Stephanie Glaser was one of Switzerland's most prominent stage, TV and film actresses, popular for her portrayal of down-to-earth, sympathetic characters.

Biography

Stephanie Glaser was born in Neuchâtel and grew up in Bern. She studied acting at the Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna and then performed at various theatres in Switzerland and Germany. She was a member of the Bäretatze, Floigefänger and Fédéral

Cabaret Cornichon

The Cabaret Cornichon was a Swiss cabaret company.It existed from 1934 to 1951 and was founded by Otto Weissert, Walter Lesch, Emil Hegetschweiler and Alois Carigiet. They were later joined by, among others, Max Werner Lenz, Elsie Attenhofer, Voli Geiler, Margrit Rainer, Heinrich Gretler, Zarli...

comedy troupes, and became, alongside Walter Roderer, one of Switzerland's noted popular actresses as well as a leading figure of the 1950s Swiss comedy scene.

She became known to the general public for her roles in the Gotthelf

Jeremias Gotthelf

Albert Bitzius , Swiss novelist, best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf, was born at Murten, where his father was pastor.In 1804 the home was moved to Utzenstorf, a village in the Bernese Emmental...

 film adaptations Uli der Knecht and Ueli, der Pächter, and notably for starring as "Aunt Elise" in the TV show Teleboy by Kurt Felix between 1974 and 1981. Later she was also cast in the TV series Motel and Die Direktorin.

In the 1980s she returned to film work and in 2006, at the age of 86, she was cast in her first title role in the critically and commercially successful movie Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers is a 2006 Swiss film directed by Bettina Oberli. It was Switzerland's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:*Cinema of Switzerland...

(Die Herbstzeitlosen). Stephanie Glaser continued working as an actress in her old age. A few months before she died on 14 January 2011, aged 90, she had been shooting scenes for the TV movie Mord hinterm Vorhang.

Selected filmography

• 1954: Uli der Knecht – Trinette
• 1955: Ueli der Pächter – Trinette
• 1955: Polizischt Wäckerli
• 1957: Taxichauffeur Bänz – Lilly
• 1984: Motel (TV show)
• 1988: Klassezämekunft – Lisbeth Schneider
• 1989: Leo Sonnyboy – Mother of Leo
• 1990: Der Tod zu Basel – Ms. Steiner
• 1994: Die Direktorin (TV show)
• 2000: Komiker – Mother Beck
• 2001: Spital in Angst – Patient
• 2001: Birdseye – Maya Vogelaug
• 2004: Sternenberg – Old Lady
• 2005: Mein Name ist Eugen – Aunt Melanie
• 2006: Die Herbstzeitlosen – Martha Jost
• 2007: Wen der Berg ruft
• 2008: Hunkeler und der Fall Livius (TV movie)
• 2009: Das Fräuleinwunder – Frida Borel
• 2010: Mord hinterm Vorhang – Lydia Walliser

Awards

• 2006: Special Leopard of the Locarno International Film Festival
  Locarno International Film Festival
  The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...
  
   for Late Bloomers
• 2006: SwissAward in the culture category for Late Bloomers
• 2006: Prix Walo
  Prix Walo
  The Prix Walo is the most important award in Swiss show business. It is known as the "Swiss Oscar".----- Honorable - Walo - awards :* 1983: Charly Fritsche* 1991: Eynar Grabowsky* 1992: Willi Schmidt, First Harmonic Brass Band...
  
  

External links

• CV (Swissfilms)
• Stephanie Glaser: ein filmischer Rückblick zum 90. Geburtstag (3 Minuten), SF
  Schweizer Fernsehen
  Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland...
  
  , in: Glanz & Gloria of 22 February 2010
• Eine kleine Winterreise – Unterwegs mit Stephanie Glaser, SF, in: Reporter (SF) of 30 December 2009