Born
20 August 1936 (89)
Place of Birth
Nerchau, Germany
Also known as
Kessler Twins
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...
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.
Ein Leben wie im Flug
2007
Johannes Heesters: Eine Legende wird 100
2003
Treffpunkt Herz
1975
Alice und Ellen
1971
Festival der Stars
1969
Paris nach Noten
1968
Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten
1967
Playgirl
1966
Complexes
1965
Show - Charme - Chansons
1965
Songs, Bullies and Chicks
1964
Dead Woman from Beverly Hills
1964
The Thursday
1964
Maskenball bei Scotland Yard
1963
Perpetuum Musicale - Eine Revue ohne Aufenthalt
1963
Sodom and Gomorrah
1962
Der Vogelhändler
1962
Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
1962
Erik the Conqueror
1961
Die lachende Dritte
1961
Rocco e le sorelle
1961
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
The Magician
1960
Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol
1958
Countess Mariza
1958
The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina
1958
Das Posthaus im Schwarzwald
1958
Tabarin
1958
Der Bettelstudent
1958
The Count of Luxemburg
1957
Mit Rosen fängt die Liebe an
1957
Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal
1957
Vier Mädels aus der Wachau
1957
Scherben bringen Glück
1957
Solang es hübsche Mädchen gibt
1955