Maria Hellwig (22 February 1920 – 26 November 2010) was a German yodeler, popular performer of volkstümliche Musik (Alpine folk music), and television presenter.

At the age of five, she performed for the first time at Bauer Theatre in Reit im Winkl.

In her spare time, she acted in the theatre and took voice lessons.

[citation needed] She married her first husband, Joseph Fischer, a fellow amateur actor, and had their only child, Margot, on 5 July 1941.

Fischer died shortly afterwards while fighting in World War II.