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Ursula Schäppi
Ursula Schaeppi or Ursula Schäppi (born 22 June 1940) is a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage, voice and film actress starring usually in Swiss German language stage productions and as voice actress in children's literature. Early life and education Born and raised in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Ursula Schäppi began acting at the conservatory in Bern at Margarethe Schell von Noé in 1955 and in 1956/58 lessons with Walter Fried on ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'', and private lessons with Richard Münch. During her training Schaeppi premiered on stage, and played among others ''Gisèle'' in Giraudoux's "Intermezzo" on Schauspielhaus Zürich in 1955. Theater, playwright and children's literature and plays In 1958 Schaeppi was engaged at the ''Studio 20'' in Bern as ''Laura'' in Williams' ''The Glass Menagerie''. From 1959 she worked at German city theatres, among other things, in Castrop-Rauxel, Berlin, München and in Rendsburg. At this time also began Schae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the Urban agglomeration, urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. He was credited with his first film, ''Outwitting Dad'', in 1914. In most of his silent films before joining producer Hal Roach, he was billed on screen as Babe Hardy. Early life and education Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia. His father, Oliver, was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War who had been wounded at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, and was a recruiting officer for Company K, 16th Georgia Regiment. The elder Oliver Hardy assisted his father in running the remnants of the family's cotton plantation. He then bought a share in a retail business and was elected full-time Tax Collector for Columbia Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Stage Actresses
Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland *Swiss people Places *Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia *Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss International Air Lines **Swiss Global Air Lines, a subsidiary *Swissair, former national air line of Switzerland *.swiss alternative TLD for Switzerland See also *Swiss made, label for Swiss products *Swiss cheese (other) *Switzerland (other) *Languages of Switzerland, none of which are called "Swiss" *International Typographic Style, also known as Swiss Style, in graphic design *Schweizer (other), meaning Swiss in German *Schweitzer, a family name meaning Swiss in German *Swisse Swisse is a vitamin, supplement, and skincare brand. Founded in Australia in 1969 and globally headquartered in Melbourne, and was sold to Health & Happiness, a Chinese company based in Hong Kong previously known as Biostime International, in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Walo
The Prix Walo is the most important award in Swiss show business. It is known as the " Swiss Oscar". Awards since 1994 Honorable - Walo - awards * 1983: Charly Fritsche * 1991: Eynar Grabowsky * 1992: Willi Schmidt, First Harmonic Brass Band * 1993: Caterina Valente, Ettore Cella * 1994: Alfredo, Adolf Stähli * 1995: Wysel Gyr, Vico Torriani, Artur Beul * 1996: Anne-Marie Blanc * 1997: ? * 1998: Lilo Pulver, Hannes Schmidhauser * 1999: Fredy Knie senior * 2000: Dimitri * 2001: Hazy Osterwald * 2002: Walo Lüönd * 2003: César Keiser und Margrit Läubli * 2004: Conelli Conny Gasser, Herbi Lips und Urs Pfister * 2005: Trudi Gerster * 2006: Walter Roderer * 2007: Lys Assia * 2008: Nella Martinetti * 2009: Elisabeth Schnell und Ueli Beck * 2010: Hans Leutenegger * 2013: Jörg Schneider Award: public preferred artists * 1974: Hazy Osterwald * 1975: Hans Gmür und Karl Suter * 1976: Peter, Sue & Marc * 1977: Kurt Felix * 1978: Ruedi Walter und Margrit Rainer * 1979 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürichsee-Zeitung
''Zürichsee-Zeitung'', commonly shortened to ''ZSZ'', is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in Stäfa. History and profile In 1845 the precursing "Wochenblatt vom Zürichsee" was founded as a liberal newspaper by the ''Lesegesellschaft Stäfa'' (literally: Reading Society Stäfa, and was taken over by Rudolf Gull in 1857. From 1881 to 1920 Gull's son Emil junior was the editor in chief; he renamed the weekly newspaper in 1907 in ''Zürichsee-Zeitung'' and formet it as a daily newspaper in 1914. Gull's successor Theodor Gut took over the newspaper in 1933, and was the publisher of the newspaper emphasized now a liberal orientation. His son of the same name, editor in chief from 1953 to 1987, initiated the transition to a non-partisan forum newspaper, and the company expanded in 1983 to get involved in Radio Zürisee. After the acquisition of several local newspapers, the newspaper appeared in 1997 with three regional editions and reached a dominant position in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalwil
Thalwil is a municipality and town in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. In addition to the town of Thalwil, the municipality includes the village of Gattikon. History Thalwil is first mentioned around 1030 as ''Talwile villam'', which is derived from ''Tellewilare'', Tello's Farm, and indicates the early medieval origins of Thalwil as an Alemannic farmstead. Only a few graves remain from this period. In 1133, it was mentioned as ''Telwil''. The parish of Thalwil originally comprised four ''Wachten'' (hamlets): * Ludretikon, the oldest hamlet (mentioned in 915), bordering Rüschlikon *Oberdorf (Upper Village), the area around the church *Unterdorf (Lower Village), the area roughly south of the railway station * Langnau, which separated from Thalwil around 1713 In medieval times, the economy consisted mainly of farms, vineyards as well as a small amount of fishing, crafts and shipping (on the lake). This estate was once owned by the Dukes of Habsburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of The Canton Of Zürich
There are 160 municipalities in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. In general, municipalities (German: ''Politische Gemeinden'') in Switzerland are grouped in districts (''Bezirke''), their capital municipalities are written in bold letters. Mergers of municipalities There were no changes between 1934 and 2013, but , there occurred in all four mergers as per 1 January 2014, 1 January 2015, 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2017. * 2014: '' Bertschikon bei Attikon'' and '' Wiesendangen'' → Wiesendangen * 2015: ''Bauma'' and '' Sternenberg'' → Bauma * 2016: '' Kyburg'' and ''Illnau-Effretikon'' → Illnau-Effretikon * 2018: ''Hirzel'' and ''Horgen'' → Horgen * 2018: ''Elgg'' and '' Hofstetten'' → Elgg * 2019: ''Oberstammheim'', ''Unterstammheim'' and ''Waltalingen'' → Stammheim * 2019: '' Hütten'', '' Schönenberg'' and ''Wädenswil'' → Wädenswil * 2023: ''Adlikon'', '' Andelfingen'' and ''Humlikon'' → Andelfingen List of the municipalities There are listed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürcher Oberländer
''Zürcher Oberländer'', commonly shortened to ''ZOL'', is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in Wetzikon. History and profile ''Allmann'', founded in 1852 in Hinwil, was the earliest predecessor of the as of today ''Zürcher Oberländer''. ''Allmann'' in which Jakob Messikommer published a poem, was adopted by the printing office ''Buchdruckerei Wetzikon AG'' (as of today ''Zürcher Oberland Medien AG''), which was founded by liberals in 1870, and renamed in ''Der Freisinnige''. It was daily published from 1912 and merged in 1960 with the '' "Volksblatt vom Bachtel'' which was founded in 1861. It was called now ''Zürcher Oberländer'', but kept under the chief editors Karl Eckinger (1943–1972) and Oskar Fritschi (1972–2004) his liberal orientation. Following the acquisition of the newspapers ''Tagblatt des Distrikts Pfäffikon'' (1972) and the ''Anzeigers von Uster'' (1996), ''ZO'' reached a leading position in the districts Hinwil, Pfäffikon and Uster. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schweizer Radio Und Fernsehen
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF; "Swiss Radio and Television") is a Swiss broadcasting company created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of radio company Schweizer Radio DRS (SR DRS) and television company Schweizer Fernsehen (SF). The new business unit of SRG SSR became the largest electronic media house of German-speaking Switzerland. About 2,150 employees work for SRF in the four main studios in Basel, Bern, and Zürich. Broadcasting Radio Among the radio programmes, ''Radio SRF Musikwelle'' has the longest history, as it was originally the flagship frequency on the medium wave frequency 529 kHz, broadcasting news from its central antenna near Beromünster. “Radio Beromünster” was, during World War II, together with the British BBC, one of the few independent radio programmes that could be received in large parts of Western Europe. Jean Rudolf von Salis, a Swiss historian, commented in his weekly “Weltchronik” ("world chronicle") on the development of the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ines Torelli
Ines or INES may refer to: People * Ines (name), a feminine given name, also written as Inés or Inês * Saint Ines or Agnes (), Roman virgin–martyr * Eda-Ines Etti (stage name: ''Ines''; born 1981), Estonian singer Places * Doña Ines, a volcano in Chile * Institute of Applied Sciences Ruhengeri, a Rwandan university Science and technology * International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility * International Nuclear Event Scale Other uses * iNES (TV service), a Romanian IPTV television streaming service * ''Carte d'identité nationale électronique sécurisée'', proposed French national identity card See also * INE (other) INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadística (other) * Instituto Nacional de Estatística (other) * Instituto Nacional E ... * Santa Ines (other) * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bühlmann
Paul Bühlmann (12 February 1927 – 15 July 2000) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. Life and work Born in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Paul Bühlmann was the father of the Swiss actress Agnes Bühlmann. Bühlmann was educated as merchant, trained theatre with Adolf Manz between 1947 and 1950, received elocution by Ellen Widmann and role studies by Gustav Knuth. From 1950 to 1960 and 1962 to 1965 Bühlmann played numerous mostly small roles at Schauspielhaus Zürich, among them the conductor in the premiere of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play ''Der Besuch der alten Dame'' (''The Visit'') in 1956. In 1960 he debuted as a cabaret artist in "Vermisst wird" with César Keiser. Karl Suter discovered his talents, and he starred at Theater am Hechtplatz in musicals in 1965, 1967 and 1968. From 1968 to 1971 Bühlmann was a member of the Theater am Neumarkt ens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
