Lys Assia (1924-2018)
Yesterday, Saturday 24 March 2018, Swiss singer and actress Lys Assia has passed away. She was the winner of the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. The sparkling and beautiful grande dame of the German Schlager appeared as a singer in several films of the 1950s. Lys Assia was 94.
German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag, Minden/Westf., no. 2428. Photo: Teldec.
German card by LYSassia.de. Publicity card for the album Sehnsucht nach dir. Photo: Gerd Nolte.
Legendary Venues
Lys Assia was born as Rosa Mina Schärer in Rupperswil in the canton Aargau, Switzerland, in 1924 (some sources indicate she was born in Berne in 1926).
She studied at a conservatory and at the art academy of Zurich. At 16, she started her career as a dancer at Zurich's Corso-Palast.
In 1940, she appeared with the Riva-Ballett for the French army, and in Nice she stood in for a female singer. People who heard her singing liked it so much that she decided for a career in front of the microphone.
In 1942 she had her first record contract with His Master’s Voice. She had her breakthrough in Germany in 1950 with the hit song O mein Papa (O My Father) from the operetta Feuerwerk (Fire Works) by Paul Burkhard.
Other well known songs of her were Moulin Rouge (1953), Schwedenmädel (Swedish Girl) (1954), Jolie Jacqueline (1955), Arrivederci Roma (1956), Was kann schöner sein (What Can Be More Beautiful?) (1956), Deine Liebe (Your Love) (1957) and Mi casa su casa (1957).
She sang in such legendary venues as the Tivoli in Copenhagen, the Olympia in Paris, the Plaza in New York and the Tropicana in Cuba.
On screen she appeared as a Schlager singer in German films like Palace Hotel (Emil Berna, Leonard Steckel, 1952) with Paul Hubschmid , Illusion in Moll/Illusion in a Minor Key (Rudolf Jugert, 1952) starring Hildegard Knef , Schlagerparade/Hit Parade (Erik Ode, 1953), Ein Mann Vergißt die Liebe/A Man Forgets Love (Volker von Collande, 1955) and Die Beine von Dolores/Dolores' Legs (Géza von Cziffra, 1957) with Germaine Damar .
In the Italian classic Le Notti Bianchi/White Nights (Luchino Visconti, 1957 - yes, we think every Visconti film is a classic
German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag, Minden/Westf., no. 2428. Photo: Teldec.
German card by LYSassia.de. Publicity card for the album Sehnsucht nach dir. Photo: Gerd Nolte.
Legendary Venues
Lys Assia was born as Rosa Mina Schärer in Rupperswil in the canton Aargau, Switzerland, in 1924 (some sources indicate she was born in Berne in 1926).
She studied at a conservatory and at the art academy of Zurich. At 16, she started her career as a dancer at Zurich's Corso-Palast.
In 1940, she appeared with the Riva-Ballett for the French army, and in Nice she stood in for a female singer. People who heard her singing liked it so much that she decided for a career in front of the microphone.
In 1942 she had her first record contract with His Master’s Voice. She had her breakthrough in Germany in 1950 with the hit song O mein Papa (O My Father) from the operetta Feuerwerk (Fire Works) by Paul Burkhard.
Other well known songs of her were Moulin Rouge (1953), Schwedenmädel (Swedish Girl) (1954), Jolie Jacqueline (1955), Arrivederci Roma (1956), Was kann schöner sein (What Can Be More Beautiful?) (1956), Deine Liebe (Your Love) (1957) and Mi casa su casa (1957).
She sang in such legendary venues as the Tivoli in Copenhagen, the Olympia in Paris, the Plaza in New York and the Tropicana in Cuba.
On screen she appeared as a Schlager singer in German films like Palace Hotel (Emil Berna, Leonard Steckel, 1952) with Paul Hubschmid , Illusion in Moll/Illusion in a Minor Key (Rudolf Jugert, 1952) starring Hildegard Knef , Schlagerparade/Hit Parade (Erik Ode, 1953), Ein Mann Vergißt die Liebe/A Man Forgets Love (Volker von Collande, 1955) and Die Beine von Dolores/Dolores' Legs (Géza von Cziffra, 1957) with Germaine Damar .
In the Italian classic Le Notti Bianchi/White Nights (Luchino Visconti, 1957 - yes, we think every Visconti film is a classic
No comments have been added yet.
Paul van Yperen's Blog
- Paul van Yperen's profile
- 13 followers
Paul van Yperen isn't a Goodreads Author
(yet),
but they
do have a blog,
so here are some recent posts imported from
their feed.
