Ellen Kessler
Acting
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.
Known for
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tvInas Nacht
2007
Self
tvLukas
1996
Ellen Kessler
tvBalko
1995
Ira Adomeit
tvAuf eigene Gefahr
1993
Lucie Grindel
tvRiverboat
1992
Self
tvDAS!
1991
Self
tvEin Schloß am Wörthersee
1990
Erika Strassberg
tvNachtcafé
1987
Self
movieJust a Gigolo
1978
Dancer (uncredited)
tvNuméro un
1975
Self
tvAm laufenden Band
1974
Self - Guest
tvKlimbim
1973
Self
tvDalli Dalli
1971
Self - Contestant / Self
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Mutter Bemering
tvStarparade
1968
Self
movieComplexes
1965
Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")
movieDead Woman from Beverly Hills
1964
Tiddy Sister Nr. 1
movieMaskenball bei Scotland Yard
1963
Kessler-Zwillinge
Lieben Sie Show ?
1962
Self - Host
movieDer Vogelhändler
1962
Tänzerin
movieLove and the Frenchwoman
1960
L'autre jumelle, un mannequin de publicité (segment "L'Adultère")
movieThe Magician
1960
Hildegarde
tvDiscorama
1959
Self
movieCountess Mariza
1958
Rosika
movieTabarin
1958
Self
movieScherben bringen Glück
1957
Flora Fleuron
tvEurovision Song Contest
1956
Self - Contestant
tvBambi
1948
Self - Laudation