- She never married or had children as - in those days - only single women were allowed to work in state jobs.
- In 1939 she was finally engaged in radio, in the male domain of "radio announcers". Getting started was made easier for her by the fact that many colleagues had been drafted into active service and there was a shortage of staff at radio. Stehle later became chief spokeswoman. In this role, she engaged and trained generations of moderators.
- In 1939, she became Switzerland's first female newscaster.
- She first achieved fame in Switzerland as a stage actress.
- She was a Swiss actress and radio presenter.
- Stehle was committed to the Basel dialect and the Swiss-German dialect in general throughout his life.
- When she died at 109, she was the oldest living person in Switzerland.
- From 1929-1932 she was a member of the ensemble at the Stadttheater Basel. Her plans to continue her acting career in Germany were thwarted by National Socialism.
- In 1967 Helene Stehle retired from her radio work. After that, she never missed the radio, she said later. However, she was repeatedly asked about it by people she didn't know, who recognized her by her voice.
- After being a stage actress she later also began working in radio, performing and directing plays and reciting poetry for the state-run radio station, Radiostudio Basel, in her native Basel.
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