Ellen Kessler
Alice and Ellen Kessler (born 20 August 1936 in Nerchau, Saxony, Germany) are twin entertainers known in Europe, especially Germany and Italy, from the 1950s and 1960s for their singing, dancing, and acting. They are usually credited as the Kessler Twins (Die Kessler-Zwillinge in Germany and Le Gemelle Kessler in Italy), where they remain popular. The Kessler sisters enjoyed a significant degree of popularity in the US, appearing on national television programs such as The Ed Sullivan Show. The Kesslers made their American television debut on the CBS variety show, The Red Skelton Hour. They also appeared in the 1963 film Sodom and Gomorrah as dancers and were featured on the cover of Life Magazine that same year. Their parents, Paul and Elsa, sent them to ballet classes at the age of six, and they joined the Leipzig Opera's child ballet program at age 11. When they were 18, their parents used a visitor's visa to escape to West Germany, where they performed at the Palladium in Düsseldorf. They performed at The Lido in Paris between 1955 and 1960, where they met Elvis Presley, on leave from the Army on June 17, 1959, and represented West Germany in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in 8th place with Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n (Tonight we want to go dancing). They moved to Italy in 1960 and gradually moved to more serious roles. They became very popular thanks to the RAI television variety show Studio Uno (1961–1966). At the age of 40, they agreed to pose on the cover of the Italian edition of Playboy. That issue became the fastest-selling Italian Playboy to that date. They moved back to Germany in 1986 and live in Grünwald. They have received two awards from both the German and Italian governments for promoting German-Italian cooperation through their work in show business. Source: Article "Kessler Twins" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- 2016 · Ringlstetter as self
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2008 · Heimat - Deine Filme as Self
- 2008 · Markus Lanz as Self
- 2007 · Inas Nacht as Self
- 2007 · Ein Leben wie im Flug as Self
- 2006 · Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! as Self
- 2006 · Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self
- 2005 · Herzlichen Glückwunsch - Die Michael Schanze Jubiläumsgala as Self
- 2005 · Filmlegenden. Deutsch as Self
- 2003 · Johannes Heesters: Eine Legende wird 100 as Self
- 2003 · Menschen bei Maischberger as Self
- 2002 · Ein roter Teppich für.... as Self
- 2001 · Aeschbacher as Self
- 2000 · Menschen der Woche as Self
- 1998 · Alpha Forum as Self
- 1996 · Zimmer frei! as Self
- 1996 · Lukas as Ellen Kessler
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · Lebens-Künstler as Self
- 1995 · Versteckte Kamera as Self
- 1995 · Balko as Ira Adomeit
- 1994 · alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- 1994 · Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen as Self
- 1993 · Auf eigene Gefahr as Lucie Grindel
- 1992 · Riverboat as Self
- 1991 · Boulevard Bio as Self
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1990 · Mini Playback Show as Self
- 1990 · Ein Schloß am Wörthersee as Erika Strassberg
- 1990 · Pssst ... as self
- 1988 · Alles Nichts Oder?! as Self
- 1987 · Nachtcafé as Self
- 1986 · Showgeschichten as Self
- 1984 · Die verflixte 7 as Self
- 1982 · Menschen as Self
- 1982 · Wortwechsel as Self
- 1980 · Heut' abend as Self
- 1979 · Die Pyramide as Self
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1978 · Bio’s Bahnhof as Self
- 1977 · Auf los geht's los as Self
- 1976 · Musik & Gäste as Self
- 1976 · Domenica In as Self
- 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
- 1975 · Treffpunkt Herz as Gast
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self
- 1974 · Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
- 1974 · Die Montagsmaler as Self
- 1973 · Klimbim as Self
- 1973 · 8 x 1 in Noten as Self
- 1972 · Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich? as Self
- 1971 · Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre as Self
- 1971 · Dalli Dalli as Self - Contestant
- 1971 · Dalli Dalli as Self
- 1971 · Die diebischen Zwillinge as Kathy
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Mutter Bemering
- 1969 · Wünsch dir was as Self
- 1969 · Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten as Self
- 1968 · Night-Club as self
- 1968 · Starparade as Self
- 1967 · Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten as Self
- 1966 · Die Caterina-Valente-Show as Self
- 1966 · Playgirl as Self
- 1966 · Continental Showcase as Self
- 1965 · Complexes as Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
- 1964 · Canzoni, bulli e pupe as Self
- 1964 · Dead Woman from Beverly Hills as Tiddy Sister Nr. 1
- 1964 · The Thursday as Self
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1963 · Maskenball bei Scotland Yard as Kessler-Zwillinge
- 1962 · Lieben Sie Show ? as Self - Host
- 1962 · Sodom and Gomorrah as Dancer
- 1962 · Der Vogelhändler as Tänzerin
- 1962 · Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies as Milli
- 1961 · Erik the Conqueror as Daya
- 1961 · Die lachende Dritte as Ellen
- 1961 · Rocco e le sorelle as
- 1961 · Hotel Victoria as Self
- 1960 · Love and the Frenchwoman as L'autre jumelle, un mannequin de publicité (L'Adultère)
- 1960 · The Magician as
- 1959 · Stars in der Manege as Self
- 1959 · Discorama as Self
- 1958 · Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol as Lo
- 1958 · Countess Mariza as Rosika
- 1958 · The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina as Tänzerin
- 1958 · Das Posthaus im Schwarzwald as Cilli
- 1958 · Tabarin as Self
- 1958 · Der Bettelstudent as Katja
- 1957 · The Count of Luxemburg as Franzi
- 1957 · Mit Rosen fängt die Liebe an as Lotte
- 1957 · Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal as Tänzerin
- 1957 · Zum blauen Bock as Self
- 1957 · Vier Mädels aus der Wachau as Hanni
- 1957 · Scherben bringen Glück as Flora Fleuron
- 1955 · Solang es hübsche Mädchen gibt as Ellen
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self - Laudation