Ellen Schwiers was a German actress of stage, film, and television.
11 Facts About Ellen Schwiers
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Ellen Schwiers was featured in world premieres of plays by Durrenmatt and Frisch at the Schauspielhaus Zurich, and appeared as Buhlschaft in Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival.
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Ellen Schwiers directed plays, founded a touring theatre company in 1982, and was Intendant of a festival from 1984.
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Ellen Schwiers played in the world premieres of Durrenmatt's Der Meteor and Frisch's Biografie: Ein Spiel at the Schauspielhaus Zurich.
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Ellen Schwiers was internationally recognised for playing Buhlschaft in Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival in 1961 and 1962, a role that she played in a 1961 film, alongside Walther Reyer in the title role.
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Ellen Schwiers appeared in more than 200 television productions, including popular series such as Tatort, Der rote Schal and Doktor Martin.
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Ellen Schwiers first directed a play at the Burgfestspiele Jagsthausen, Shakespeare's Was ihr wollt.
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Ellen Schwiers founded a touring theatre company with her husband and daughter, Das Ensemble, which she kept running after her husband's death in 1992, and then passed to her daughter.
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Ellen Schwiers last appeared on stage at the age of 84 in the comedy Altweiberfruhling, with her daughter and her brother Holger Schwiers.
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Ellen Schwiers died at her home in Starnberg on 26 April 2019.
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The first film role for Ellen Schwiers was Hildegard in Heimliches Rendezvous in 1949, directed by Kurt Hoffmann.