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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Nerchau, Germany, 1936-08-20

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Solang es hübsche Mädchen gibt	Ellen	55
2	1957	Scherben bringen Glück	Flora Fleuron	70
3	1957	Vier Mädels aus der Wachau	Hanni	57
4	1957	Mit Rosen fängt die Liebe an	Lotte	40
5	1957	Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal	Tänzerin	50
6	1957	The Count of Luxemburg	Franzi	50
7	1958	Der Bettelstudent	Katja	70
8	1958	Tabarin	Self	40
9	1958	Das Posthaus im Schwarzwald	Cilli	40
10	1958	The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina	Tänzerin	70
11	1958	Countess Mariza	Rosika	60
12	1958	Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol	Lo	43
13	1960	The Magician	Hildegarde	65
14	1960	Love and the Frenchwoman	L'autre jumelle, un mannequin de publicité (segment "L'Adultère")	49
15	1961	Rocco e le sorelle		60
16	1961	Die lachende Dritte	Ellen	0
17	1961	Erik the Conqueror	Daya	64
18	1962	Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies	Milli	50
19	1962	Der Vogelhändler	Tänzerin	47
20	1962	Sodom and Gomorrah	Dancer	54
21	1963	Maskenball bei Scotland Yard	Kessler-Zwillinge	0
22	1964	The Thursday	Self	69
23	1964	Dead Woman from Beverly Hills	Tiddy Sister Nr. 1	54
24	1964	Songs, Bullies and Chicks	Self	57
25	1965	Complexes	Self (segment "Guglielmo il Dentone")	70
26	1966	Playgirl	Self	52
27	1967	Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten	Self	0
28	1975	Treffpunkt Herz	Gast	0
29	2003	Johannes Heesters: Eine Legende wird 100	Self	0
30	2007	Ein Leben wie im Flug	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Bambi-Verleihung	Self - Laudation	90
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
3	1957	Zum blauen Bock	Self	60
4	1959	Discorama	Self	0
5	1959	Stars in the Ring	Self	53
6	1961	Hotel Victoria	Self	0
7	1962	Lieben Sie Show ?	Self - Host	0
8	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
9	1966	Continental Showcase	Self	0
10	1966	Die Caterina-Valente-Show	Self	15
11	1968	Starparade	Self	0
12	1968	Night-Club	Self	0
13	1969	Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten	Self	0
14	1969	Wünsch dir was	Self	0
15	1970	Scene of the Crime	Mutter Bemering	61
16	1971	Die diebischen Zwillinge	Kathy	0
17	1971	Dalli Dalli	Self - Contestant	80
18	1971	Dalli Dalli	Self	80
19	1971	Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre	Self	60
20	1972	Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich?	Self	0
21	1973	8 x 1 in Noten	Self	0
22	1973	Klimbim	Self	65
23	1974	Die Montagsmaler	Self	0
24	1974	Am laufenden Band	Self - Guest	65
25	1975	Numéro un	Self	60
26	1976	Kölner Treff	Self	60
27	1976	Domenica In	Self	0
28	1976	Music & Guests	Self	0
29	1977	Auf los geht's los	Self	0
30	1978	Bio’s Bahnhof	Self	0
31	1979	NDR Talk Show	Self	65
32	1979	Die Pyramide	Self	60
33	1980	Heut' abend	Self	0
34	1982	Wortwechsel	Self	0
35	1982	Menschen	Self	40
36	1984	Die verflixte 7	Self	0
37	1986	Showgeschichten	Self	0
38	1987	Nachtcafé	Self	47
39	1988	Alles Nichts Oder?!	Self	60
40	1990	Pssst ...	self	0
41	1990	Ein Schloß am Wörthersee	Erika Strassberg	58
42	1990	Mini Playback Show	Self	100
43	1991	DAS!	Self	42
44	1991	Boulevard Bio	Self	60
45	1992	Riverboat	Self	40
46	1993	Auf eigene Gefahr	Lucie Grindel	30
47	1994	Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen	Self	0
48	1994	alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio	Self	50
49	1995	Balko	Ira Adomeit	58
50	1995	Versteckte Kamera	Self	0
51	1995	Lebens-Künstler	Self	0
52	1995	Die Harald Schmidt Show	Self	70
53	1996	Lukas	Ellen Kessler	65
54	1996	Zimmer frei!	Self	63
55	1998	Alpha Forum	Self	0
56	2000	Menschen der Woche	Self	60
57	2001	Aeschbacher	Self	0
58	2002	Ein roter Teppich für....	Self	0
59	2003	Menschen bei Maischberger	Self	63
60	2005	Herzlichen Glückwunsch - Die Michael Schanze Jubiläumsgala	Self	0
61	2006	Filmlegenden. Deutsch	Self	80
62	2006	Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!	Self	20
63	2007	Inas Nacht	Self	78
64	2008	Markus Lanz	Self	55
65	2008	Heimat - Deine Filme	Self	0
66	2015	Wer weiß denn sowas?	Self	76
67	2016	Ringlstetter	self	0

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