Minna Planer

About

Stage actress best known as the first wife of composer Richard Wagner. 

Before Fame

Wagner met her when he was looking for a place to stay the night and immediately took a liking to her.

Trivia

Many of the details of her relationship with Wagner were revealed in the letters that were inherited by her daughter Nathalie. 

Family Life

She and Richard Wagner escaped from Riga to Paris to avoid his creditors.

Associated With

She ultimately divorced Richard Wagner because she suspected that he was having an affair.