Ellis Kaut was born on November 17, 1920 in Stuttgart, Germany as Elisabeth Kaut. She was a writer, known for Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl (1982), Pumuckls Abenteuer (1999) and Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl (1982). She was married to Kurt Preis. She died on September 24, 2015 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.