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Ellen Kessler (Nerchau, Alemanya, 20 d’agost de 1936) és una actriu, ballarina i cantant alemanya. Amb la seva germana Alice formava les Kessler Twins, populars especialment a Alemanya i Itàlia durant els anys 50 i 60.

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Ellen Kessler

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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.

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Les sœurs jumelles Alice et Ellen Kessler (nées le 20 août 1936 à Nerchau, en Saxe, Allemagne) sont deux chanteuses, danseuses et actrices allemandes. Elles ont fait une carrière commune dans le show business.

Leur vrai nom était Kässler. Leur père Paul et leur mère Elsa leur firent suivre des cours de danse classique. Le corps de ballet pour enfants de la ville de Leipzig les engagea à l'âge de dix ans en 1947. Elles réussirent en 1950 l'examen d'entrée de l'école de danse de l'opéra de Leipzig. En 1952, la famille saisit la chance de quitter la RDA et passa en RFA où les deux sœurs continuèrent leur carrière au théâtre de variété de Düsseldorf. C'est là que Pierre-Louis Guérin du Lido de Paris les découvrit et les engagea.

En 1959, elles représentent l'Allemagne au 4e Grand Prix Eurovision de la chanson européenne, terminant 8ème sur 11 avec «Heut möcht ich bummeln» (Nous voulons aller danser ce soir), chanson signée par Astrid Voltmann et Helmut Zander.

Elle continuèrent plus tard leur carrière en Italie où elles vécurent de 1962 à 1986.

Elles jouèrent dans plusieurs films en Allemagne, en France et en Italie.

Alice et Ellen Kessler étaient connues aux États-Unis où de nombreuses personnalités d'Hollywood comme Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster ou Elvis Presley se montraient volontiers avec «les Allemandes».

Elles reçurent la Rose d'Or de Montreux.

Alice Kessler fut la compagne de Marcel Amont de 1961 à 1968.

Source: Article "Sœurs Kessler" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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