Alfred Rasser was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor who starred predominantly in Swiss German-language cinema and television and stage productions, but he was known for the role of Theophil Lappli, a parody on the Swiss militarism.
12 Facts About Alfred Rasser
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From 1928 to 1930 Rasser took acting lessons at Oskar Walterlin and body workout at Rosalia Chladek at the Basel conservatory.
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At the Bernhard-Theater Zurich, and at the Schauspielhaus Zurich Alfred Rasser appeared in comedies and classic dramas.
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Alfred Rasser played on numerous Swiss theaters, including the role of the frog in Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus in Lausanne and at the Opera du Rhin in Strasbourg in 1961, and in 1963 in Gogol's "The Government Inspector".
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Between 1952 and 1975 Alfred Rasser starred in one-man programs in southern Germany and Switzerland, among other things, as member of the Fauteuil ensemble in Basel.
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From 1935 to 1941 Alfred Rasser belonged with a short interruption to the ensemble of the Cabaret Cornichon in Zurich, where he stood out in particular through its parodies of Basel arrogance and independent line.
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In 1943 Alfred Rasser founded in Basel the satirical political Kabaret Kactus which became very successful.
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Besides, Alfred Rasser played with the Kabaret Kactus number cabaret and directed his Swiss German version of Mary Chase's Harvey starring himself in 1950.
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Alfred Rasser participated in several Swiss films: "HD-Soldat Lappli" and "Demokrat Lappli" were filmed for the cinema.
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Alfred Rasser was politically active and was elected to the Nationalrat as a representative of the Landesring der Unabhangigen between 1967 and 1975, where he stood for peace, social justice and culture.
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From 1932 to 1945 Alfred Rasser was married to Adele Schnell in first marriage; from the marriage emerged their son Roland Alfred Rasser.
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In 1947 Alfred Rasser married Ninette Rosselat; they had three children.