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The quintessential jet-set Euro starlet, Ursula Andress was born in the Swiss canton of Berne on March 19, 1936, one of six children in a strict German Protestant family. Although often seeming icily aloof, a restless streak early demonstrated itself in her personality, and she had an impetuous desire to explore the world outside Switzerland. (For instance, she was tracked down by Interpol for running away from boarding school at 17 years old.) The stunning young woman found work as an art model in Rome and did walk-on parts in three quickie Italian pictures before coming to Hollywood in 1955 and getting nowhere professionally; a four-month fling with rising star James Dean brought her good publicity but not much else. That same year, still just 19, she met and had an affair with fading matinée idol John Derek, who left his wife Pati Behrs and two kids for Ursula even though she spoke almost no English at the time. In 1957 they eloped to Las Vegas, and the new bride put her acting aspirations on hold for a few years thereafter.
1962 saw the relatively unknown Swiss beauty back on the set, playing opposite Sean Connery in the first movie version of Ian Fleming's fanciful "James Bond" espionage novels, Dr. No (1962). Andress' role as bikini-clad Honey Ryder was somewhat brief, and her Swiss/German accent so thick that her entire performance had to be dubbed by a voiceover artist. Nevertheless, her striking looks and smoldering screen presence made a strong impression on moviegoers, immediately establishing her as one of the most desired women in the world and as an ornament to put alongside some of the most bankable talent of the era, such as Elvis Presley in Fun in Acapulco (1963) and Dean Martin in 4 for Texas (1963). In 1965, she was one of several European starlets to co-star in What's New Pussycat (1965) -- a film that perhaps sums up mid-'60s pop culture better than any other -- written by Woody Allen, starring Allen and Peter Sellers, with music by Burt Bacharach, a title song performed by Tom Jones and much on-screen sexual romping.
Andress appeared in many more racy-for-their time movies in both the United States and Europe, including The 10th Victim (1965), in which she wore a famously ballistic bra, and The Blue Max (1966), where she was aptly cast as the sultry, insatiable wife of an aristocratic World War I German general. She was also featured in Casino Royale (1967), a satirical foray into the world of James Bond, and gave a sparkling performance in the T&A-filled crime caper Perfect Friday (1970). Roles as a prostitute kidnapped by outlaws in Red Sun (1971), a stewardess living on the edge in Loaded Guns (1975), and a bombshell nurse hired to titillate a doddering millionaire to death in The Sensuous Nurse (1975) all provided plenty of excuses to throw her clothes to the wind. In Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), she was notoriously stripped and slathered in orange paint by a pair of nubiles. Then she took on the sophisticated role of Louise de la Valliere, slinky, conspiratorial mistress of King Louis XIV (Beau Bridges) in The Fifth Musketeer (1979).
As for her personal life, Andress separated from Derek in 1964 and got divorced two years later, after falling in love with French superstar Jean-Paul Belmondo on the Malaysian set of Up to His Ears (1965). (Ron Ely, John Richardson and Marcello Mastroianni kept her company during the interim.) The relationship with Belmondo hit a wall in 1972, and she was next attached to her leading man from Stateline Motel (1973), Italian heartthrob Fabio Testi. When that didn't work out, Andress jumped into the dating pool, sporadically involved with a host of Lotharios including (but by no means limited to) Dennis Hopper, Franco Nero, John DeLorean and Ryan O'Neal. In 1979, she began what would be a long-term romance with Harry Hamlin, her handsome young co-star from Clash of the Titans (1981) (in which she was cast, predictably, as "Aphrodite"). While subsequently traveling in India, Andress' belly began to swell out of her clothing, and she felt very nauseous. What at first seemed a severe case of "Delhi Belly" turned out to be pregnancy, her first and only, at age 43. Hamlin encouraged her to have the baby, and on May 19, 1980, the international sex symbol gave birth to a boy named Dimitri Hamlin amid much hoopla.
After the birth of her son, Andress scaled back her career, which now focused on slight European productions, as she was raising Dimitri in Italy. This meant turning down a big-budget Mel Brooks film in lieu of Red Bells (1982) (starring old flame Nero). Occasional television stints on the soap opera Falcon Crest (1981) and critically lauded miniseries Peter the Great (1986) helped maintain her visibility as an actress. Dumped by Hamlin in 1983, she started seeing Fausto Fagone, a Sicilian student three decades her junior, in 1986. In 1991, she met a new man when things dwindled with Fagone -- karate master Jeff Speakman. Since the breakup of that relationship, her love life has gone undocumented. She last worked on a film in 2005. Apparently retired from acting, Ursula makes the rounds of charity events and pops up on foreign talk shows every now and then. She divides her time between family in Switzerland, friends in Virginia and Spain, and her properties in Rome and L.A.The very 1st James Bond girl of the history was played by this swiss actress, in Dr. No.
Interesting, knowing that the character James Bond himself, is half british and half... SWISS.- Actress
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Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, Her mother, Kjellfrid Irene (Andreassen), is a Norwegian-born former nurse and midwife, of Norwegian, Kven (Finnish), and Swedish descent. Her father, Emil Erich Zellweger, is a Swiss-born engineer. The two married in 1963. Renée has a brother named Drew Zellweger, a marketing executive born on February 15, 1967. Renée got interested in acting in high school while working on the drama club. She also took an acting class at the University of Texas (Austin), where she began looking towards acting as a career. After graduation, she wanted to continue acting, but Hollywood is a tough town to break into, so Renée decided to stay in Texas, and auditioned for roles around Houston, where she managed to grab roles in such films as Reality Bites (1994) and Empire Records (1995).
While on the set for the sequel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), she befriended Matthew McConaughey, another Hollywood up-and-comer. He was working on a project at the time that Renée was interested in, auditioned for, and won the role in the film Love and a .45 (1994), which earned her enough critical praise that she decided to move to Los Angeles. Another role in The Whole Wide World (1996) followed which led to her big break. Cameron Crowe was busy casting his next film, Jerry Maguire (1996),starring Tom Cruise. Crowe was considering such actresses as Cameron Diaz, Bridget Fonda, Winona Ryder, and Marisa Tomei, when he heard of Zellweger's performance in The Whole Wide World (1996). He auditioned Zellweger and was sure he'd found his Dorothy Boyd.
Renée followed her huge success with a few small independent films and after receiving further critical praise, she felt confident enough to reenter the world of big-budget Hollywood films. She starred opposite Meryl Streep in the tear-jerker One True Thing (1998). She also took a role in Me, Myself & Irene (2000), opposite Jim Carrey, and soon after began dating Carrey. The two denied their relationship at first, but finally gave in and admitted it; today they are no longer together. Also in 2000, she starred in the title role in Nurse Betty (2000), where she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical. In 2001, she received even more critical and commercial success in the title role in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001). She received her first Academy Award nomination for her role, which was followed by her second Oscar-nominated role in the musical Chicago (2002). She then again wowed audiences with her fierce yet warm portrayal of Ruby Thewes in the film adaptation of Cold Mountain (2003), which won Zellweger an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, which was her first Academy Award. She won her second, for Best Actress, 16 years later, playing Judy Garland in Judy (2019).Ok, sh'e more american than swiss, born in Texas... but her father is 100% swiss, and Zellweger is a swiss name.
I have a friend who has this last name, and I met 1 time his sister-in-law, who's named Renée Zellweger, after she married my friend's brother.- Actor
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Bruno Ganz was an acclaimed Swiss actor who was a prominent figure in German language film and television for over fifty years. He is internationally renowned for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall (2004).
Ganz was born in Zürich, to a Swiss mechanic father and a northern Italian mother. He decided to pursue an acting career by the time he entered university. He debuted at the theatre in 1961, and gained a reputation as a reflective, charismatic and technically brilliant stage actor. In 1970, he and Peter Stein founded the theatre company 'Schaubühne' in Berlin, Germany. On stage, Ganz portrayed Dr. Heinrich Faust in Peter Stein's staging of Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two in 2000.
In cinema, Ganz became one of the best-known and most acclaimed actors in the German language, collaborating with many of the most respected European actors and directors of his time. He also starred in international features that reached a global audience. His film debut was The Gentleman in the Black Derby (1960). He also starred in Unknown (2011), The Counselor (2013), and The Party (2017).
Ganz died from cancer on 16 February 2019 at his home in the village of Au, in Wädenswil, Switzerland.R.I.P. for the guy who played Hitler, not less.- Producer
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Marc Forster is a German-born filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Monster's Ball (2001), Finding Neverland (2004), Stay (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), The Kite Runner (2007), Quantum of Solace (2008), and World War Z (2013).
His breakthrough film was Monster's Ball (2001), in which he directed Halle Berry in her Academy Award-winning performance, the film also starred Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, and Peter Boyle. His next film, Finding Neverland (2004), was based on the life of author J.M. Barrie. The film was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Johnny Depp.
Forster also directed the twenty-second James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. In 2013 he directed the film adaptation of the novel World War Z, starring Brad Pitt.Another connection with James Bond, as this swiss (and german also) director made "Quantum of Solace" (and also "Monster's Ball", "World War Z"... and Disney's "Christopher Robin" lately), where 1 of the main vilain was played by... (see under):- Federer is the former #1 ranked tennis player in the world, having held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks.
He won the Indesit ATP 2004 Race on September 14. The ATP confirmed that his lead was insurmountable, marking what is believed to be the earliest a player has locked up the year-end No. 1 position since the ATP Rankings were established in 1973.
He won his third Grand Slam title of the year at the U.S. Open. That was his 9th title of the year, his 16th since the beginning of 2003, his 19th career title. No other male player had ever won his first four Grand Slam finals.
He is considered to have the talent to be the best tennis player of all time. His fellow players have nicknamed him "The Natural."
He is the favorite tennis player of Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue. She sometimes can be seen at his matches. He's frequently featured in American Vogue and once graced the cover of Men's Vogue.
He has appointed former American tennis player Paul Annacone as his coach.If u don't know who he is, then, it's time to turn back on Earth!
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Best ever, legend, maestro, g.o.a.t., god... - Anatole Taubman was born in Zurich, Switzerland and is of Russian-Polish-Slovakian-Austrian-and-former-East-Prussian blood. In 1991 he made his baccalauréat at the renowned Gymnasium of the Benedictine boarding school of the monastery Einsiedeln and in 1994 he graduated from the reputable drama-school 'Circle in the Square' in NYC. He's fluent in five languages (English, French, Swiss-German, German and Italian) and is also truly cosmopolitan in his work. Taubman has starred and co-starred in over 50 feature films and TV productions. Since 1998, he has been busy working and with international success in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland and for the USA throughout Europe and beyond. Among other credits Anatole Taubman is best known for his impressive English-language TV work in Band of Brothers (HBO), Servants (BBC), POW (ITV), Spooks VI (BBC), Waking The Dead VII - Pièta (BBC) or The Tudors II (Showtime) and established himself as a fine character actor in feature films like Mein Name is Bach (CH/D), Luther (D), Marmorera (CH), Fay Grim (USA), Snipers Valley (D), Secret Défense (F), Taken / 96 Hours (F / USA) and in 2009 Pope Joan (D), Same Same But Different (D) or in Chanel & Stravinsky (F).
Anatole Taubman is a member of the German Film Academy and of the European Film Academy. Anatole Taubman is Spokesperson for UNICEF Switzerland.Played a James Bond vilain in "Quantum of Solace" or a viking in the swiss movie "Northmen: A Viking Saga". - Actor
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Carlos Leal was born on 9 July 1969 in Fribourg, Switzerland. He is an actor and producer, known for The L Word: Generation Q (2019), Father Stu (2022) and The Boarding School (2007). He is married to Jo Kelly. They have two children.And still, a connection with 007, as this very famous and excellent swiss raper played the owner of the casino of "Casino Royale".
But before, he was known as the lead singer of the band named "Sens Unik", that sadly isn't on Imdb.- Actor
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Handsome, soulful-eyed, exotic-looking leading man Vincent Perez is known for his grand and glossy French pictures, exuding a sexy stare and irresistible charm that has swept Gallic women off their feet for over two decades.
Perez was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to a German mother and a Spanish businessman father. From the classical theatre stage (Paris Conservatoire, L'Ecole des Amandiers) and in works ranging from Shakespeare to Chekhov, Perez became an instant romantic idol after pairing opposite slightly older femme stars Jacqueline Bisset in La maison de jade (1988) and Catherine Deneuve in the Oscar-winning film Indochine (1992). His true cinematic breakthrough, however, came as the callow, vacuous lover "Christian" opposite Gérard Depardieu's Cyrano de Bergerac (1990). The film is considered these days the definitive version of the Edmond Rostand classic.
With this phenomenal European success, the lithe, moody heartthrob branched out internationally, finally making his American film debut in The Crow: City of Angels (1996), taking over the vengeful title role from the late Brandon Lee who was accidentally killed in the original. The sequel proved lackluster and the U.S. has since been surprisingly and sadly unresponsive. This may be in part due to his subsequent American movies, which have included the passionless I Dreamed of Africa (2000), Bride of the Wind (2001) and Queen of the Damned (2002) with the late musical star Aaliyah.
Continuing into the millennium, Perez has remained an overseas art-house favorite and has graced scores of international films including the title role in the romantic French adventure Fanfan (2003); the Italian drama La felicità non costa niente (2003); the French/Swiss comedy co-production Welcome to Switzerland (2004); the Swedish action drama Arn: The Knight Templar (2007); the French dramas Tomorrow at Dawn (2009), Monsieur Papa (2011), A Butterfly Kiss (2011) and Kto porwal bociany? (2011); the Irish drama The Price of Desire (2015); the Australian romantic dramedy Ladies in Black (2018); and the U.S. action adventure The Aeronauts (2019).
Perez has been married to model/actress Karine Silla since 1998 and they have three children, including one set of twins). Sylla also has a child by Perez's ex-co-star Gérard Depardieu.Actor- Richard Burgi was born on July 30, 1958, in Montclair, New Jersey (a town roughly 15 miles west of New York City), to a musical family: His father was a drummer, his mother was a singer, and one of his three siblings became a drummer. Burgi started participating in community theater during his youth; after graduating from Montclair High School, he traveled throughout Europe for a while.
Burgi began his acting career in the mid-1980s, and from 1986 through 1989 he had recurring roles on two daytime staples, Another World (1964) and As the World Turns (1956); he also appeared in one episode of One Life to Live (1968).
Throughout the 1990s, Burgi continued working steadily in television series, along them Days of Our Lives (1965) and the crime drama The Sentinel (1996), where he was one of the leads, Det. James Ellison. He also had roles (some one-time, some recurring) on 24 (2001), Judging Amy (1999), Point Pleasant (2005), Las Vegas (2003), Chuck (2007), One Tree Hill (2003) and Desperate Housewives (2004).
Burgi's film work includes the sci-fi "alien bugs vs. humans" sequel Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004), Cellular (2004), the Jim Carrey comedy Fun with Dick and Jane (2005), the Cameron Diaz comedy In Her Shoes (2005), Hostel: Part II (2007), and Friday the 13th (2009). In 2013, he landed a recurring role as D.A. Dan Russell on the series Body of Proof (2011).
Burgi is married to Liliana Lopez and is the father of two sons, Jack (b. 1996) and Sam (b. 2000).This guy that u may have seen in the saga "Hostel" or in the series "24" has swiss origins. - Director
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Jean-Luc Godard was born in Paris on December 3, 1930, the second of four children in a bourgeois Franco-Swiss family. His father was a doctor who owned a private clinic, and his mother came from a preeminent family of Swiss bankers. During World War II Godard became a naturalized citizen of Switzerland and attended school in Nyons, Switzerland. His parents divorced in 1948, at which time he returned to Paris to attend the Lycée Rohmer. In 1949 he studied at the Sorbonne to prepare for a degree in ethnology. However, it was during this time that he began attending with François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, and Éric Rohmer.
In 1950 Godard, with Rivette and Rohmer, founded "Gazette du cinéma", which published five issues between May and November. He wrote a number of articles for the journal, often using the pseudonym "Hans Lucas". After Godard worked on and financed two films by Rivette and Rohmer, Godard's family cut off their financial support in 1951, and he resorted to a Bohemian lifestyle that included stealing food and money when necessary. In January 1952 he began writing film criticism for "Les cahiers du cinéma". Later that year he traveled to North and South America with his father and attempted to make his first film (of which only a tracking shot from a car was ever accomplished).
In 1953 he returned to Paris briefly before securing a job as a construction worker on a dam project in Switzerland. With the money from the job, he made a short film in 1954 about the building of the dam called Operation Concrete (1958). Later that year his mother was killed in a motor scooter accident in Switzerland. In 1956 Godard began writing again for "Les cahiers du cinéma" as well as for the journal "Arts". In 1957 Godard worked as the press attache for "Artistes Associés", and made his first French film, All Boys Are Called Patrick (1959).
In 1958 he shot Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958), his homage to Jean Cocteau. Later that year he took unused footage of a flood in Paris shot by Truffaut and edited it into a film called A Story of Water (1961), which was an homage to Mack Sennett. In 1959 he worked with Truffaut on the weekly publication "Temps de Paris". Godard wrote a gossip column for the journal, but also spent much time writing scenarios for films and a body of critical writings which placed him firmly in the forefront of the "nouvelle vague" aesthetic, precursing the French New Wave.
It was also in that year Godard began work on Breathless (1960). In 1960 he married Anna Karina in Switzerland. In April and May he shot The Little Soldier (1963) in Geneva and was preparing the film for a fall release in Paris. However, French censors banned it due to its references to the Algerian war, and it was not shown until 1963. In March 1960 Breathless (1960) premiered in Paris. It was hugely successful both with the film critics and at the box office, and became a landmark film in the French New Wave with its references to American cinema, its jagged editing and overall romantic/cinephilia approach to filmmaking. The film propelled the popularity of male lead Jean-Paul Belmondo with European audiences.
In 1961 Godard shot A Woman Is a Woman (1961), his first film using color widescreen stock. Later that year he participated in the collective effort to remake the film The Seven Deadly Sins (1962), which was heralded as an important project in artistic collaboration. In 1962 Godard shot Vivre sa vie (1962) in Paris, his first commercial success since "Breathless". Later that year he shot a segment entitled "Le Nouveau Monde" for the collective film Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963), another important work in the history of collaborative multiple-authored art.
In 1963 Godard completed a film in homage to Jean Vigo entitled The Carabineers (1963), which was a resounding failure with the public and stirred furious controversy with film critics. Also that year he worked on a couple of collective films: The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) (from which Godard's sequence was later cut) and Six in Paris (1965). In 1964 Godard and his wife Anna Karina formed their own production company, Anouchka Films. They shot a film called A Married Woman (1964), which censors forced them to re-edit due to a topless sunbathing scene shot by Jacques Rozier. The censors also made Godard change the title to "Une femme marié" so as to not give the impression that this "scandalous" woman was the typical French wife. Later in the year, two French television programs were produced in devotion to Godard's work.
In the spring of 1965 Godard shot Alphaville (1965) in Paris; in the summer he shot Pierrot the Fool (1965) in Paris and the south of France. Shortly thereafter he and Anna Karina separated. Following their divorce, Godard shot Made in U.S.A (1966), "Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle (1966)", "L'amour en l'an 2000" (1966) (a sequel to "Alphaville" shot as a sketch for the collective film "L'amour travers les ages" (1966)).
In 1967 Godard shot The Chinese (1967) in Paris with Anne Wiazemsky, who was the granddaughter of French novelist François Mauriac. During the making of the film Godard and Wiazemsky were married in Paris. Later in the year he was prevented from traveling to North Vietnam for the shooting of a sequence for the collective film Far from Vietnam (1967). He instead shot the sequence in Paris, entitled "Camera-Oeil". Also during 1967 Godard participated (as the only Frenchman) on an Italian collective film called Love and Anger (1969).
In 1968 Godard was commissioned by French television to make Joy of Learning (1969). However, television producers were so outraged by the product Godard produced that they refused to show it. In May of that year Henri Langlois was fired by the head of the French Jean-Pierre Gorin to form the Dziga-Vertov group, infuriating Godard. He became increasingly concerned with socialist solutions to an idealist cinema, especially in providing the proletariat with the means of production and distribution. Along with other militantly political filmmakers in the Dziga-Vertov group, Godard published a series of 'Ciné-Tracts' outlining these viewpoints. In the summer of 1968 Godard traveled to New York City and Berkeley, California, to shoot the film "One American Movie", which was never completed. In September he made a trip to Canada to start another film called "Communication(s)", which also went unfinished, and then made a visit to Cuba before returning to France.
In 1969 Godard traveled to England, where he made the film See You at Mao (1970) for BBC Weekend Television, but the network later refused to show it. In the late spring he traveled with the Dziga-Vertov group to Prague to secretly shoot the film "Pravda". Later that year he shot Lotte in Italia (1971) ("Struggle for Italy") for Italian television. It was never shown, either.
In 1970 Godard traveled to Lebanon to shoot a film for the Palestinian Liberation Organization entitled "Jusque à la victoire" (1970) ("Until Victory"). Later that year he traveled to dozens of American universities trying to raise money for the film. In spite of his efforts, it was never released.Veeery famous director of the movement called "La Nouvelle vague".- Actor
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Jean-François Balmer was born on 18 April 1946 in Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He is an actor and director, known for In the House (2012), Madame Bovary (1991) and La Menace (1977). He has been married to Françoise Petit since 12 June 1987.Actor- Actor
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Jean-Luc Bideau was born on 1 October 1940 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an actor and producer, known for The Red Violin (1998), Mon frère se marie (2006) and Sorcerer (1977).Actor- Actress
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ANNE RICHARD A multifaceted actress
Anne RICHARD, The general public knows her through her role as judge in the flagship France 2 series "Boulevard du Palais", which lasted 17 seasons, 55 episodes and won the prize for best series at the TV Festival, Saint- Tropez and Cognac. Anne has also played some great roles on television and in the cinema. Most recently she played a soldier in "Commissioner Magellan", and a navigator in "Murder on the island of Yeu" for France 3, and "The Wrath of a Mother", "Forbidden Love" by Jacques Malaterre, "A Mother's Pain" with Jacques Perrin. Already a hundred films and TV films. And at the cinema "The Nose in the Stream" with Sami Frey. And "Dernier Stade" the feature film by Christian Zerbib for which she won the Best Actress Prize at the Florence festival...
Anne Richard also distinguished herself in the theater, notably playing "Agatha" by Marguerite Duras, taking over the cult role of Jane Fonda in "They shoot horses, don't they?" directed by Robert Hossein. Then "Les Héritiers" "Hairstyle and confidences", "That has to change". "Guilty", adapted from a novel by Jean Teulé, in 2022-23.
In 2023, she plays "Back to school 42, Welcome children" Directed by Xavier Lemaire, at the Théâtre de la Luna in Avignon, in 2023 and 24, then in Paris in September 2024 at the Comédie Bastille.
She has already released around fifteen CD-books, published by Carpentier and "Editions du Rocher", dedicated to children. Anne Richard writes and tells beautiful tales, taking little ones into a magical and enchanted world. She also regularly writes storytelling concerts with conductor Blaise Héritier. "White and Black", "The Four Seasons of Freedom". Anne also created the musical show for the 125th anniversary of EHL (Lausanne hotel school) For several years, she has taught drama at AICOM (International Academy of Musical Comedy) and she directs the theater section. Anne is also a member of the Adami administration committee.
News: "Back to school 42", Avignon 2024 and Comédie Bastille September 2025 by Pierre-Olivier Scotto and Xavier Lemaire. Co-staging with Johan Nus of "The Melody of Happiness", Opera tour, France, Belgium, Switzerland: 2023-24-25 Writing a children's novel and a musical comedy: "Timide Etoile"actress- Vorphalack is known for Samael: Jupiterian Vibe (1996), Metal Missionaries (2017) and Samael: Black Trip (2003).1 of the 2 members of the black metal band "Samael".
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H.R. Giger was born on 5 February 1940 in Chur, Switzerland. He was a director, known for Alien (1979), Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens (1986). He was married to Carmen Maria Scheifele and Mia Bonzanigo. He died on 12 May 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland.R.I.P. to the oscarised creator of the creatures and sets of "Alien" and also of "Species".- Actress
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Agnès Soral was born on 8 June 1960 in Aix-Les-Bains, France. She is an actress and director, known for Impatientes (2023), So Long, Stooge (1983) and Maigret (1991).actress- Actor
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The son of a sausage-maker, Michel Simon was conscripted into the Swiss Army at the start of World War I, but was thrown out through a combination of tuberculosis and general insubordination. He was variously a boxer, photographer, general handyman and right-wing anarchist, finally becoming a stage actor in Geneva in 1920. His reputation soon grew, and he moved to Paris in 1923, appearing in his first film in 1925 (the same year he played Boudu for the first time on stage). With the coming of sound, Simon became firmly established as one of France's outstanding character actors, doing unforgettable work for Jean Renoir (La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)), Jean Vigo (L'Atalante (1934)) and Marcel Carné (Port of Shadows (1938), Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)). In the 1950s he worked less frequently, partly thanks to an accident involving makeup dye that paralyzed part of his body and face. Despite this, he still managed to appear in films right up to his death in 1975.Actor- Composer
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Stephan Eicher was born on 17 August 1960 in Bern, Switzerland. He is a composer and actor, known for Monsieur N. (2003), Driving Me Crazy (1991) and Caged Birds (2020).Singer- Music Department
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Bastian Baker was born on 20 May 1991 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. He is known for Ghosthunters: On Icy Trails (2015), Patrick Delarive - Seeds to GROW (2018) and Quizzy (2013).Singer- Stress was born on 25 July 1978 in Estonia. He is an actor, known for Verso (2009), Redemption (2004) and Breakout (2007).Famous raper
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Gotthard is known for Achtung, fertig, Charlie! (2003), Red Zone (2003) and Gotthard: Sister Moon (1996).Band- Director
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Alain Tanner was born on 6 December 1929 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Charles, Dead or Alive (1969), In the White City (1983) and Return from Africa (1973). He was married to Janine Giudici. He died on 11 September 2022 in Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland.Director- Producer
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Patricia Plattner was born in 1953 in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. She is a producer and director, known for Piano panier ou La recherche de l'équateur (1989), Le livre de cristal (1994) and Les petites couleurs (2002).Director- Director
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Fäh's latest work is the upcoming survival thriller "No Way Up" for Altitude Film Entertainment and Ingenious Media, starring Colm Meaney (Hell on Wheels, Star Trek) alongside BAFTA Award winner Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey), Sophie McIntosh (Brave New World) and Will Attenborough (Dunkirk). "No Way Up" is scheduled for a 2024 release in theaters and online worldwide.
In 2021, Fäh directed the fourth season of Switzerland's critically acclaimed Nordic noir sensation, "Wilder". Produced by C-Films and SRF, this series achieved record-breaking ratings in 2022 and garnered praise from both viewers and critics. The show featured a talented ensemble cast, including Sarah Spale, Marcus Signer, Andreas Matti, László Kish, Jonathan Loosli, Annina Euling, Sabine Timoteo, Dimitri Stapfer, Nicolas Rosat, and Sebastian Rudolph.
Before writing, producing, and directing the award-winning short documentary "Child of the Earth", which was selected at several international film festivals, Claudio Fäh directed the seventh installment of the Sniper franchise for Sony's Stage 6 Films and Mandalay Pictures: "Sniper: Ultimate Kill". The movie achieved remarkable success on Netflix, reaching the top ten charts worldwide, clinching the #3 spot in the US. Fäh's return to the series after his well-received revival of the franchise with "Sniper: Reloaded" in 2011 was celebrated by fans and critics alike, with critics hailing it as the "best Sniper film since the first, nearly 25 years ago." "Ultimate Kill" was shot in Bogota, Colombia, starring Chad Michael Collins, Danay Garcia, and reuniting the cast of the original movie: Tom Berenger and Billy Zane.
Fäh's World War II thriller, "Beyond Valkyrie - Dawn of the Fourth Reich", also produced by Sony's Stage 6 Films, premiered in US theaters in July 2016, followed by a global release through Sony and Starz. This film starred Sean Patrick Flanery, Stephen Lang, Tom Sizemore, and Rutger Hauer.
In 2015, Fäh's epic adventure, "Northmen - A Viking Saga", produced by Elite Filmproduktion and featuring a stellar cast including Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ed Skrein, and James Norton, enjoyed a wide theatrical release across Europe and made its US theatrical debut through Anchor Bay/Starz. The film subsequently earned a place among the top ten best sellers in the home market.
Before Northmen, Fäh directed several films for Sony's Stage 6 Films, including "Hollow Man 2" and "Sniper: Reloaded", and produced "Starship Troopers: Marauder", which earned him two Saturn Award nominations. Additionally, Fäh produced Joe Dante's film "The Hole", starring Haley Bennett, Teri Polo, and Bruce Dern. This movie earned recognition as the "Best 3D Movie" at the Venice International Film Festival and played at Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival.
For Sander/Moses Productions, Fäh directed the award-winning original web series "Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side". This scripted online companion series to CBS's Ghost Whisperer clinched the TV Guide Online Award for "Best Online TV Drama." CBS quickly greenlit a second season, also helmed by Fäh.
Prior to his feature film career, Fäh directed several short films, earning numerous international awards. In the commercial industry, he achieved recognition, including the EDI award for "Best Commercial Director" in his native Switzerland.Director- Actress
Lara Gut was born on 27 April 1991 in Sorengo, Ticino, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Tutti giù (2012), Sochi 2014: XXII Olympic Winter Games (2014) and Sportpanorama (1977).Skier Olympic champion- The passion for the white sport ran in the family, as her father was also a tennis player who reached number 19 in his country's rankings. Martina Hingis herself learned to play tennis from early childhood. She was trained by her mother. She was already playing in tournaments at the age of five. In 1987 her parents divorced. The following year, in 1988, Hingis moved with her mother to Switzerland to Trübbach, municipality of Wartau, canton of St. Gallen. There she took on Swiss nationality. In 1993, Martina Hingis, just twelve years old, won her first Grand Slam title in the junior division at the French Open. She was the youngest player in tennis history to win a Junior Grand Slam.
At Wimbledon in 1993, he made it to the semi-finals in the junior singles and doubles. In 1994, fourteen-year-old Hingis was the most successful player in Switzerland. She documented her class with a victory at the OTF tournament in Langenthal. During this time, she played her first tournament as a professional tennis player in Zurich. She made it to the round of 16 and was stopped by Mary Pierce. In the same year she was ranked 399th in the world. Hingis was able to improve further and the following year she was already among the 20 best tennis players in the world. At the age of 15, she reached the semi-finals of the US Open and was ranked 13th in the world. In 1995 she won her first WTA title in Filderstadt. In the same year, Martina Hingis triumphed against top player Monica Seles in Oakland, California.
With this victory, she was crowned the youngest prize money millionaire in tennis history. In the 1995 New York tournament at Madison Square Garden she made it to the semifinals. There she met the strong German Steffi Graf, who won the match. The following year, Martina Hingis started the Sydney International tournament in Australia. In the final game she faced the American Jennifer Capriati, who she was able to defeat and thus collect another tournament success. Her greatest success in 1997 was winning the Australian Open against Mary Pierce in the final. She became the youngest player in tennis history to ever win a Grand Slam tournament.
The Swiss continued to improve her performance. The success was finally recorded in the world rankings, in which she was listed as number one in 1997. After interruptions, she took the place of world number one again on February 8, 1999, after replacing her competitor, the American player Lindsay Davenport. Then the following year he was once again at the top of the world rankings, which lasted a total of 73 weeks. It was only in the second half of 2002 that she was replaced by the American player Jennifer Capriati. Her sporting track record includes winning the Australian Open three times in 1997, 1998 and 1999. In 1997 she won the US Open and the traditional Wimbledon tournament, which is considered the unofficial world championship.
She won the Masters in 1998 and 2000. She has a total of 43 individual victories on the WTA tour. In the meantime, Martina Hingis had left Switzerland and moved to the USA. She lives and trains there in Saddlebrook, Florida. In 2002, Martina Hingis was plagued by injuries. The year before, she tore a triple ligament at the tournament in Filderstadt, which she was still struggling with the following year. The former world number one had to cancel her participation in the US Open tournament after an ankle operation. In February 2003, at the age of 22, Martina Hingis announced her retirement.
In January 2006, Hingis made her comeback at the Brisbane tournament. After which she reached number 6 in the world rankings. At the Australian Open, Hingis reached the quarterfinals in singles and in Tokyo, Hingis reached the final of a WTA tournament. On September 24, Hingis won the Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships in Seoul, Korea. In January 2007, Hingis again reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. On November 1, 2007, Hingis announced her retirement from professional tennis at a media conference in Glattbrugg. In her career she remained at the top of the world number one list for 209 weeks (for the first time on March 31, 1997). She won 43 tournaments in singles and 37 in doubles. The career prize money won totaled around $20 million. Her singles career match record included 548 wins and 133 losses.Tennis legend, like RF above.
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Belinda Bencic is a Swiss professional tennis player, and the current No. 1 ranked Swiss player. A former top 10 player, Bencic has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 7 on February 22, 2016. In 2012, Bencic made her debut for the Switzerland Fed Cup team. The following year, she won the French Open and Wimbledon girls' singles titles. Bencic also reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 US Open, defeating two top-ten players along the way, including former world No. 1, Jelena Jankovic. This propelled her singles ranking into the top 40 for the first time in her career. In 2015, Bencic won the Aegon International, her first singles title on the WTA Tour, beating Agnieszka Radwanska in the final. This caused her singles ranking to rise into the top 20. She won the biggest title of her career at the Rogers Cup the same year, beating 6 grand slam finalists Eugenie Bouchard, Caroline Wozniacki, Sabine Lisicki, Ana Ivanovic, world No. 1 Serena Williams, and Simona Halep in succession.Same, tennis player- Actor
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Stan Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player.
He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking. His career highlights include three Grand Slam titles at the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open, where he defeated the No. 1 player in the final on all three occasions, reaching the final of the 2017 French Open, winning an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Monte-Carlo Masters in 2014, and reaching three other finals at 2008 Rome, 2013 Madrid and 2017 Indian Wells. As a competitor for Switzerland, Wawrinka won gold in doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with teammate Roger Federer, and was pivotal in the Swiss team's victory at the 2014 Davis Cup.
Wawrinka is one of only two players in the Open Era to have won three Grand Slam singles titles, but never been ranked higher than No. 3, the other being Jan Kodes.Tennis player Olympic champion- Timea Bacsinszky is a Swiss former professional tennis player who won four singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A former top ten singles player, Bacsinszky reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, on 16 May 2016.Tennis player Olympic champion
- Patty Schnyder is a Swiss retired tennis player. A former top 10 player in singles, she twice defeated a reigning world No. 1 player in her career: Martina Hingis at the 1998 Grand Slam Cup (by retirement) and Jennifer Capriati at the Family Circle Cup in 2002. In addition, she has notable wins over former number ones Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Amélie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic and Caroline Wozniacki.
In her career, she reached six Grand Slam singles quarterfinals and one Grand Slam singles semifinal. She won 11 WTA singles titles and five WTA doubles titles. Fed Cup finalist in 1998.
On 23 November 2018, she announced her retirement from professional tennis.Tennis player - Didier Cuche was born on 16 August 1974 in Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.Skier Olympic champion
- Didier Défago was born on 2 October 1977 in Morgins, Valais, Switzerland. He is married to Sabine Défago. They have two children.Skier Olympic champion
- Carlo Janka was born on 15 October 1986 in Obersaxen, Switzerland.Skier Olympic champion
- Nino Schurter was born on 13 May 1986 in Tersnaus, Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland.Mountain bike champion
Best athlete ever in this sport. - Composer
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Patrick Juvet was born on 21 August 1950 in Montreux, Switzerland. He was a composer, known for Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008), R.A.I.D. Special Unit (2016) and Graduate First (1978). He died on 1 April 2021 in Barcelona, Spain.Singer
RIP- Yann Lambiel is known for La guerre des Romands (2011), ComediHa! (2010) and Humour du Monde (2012).Humorist
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Stephane Lambiel was born on 2 April 1985 in Martigny, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Carmen (2008), Sportpanorama (1977) and Be Good Johnny Weir (2010).Figure skater Olympic champion- Humorist
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Jean-Luc Barbezat is known for YouHumour (2008), Que La Nuit Soit Douce (2015) and Parlez-moi de Vous (2016).Humorist- Joseph Gorgoni is known for Opération Casablanca (2010), La Petite Famille (1995) and La Vie de J.C. (2021).Humorist
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Frédéric Recrosio is known for La vie devant (2022), Que La Nuit Soit Douce (2015) and Win Win (2013).Humorist- Fabian Cancellara was born on 18 March 1981 in Switzerland. He is married to Stefanie. They have one child.Cyclist Olympic champion
- Thabo Sefolosha was born on 2 May 1984 in Vevey, Kanton Waadt, Switzerland. He is married to Bertiile. They have two children.Basketball player NBA
- Basketball player NBA
- Roman Josi was born on 1 June 1990 in Bern, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Still the King (2016), Sportpanorama (1977) and NHL on ESPN (1980).Hockey player NHL
- Simon Ammann was born on 25 June 1981 in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He has been married to Yana Yanovskaya since 25 June 2010. They have one child.Ski jumper Olympic champion
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on 28 June 1712 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a writer, known for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), 4 Days in France (2016) and Le Devin du Village (1962). He was married to Thérése Levasseur. He died on 2 July 1778 in Ermenonville, France.Writer- Writer
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Hermann Hesse was born on 2 July 1877 in Calw, Germany. He was a writer, known for The Hours (2002), Siddhartha (1972) and Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003). He was married to Ninon Ausländer, Ruth Wenger and Maria Bernoulli. He died on 9 August 1962 in Montagnola, Switzerland.Writer- Claude de Ribaupierre was born on 8 August 1944 in La Tour-de-Peilz, Waadt, Switzerland. He is a writer, known for Yakari, a Spectacular Journey (2020), Yakari (1983) and Yakari (2005).Comic books creator and designer
"Yakari"
"Buddy Longway" - Writer
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Zep was born on 15 December 1967 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a writer and director, known for Titeuf, le film (2011), Titeuf: Mega Party (2019) and La Vie de J.C. (2021).Comic books creator and designer
"Titeuf"- Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, to a German Jewish family. He was the son of Pauline (Koch) and Hermann Einstein, a featherbed salesman. Albert began reading and studying science at a young age, and he graduated from a Swiss high school when he was 17. He then attended a Swiss Polytechnic, where he met his first wife. He graduated in 1900, and became a Swiss citizen in 1901. He began working at the Swiss Patent Office and continued his scientific studies. He taught at universities in Prague, Zurich, and Berlin, and continued his research in physics. The onset of World War II led him to move to the United States, and he was granted a post at the Institute for Advanced Study in New Jersey. Einstein was heavily involved in attempting to bring about world peace in his later life, and he continued his scientific research until his death in 1955.Born german, he decided when he was 17 years old to leave his nationality.
He was 5 years without any, and then, he chose to become swiss, what he was from 1901 till his death in 1955.
Between 1919 and 1933 he also became german again, but when Hitler started to have power, he decided to let his german nationality behind again.
He also briefly (in 1911-2) was austrian, and from 1940 to his death he was also american.
So, he had many nationalities, but the 1st he chose was the swiss one, and that's the 1 he had most of his life (54 years, to "only" 31 years german, in 2 times), the one he had when he made all his discovers, works of genius... - Dario Cologna was born on 11 March 1986 in Santa Maria Val Müstair, Switzerland.Cross-country skier Olympic champion
- Mirjam Ott was born on 27 January 1972 in Bern, Switzerland.Curling player Olympic champion
- Carmen Shafer is known for Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dark Necessities (2016).Curling player Olympic champion
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Henri Dès is known for 26 minutes (2017), La Vie de J.C. (2021) and Henri Dès his retrospective interview (2021).Singer, known as "Henri Dès"- Sébastien Buemi is a Swiss professional racing driver taking part in Formula 1, the FIA World Endurance Championship and Formula E. As reserve driver with Red Bull, he attends all Grand Prix ready to step in if Sebastian Vettel or Daniel Ricciardo are unable to compete. Racing for Toyota in the World Endurance Championship, he is yet to win Le Mans but was crowned World Endurance Champion in 2014. He became Formula-E champion with Renault e.dams in the tournament's second season.F1 pilot
- Jonas Hiller was born on 12 February 1982 in Felben Wellhausen, Switzerland.Hockey player NHL
- Dominique Gisin was born on 4 June 1985 in Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland.Skier Olympic champion
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This beautiful, dark-haired French actress made a hit with a supporting role in her first film, as the piano teacher in Louis Malle's "Au revoir, les enfants" (1987). Educated in London and Geneva, and a Paris resident since the age of 18, Jacob became a promising starlet with her Malle success and followed up with another small role in Jacques Rivette's "La bande des quatre/The Gang of Four" (1989). 5Stardom (and a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress award) arrived with Jacob's dual role as two women whose lives are mysteriously linked in Krzysztof Kieslowski's psychological drama "The Double Life of Veronique" (1991). She ventured to the US for a ronantic comedy, "Trusting Beatrice" (1991), fittingly, about a young French woman's arrival in the US. After the small film "The Van Gogh Wake" (1993), she played the ill-fated mother in Agnieszka Holland's touching and acclaimed "The Secret Garden" (1993). Several more small French films followed, but it took a reunion with Kieslowski to jump-start Jacob's career again. In his "Red/Rouge" (1994), the final segment of his "Three Colors" trilogy (and his swan song), Jacob starred as a Swiss fashion model who meets a cynical aging ex-judge (played by Jean-Louis Trintignant) after she runs over his dog. In the film, she served as an emotional and spiritual curative for the old man; the second time, Kieslowski employed Jacob as a woman who offers a man consolation and mystery. Jacob followed up as a religious devotee in Michaelango Antonioni's episodic "Beyond the Clouds/Par-dela les nuages" (1995), then ventured to England to play Desdemona to Laurence Fishburne's "Othello" (also 1995). Jacob has several foreign-made films in the can which have not yet been released in the US: she plays an East Indian beauty with Willem Defoe and Sam Neill in "Victory" (filmed in 1994), an ill-fated vacationer in "Fugueuses/Runaway" and a French actress in 1948 who befriends a mysterious tramp (Stephen Rea) in "All Men Are Mortal" (both shown at Cannes in 1995).Actress- Alberto Giacometti was born on 10 October 1901 in Borgonovo, Val Bregaglia, Switzerland. He was a writer, known for Alta comedia (1965), Monquatorze (2010) and Alberto Giacometti (1966). He died on 11 January 1966 in Chur, Switzerland.Sculptor
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Ursula Meier was born on 24 June 1971 in Besançon, Doubs, France. She is a director and writer, known for The Line (2022), Home (2008) and Sister (2012).Director- Actor
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James Thierrée was born on 2 May 1974 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is an actor and director, known for Tabac Rouge (2013), Chocolat (2016) and Les illusions (2008).Actor
Grandson of Chaplin.- Bruno Todeschini was born on 19 September 1962 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for His Brother (2003), Who Knows? (2001) and That Day (2007). He is married to Sophie Broustal. They have one child.Actor
- Bernard Haller was born on 5 December 1933 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was an actor and writer, known for Le braconnier de Dieu (1983), Les quatre Charlots mousquetaires (1974) and Les Charlots en folie: À nous quatre Cardinal! (1974). He died on 24 April 2009 in Genève, Switzerland.Actor
- Thomas Lüthi was born on 6 September 1986 in Oberdiessbach, Kanton Bern, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for DJ Bobo & Mike Candys: Take Control (2013), Sportpanorama (1977) and Oops! (1997).Motorcycle road racer
- Rodolphe Töpffer was born on 31 January 1799 in Geneva, Switzerland. Rodolphe was a writer, known for Le Cabinet des estampes (1953) and Prikkebeen (1972). Rodolphe died on 8 June 1846 in Geneva, Switzerland.Creator of the comic books
- Joël Dicker was born on 16 June 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a writer, known for The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018), Je t'aime etc. (2017) and En aparté (2001).Writer
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Yves Larock is known for Made in Chelsea (2011) and Yves Larock: Rise Up (2007).DJ- Actor
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Quentin Mosimann is known for Les Segpa (2022), Pendant 24h (2020) and Mosimann & Maruv: Mon Amour (2019).DJ- Music Artist
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After completing elementary school, Baumann began an apprenticeship as a baker and confectioner in 1984. Meanwhile, he found his passion for music. In 1985 he became a disc jockey at the Flösserplatz youth center in Aarau and made his nickname BoBo his stage name. Already in 1986 he achieved second place at the Swiss DJ Championships. In the coming years he earned his living as a DJ in various discos, where he most recently worked in Lucerne. In 1989, he produced his first single titled "I Love You".
"Ladies in the House" followed in 1991 and "Let's Groove On" in 1992. In November 1992 he celebrated his breakthrough with the single "Somebody dance with me". His album "Dance With Me", released in 1993, was able to build on his success and was certified platinum for the first time in Switzerland. From 1996 onwards, DJ BoBo was the opening act for the American singer Michael Jackson. In the same year he was a guest on the game show "Wetten Dass?". With the tracks "Freedom" and "Pray," DJ BoBo became one of the most successful musicians of the decade.
The first Swiss tour in 1996 confirmed his success with 40,000 visitors. From then on he was represented in the charts with commercial and catchy melodic hits, in which the main theme of the pieces was mostly sung by women. DJ BoBo sold around 14 million records internationally. His best-known and most successful hits included "Everybody" and "Chihuahua", which were listed at number 1 in many countries for weeks. He has been awarded over 250 gold and 20 platinum records worldwide. He received the World Music Award ten times in a row.
The successful album "World in Motion" (1996) included, among others: to hear the voices of Jocelyn Brown and Natascha Wright, whose solo career was produced by BoBo. In 2000 he covered the song "What a feeling" together with the original singer Irene Cara, and in 2006 the duet "Secrets of Love" with the 80s icon Sandra was released. Meanwhile, DJ BoBo shone with lavishly designed tours. These take place every two years. Until February 25, 2006 he could be seen with "Pirates of Dance" in Germany, Switzerland and Poland.
Peter René Baumann lives privately in Hergiswil near Lucerne. He has been married to Nancy for the second time since 2001. Together they are parents of two children born in 2002 and 2006.DJ- Composer
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Mike Candys is known for Klaüs (2007), Harris & Ford x Mike Candys: My Way (2020) and DJ Bobo & Mike Candys: Take Control (2013).DJ- Director
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Claude Goretta was born on 23 June 1929 in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for The Invitation (1973), The Lacemaker (1977) and La provinciale (1980). He died on 20 February 2019 in Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland.Director- In 1900, Le Corbusier trained as a painter, engraver and goldsmith at the École d'Art in his birthplace. From 1904 he began studying architecture there. Between 1907 and 1911 he traveled through Europe. During this time he was employed in well-known construction offices in different cities. In 1914 he succeeded in developing a skeletal system made of reinforced concrete called "Domino", which was intended for use in multi-story buildings. In 1917 the painter and architect settled in Paris. The following year, Le Corbusier created his first oil painting. This was followed by further pictures in which he painted his preferred motif, the structured still life, such as in the works "Vertical Guitar" or "Still Life with a Stack of Plates".
In 1919 he published the magazine "L'Esprit Nouveau". In it he published his avant-garde architectural concepts. For the first time during this time he marked his contributions with the pseudonym "Le Corbusier". In the same year he published his "Manifesto of Purism", in which he propagated elementary, geometric shapes. Le Corbusier's "Radiant City", an urban planning concept for a city with three million inhabitants, was published in 1922. The outstanding and groundbreaking features were the separate traffic routes for cars and pedestrians as well as large residential units in combination with retail and commercial businesses. He also designed these architectural concepts in basic geometric shapes. The reaction among experts to Le Corbusier's designs was divided.
Le Corbusier devoted himself to painting until 1922. His images are technical objects that he created in a mixture of cubist, neo-plasticist and dadaist styles. After that he only occasionally returned to painting. His work also included furniture designs and groundbreaking theoretical writings. In 1923, Le Corbusier's work was published under the title "Vers une Architecture" as a collection of his specialist writings. In this, the master builder sees architecture as "a clever, correct and wonderful play of united bodies in the light". He used both functionalist and artistic elements in his architecture. In the same year he took part in a Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar.
He had contacts with fellow architects Walter Gropius and Bruno Taut. In 1927, Le Corbusier was involved in the construction of the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart with some designs. The following year he was one of the co-founders of the "Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne", or CIAM for short. Le Corbusier became a sought-after urban planner who worked worldwide from 1929 onwards. He designed important buildings everywhere, such as the Salvation Army night shelter in Paris, which was completed between 1929 and 1933. Or he planned the Swiss House of the Cité universitaire in Paris, which was built from 1930 to 1932. In 1930, Le Corbusier married Yvonne Gallis. From 1936 to 1945 he delivered the design for the Ministry of Education in Rio de Janeiro. The provocatively new thing about it was the use of sun protection elements as a facade design.
With this, Le Corbusier set groundbreaking accents in design according to functional specifications. As a supporter of the French Vichy government, the architect returned to Paris in 1943. There he founded the "Association of Designers for Architectural Renewal". The aim of this institution was to help with reconstruction together with young architects after the end of the Second World War. From 1946 onwards, Le Corbusier built in a style that approached sculptural forms. The Unité d'habitation in Marseille is an example of this. Between 1950 and 1954, the pilgrimage church of Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamps was built according to his plans. From 1961 to 1964, the building he planned for the Carpenter Center for Visual Art at Harvard University in Cambridge was completed.
Le Corbusier died on August 27, 1965 near Cap Martin in France.Architect - Writer
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Charles Ferdinand Ramuz was born on 24 September 1878 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. He was a writer and actor, known for The Soldier's Tale (1964), Farinet ou l'or dans la montagne (1939) and The Kidnapping (1934). He was married to Cécile Cellier. He died on 23 May 1947 in Pully, Vaud, Switzerland.Writer- Actress
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Charlotte Gabris is known for Celle qui n'avait pas vu « Friends » (2022), Taxi 5 (2018) and The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman (2021).Actress/humorist- Actress
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Maïténa Biraben is known for Paul Sanchez Is Back! (2018), Hashtag Boomer (2021) and Alexandra Ehle (2018).TV host- Nabilla Benattia was born to an Italian mother and an Algerian father. At age 13, her parents separated.
At age 14, she was sent to South Korea. She was offered Secret Story (2007) twice but could not do so because of her age.
At 20, she worked on Les Anges (2011). She then flew on 13 February 2012 to Hawaii. During the shooting, she forged a relationship with Sofiane Tadjine-Lambert. He composed a song with modest success "Dingue de toi". She also posed for famous photographer Slam. On her return from Hawaii, Nabilla was selected to participate in Hollywood Girls 2 (2012) to play the role of the stepmother of Caroline Receveur. On her return, she became a columnist in "L'Île des Vérités 2 : le Mag" She also made headlines with her best-friend Ayem Nour following rumors of a potential sexual relationship with the famous singer Chris Brown, she also participated in one of his videos - "Celebration".
On 13 January 2013 she flew to Miami to shoot Les Anges de la Téléréalité 5: Paradise (2013). During the shooting, she forged a relationship with Thomas Vergara. Issue where she became nationally known through his "Allô" who inspire covers "Charlie Hebdo", but also the advertisements "Carrefour", "Oasis" and "Ikea". She met her idol Kim Kardashian and passed an audition for Dita Von Teese.
On 11 July 2013 she published a humorous illustrated book of 160 pages : "Non mais allô !".
End of 2013, Nabilla has her own reality show "Allo Nabilla".
In September 2014, she joined the team of columnists Cyril Hanouna in Touche pas à mon poste! (2010).Real-TV star - Art Department
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Jean Tinguely was born on 22 May 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for The Laughing Woman (1969), Un rêve plus long que la nuit (1976) and Träumende Maschinen (1989). He was married to Niki De Saint Phalle. He died on 30 August 1991 in Bern, Switzerland.Sculptor- Director
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She already had her stage name as a child and is based on Pippi Longstocking, the main actress in Astrid Lindgred's children's book of the same name. From 1982 to 1986 she lived in Vienna, where she studied commercial art, illustration and photography at the University of Applied Arts. In 1984 she began her first performance works. Even her early Super 8 films were characterized by technical effects such as color distortion or changing speeds. From 1988 she trained for two years in audiovisual communication, in the field of video, at the Basel School of Design. Since then, her artistic focus has been working with videos and video installations. In 1997 she was honored with the Premio 2000 at the Venice Biennale. In the same year she took over the artistic responsibilities of the Swiss national exhibition Expo.01 as director. From 1988 she dedicated herself to music and played in the women's band and performance formation "Les Reines Prochaines" for six years, and she also released a few records.
During this phase, she also laid the foundation for her reputation as a provocative video artist and pop icon through the emphasized sensual effects in her works. The themes of her works include differences between the sexes, the image of the feminine body and sexuality. Her early film works include the title "I''m Not The Girl Who Misses Much" from 1986, which uses different speeds, blurring, unusual coloring and collage techniques to be irritating and at the same time attentive want to focus on the attitude to life of a time. In the film she dances to Beatles music, but in contrast to her dance moves, it is much faster. She achieved her international breakthrough with the title "Pickelporno" from 1992. In it, Pipilotti Rist presents an initial sequence of scenes with dramatic crime thriller elements, which then dissolves into intoxicating body images. She chooses an exceptionally strong close-up perspective that seems to analyze the body parts down to the skin and at the same time exaggerates them enormously for the viewer.
With "Pickelporno" the artist sets herself the task of figuring out how sexual feelings can be made visible. Her other works include Ever is Over All (1997), Open My Glade (2000) and Himalaya's Sister's Living Room (2000). She completed her first feature film "Pepperminta" in 2009 after four years of work. Pipilotti Rist can look back on numerous awards and honors, recent ones including best architects Award, Cutting the Edge Award (both 2010), Best Exhibition Of Digital, Video, or Film: "Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters)" at Museum of Modern Art, New York, 26th annual awards, The International Association of Art Critics (AICA), President of the Jury's EXTRAORDINARY AWARD, Joan Miró Prize, Barcelona, (all 2009), St. Gallen Culture Prize of the St. Gallische Kulturstiftung (2007) or Guggenheim Museums Young Collector''s Council Annual Artist''s Ball honoring Pipilotti Rist (2006).
Pipilotti Rist lives in Zurich with her partner and child.Visual artist- Lolita Morena was born on 15 October 1960 in Cantiano, Marche, Italy. She is an actress, known for Haute tension (1988), Der doppelte Nötzli (1990) and Téléthon (1987). She was previously married to Lothar Matthäus.Actress, miss Switzerland 1982
- Kacey Mottet Klein was born on 20 October 1998 in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Sister (2012), Home (2008) and Being 17 (2016).Actor
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Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Deborah R. (Nelson) and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr., who were in a band together, Daddy Warbucks. He is of English, as well as some German, Scottish, and Swiss-German, ancestry. Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved back and forth from Kansas City and Detroit. He settled on the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12. Switching schools every two to three months made it difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay out of trouble. Marshall attended Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan, 1986-1989.
Being a rap fan for most of his life, Marshall began rapping at the early age of 4. Rhyming words together, battling schoolmates in the lunchroom brought joy to what was otherwise a painful existence. At the age of 14, he began to get very serious about his rapping but it wasn't until he was 17 that he actually made a name for himself, becoming M&M, which he would later respell as "Eminem". Being rejected by most fellow rappers because of his race, Marshall grew an anger that flows through his music to this day. After failing the 9th grade for three times in a row, he quit school, but has remarked that he does not consider himself stupid and does not advise that people should follow his example. He says that it just wasn't for him. Forcing himself on radio shows, freestyle battles, Marshall threw himself head first into the rap game, where he was swallowed up most of the time. His very first album was titled "Infinite" and, while the album sold less than a thousand copies, it was the gearing up stages for the rapper who became a millionaire. It was then that his daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was born on December 25th of 1995 with long time girlfriend Kim Scott.
Having nothing to lose at all, flat broke and not knowing where he would be living the next week, Marshall set out to rant about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please underground. What came out of this was the Slim Shady EP, the early work for the later Dr. Dre revised Slim Shady LP. Down to nearly his last dime, he went into the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, basically hoping to win the $1,500 cash prize which he badly needed. After battling for an hour and throwing back every race diss thrown at him, Marshall made it to second place losing in a slip up. Furious that he had lost, Marshall didn't even notice that he had been spotted. In the crowd were a few producers from Interscope, and they were handed a copy of the "Infinite" tape by way of a demo.
Dr. Dre got to hear it and eventually tracked him down. The two instantly hit it off, recording four songs in their first six hours of working - three which made it to his first LP. After the album was finished, Dr. Dre asked Marshall to come work with him on his new album. He helped produce several tracks and was on the best songs of the album. Now officially making it, Marshall and Dre set to make his second LP. The album became the Marshall Mathers LP and won 3 Grammies and was the first rap album ever to be nominated "Album of the Year", selling more than 8 million records in the United States alone. He also stunned critics when he shot down all homophobic remarks by performing "Stan" with Elton John. Eminem made a movie, 8 Mile (2002). Though 2001 was a rough year for the rapper, being charged with weapon offenses, divorcing his wife, and almost going to prison, Marshall has explained his life in one word: "Claimer".Well, of course, he's more a joke than something else, he isn't swiss, he more than certainly hasn't a swiss ID... but anyway, I'm a fan since 20 years, and I discovered only the other day in the beginning of his bio here (so, I never ever read it before) that he has some swiss ancestry; among many other like scottish.
The other people on this list are anyway 100% swiss (or at least half for some), except a very few of them like Renée Zellweger.- Actor
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Carlo Brandt was born on 16 December 1954 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an actor and director, known for 22 Bullets (2010), Marie Antoinette (2006) and Untitled Carlo Brandt Project.Actor- Actor
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Pascal Vincent is known for La cape et l'épée (2000), Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) and RRRrrrr!!! (2004).Actor- aka Miss Helvetia (Helvetia being the ancient name of Switzerland. The swiss website finish by .ch; the swiss car plates contain CH, for Confédération Helvétique, Helvetic Confederation.), a yodeller, singer of traditional style named yodle (or jodel).
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Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, television host, actor, and political commentator. He is the host of The Daily Show, an American satirical news program on Comedy Central.
Born in Johannesburg, Noah began his career in South Africa in 2002. He had several hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and was the runner-up in the fourth season of South Africa's iteration of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. From 2010 to 2011, he hosted the late-night talk show Tonight with Trevor Noah, which he created and aired on M-Net and DStv.
In 2014, Noah became the Senior International Correspondent for The Daily Show, and in 2015 succeeded long-time host Jon Stewart. His autobiographical comedy book Born a Crime was published in 2016. He hosted the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021 and the 64th Annual Grammy Awards edition in 2022.
Noah has won various awards, including an MTV Africa Music Award and a Primetime Emmy Award from eleven nominations. He was named one of "The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media" by The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the hundred most influential people in the world.Like the G.O.A.T., Roger Federer himself, this guy I heard about for the 1st time 2 minutes ago as a swiss father named Robert... - but it's not the same, they aren't siblings - and a south-african mother (again, not the same. Roger's one is white, not Trevor's one obviously).- Freestyle skier, 1st olympic champion of the slopestyle in the Games; in front of another swiss girl, who's the new olympic champion since a few days.
So, so far, in the Olympic Games, all the slopestyle ski women olympic champions r swiss.
She also won Big air competitions, in the X-Games ad world championships, like her friends Mathilde Gremaud ad Giulia Tanno. - Actor
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Celtic Frost is known for Metal Evolution (2011), Helvete: Historien om norsk black metal (2020) and Welcome to the 80's (2009).Heavy metal band
They have been produced by H.R. Giger (also in this list), the swiss artist who got the Oscar for the special effects of Alien (he created all the creatures of the movies, and also the alien spaceship), and who also created their logo as well as other metal bands' ones like Korn.
Then they split and their leader (Thomas Gabriel Fisher) became the assistant of Giger while creating another metal band.- Producer
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From 1992 to 1994, he studied at the renowned ESRA film school (Notable alumni: Florent Emilio Siri "Hostage", Jean-François Richet "Assault on Presinct 13, Mesrine", Pascal Laugier "Martyrs") in Paris and obtained a BTS in production. In 1995, he graduated in New York from the AVID master class, Video and Arts.
To gain real hands-on experience he produced during his studies a dozen short films. In 1994, he became a location manager for a famous Canal+ TV series "Les Gros Cons". He moved to New York in 1995 until 1996 and rapidly worked as an international sales manager at Fox Lorber, distributor of the John Woo's movies. Then he relocated to Los Angeles to work for Roger Corman in the marketing department at New Concorde-Horizons.
In 1997 he directs for Canal+ a 6 episode pilot TV series entitled "The Toilette Zone". The same year, Hamster production hired him as unit manager for a TV series broadcasted on the major French network France 2.
Right after creating is own production company, Navarro Films, he directed and produced in 2001 his first feature film, "Neutre" that was released in theaters, on television and on DVD. Neutre was selected at many festivals, such as Montreal, Mar del Plata, Hof, Braunschweig and Geneva. He then directed a music video for the most popular Swiss rap band, "Sens Unik".
2003 was a milestone of his career. At the Cannes film festival he was selected as one of the 18 best upcoming European producers in the sought-after Producer On The Move selection. Then the major Swiss network TSR commissioned him two documentaries for the series "Photosuisse". The same year Xavier graduated from the most important European workshop for producers EAVE.
In 2004, he produced for German-French channel ARTE "Love Express", that was released in theaters and selected many festivals such as Toronto Cinéfranco film festival and FIPA. The same year he produced with the biggest Swiss televison network TSR the documentary "Geisha - The Twilight of Flowers", that was sold to numerous major TV channels around the world (ABC, NHK, Canal+, RAI,...).
In 2005, he produced "RYNA". The movie was a critical success, as it garnered 18 festival selections (AFI Hollywood, Montreal, Seattle, Cleveland, Sarajevo, Bangkok, Namur, Thessaloniki, etc), where it won more than 8 awards. Consequently Xavier was nominated in 2006 for "Best Picture" at the Quartz (the Swiss academy awards) as producer.
In 2005, he directed the documentary "Swiss Made in Hollywood" that was part of the "Temps Présent", the Swiss equivalent of "CBS - 60 Minutes". The same year, he directed for the Swiss main television network an episode of the series "Designsuisse" about the renowned San Francisco-based designer Yves Béhar.
In 2007, he produced a TV series for the major Swiss network entitled "La Tribu". This series gathers all the major names of Comedy in Switzerland.
In 2009 he garnered his second Swiss Academy Award nomination as producer for "Best Animation Film" for "Tango Lola". The same year he directed a music video of the best selling artist of Switzerland, Stress.
His production company Navarro Films joins in March 2006 the group of European producers Tarantula, already present in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Great Britain, and officially became Tarantula Suisse. He left Tarantula in July 2009 after 10 years as a producer of more than 20 movies and TV series.
In 2009-10 he has directed during 38 weeks and 2 seasons the Swiss version of "Spitting Image" or "DC Follies" that already exists in more than 15 countries. The show is entitled "Les Bouffons de la Confédération" and encountered a huge success.
Nowadays, Xavier Ruiz has just finished directing his second feature film "Verso" with a remarkable international cast including Laurent Lucas (Harry With a Friend Like Harry, Calvaire), Carlos Leal (Casino Royale, Los Abrazos Rotos, CBS - Chaos), Delphine Chaneac (Splice) and Arben Bajraktaraj (Harry Potter 7, Taken, Eden Log). His movie has been released in 7 major countries so far (France, UK, Germany, Italia, Japan, Russia and Switzerland).
Since 2008 Xavier has been a member of the Swiss Academy of Cinema. He is also a member of the ARF (the Swiss DGA).Director- Art Department
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Jean Tinguely was born on 22 May 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for The Laughing Woman (1969), Un rêve plus long que la nuit (1976) and Träumende Maschinen (1989). He was married to Niki De Saint Phalle. He died on 30 August 1991 in Bern, Switzerland.Sculptor, painter, draughtsman- Art Department
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John Howe was born on 21 August 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and Mortal Engines (2018). He is married to Fataneh. They have one child.Illustrator ("Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit")