - name: curt goetz - nationality: german - birth place: switzerland - occupation: actor , director , writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of curt goetz .
Answer:
curt goetz -lrb- 17 november 1888 -- 12 september 1960 -rrb- , born kurt walter gotz , was a swiss german writer , actor and film director .curt goetz was regarded as one of the most brilliant comedy writers of his time in the german-speaking world .together with his wife valerie von martens he acted in his own plays and also filmed them .he was a distant relative of the irish writer george bernard shaw , with whom he was often compared .