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Ellen Kessler

Ellen Kessler

Known For Acting
Birthday Aug 20, 1936
Died Nov 15, 2025 (89)
Birthplace Nerchau, Germany
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Nov 17, 2025
Entry Date Aug 17, 2025
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Biography

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 Geme ... lle 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.

Known For
Filmography
Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah

1962

as Dancer

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Die diebischen Zwillinge

as Kathy

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Feb 27, 1971

Scene of the Crime

as Mutter Bemering

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Balko

as Ira Adomeit

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1995

Auf eigene Gefahr

as Lucie Grindel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1993

Lukas

as Ellen Kessler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 03, 1996

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee

as Erika Strassberg

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 17, 1990

Lieben Sie Show ?

as Self - Host

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 24, 1962

NDR Talk Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 09, 1979

Continental Showcase

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 11, 1966

Stars in the Ring

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 11, 1959

Dalli Dalli

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 13, 1971

Zum blauen Bock

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 03, 1957

Auf los geht's los

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 22, 1977

Discorama

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 04, 1959

Numéro un

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 05, 1975

Filmlegenden. Deutsch

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 14, 2006

Menschen der Woche

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 30, 2000

DAS!

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 02, 1991

Night-Club

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 13, 1968

Wieder zurück: Siegfried Arno - Eine Musik-Show aus Studio 3

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 02, 1962

8 x 1 in Noten

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 19, 1973

Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 25, 1971

Die Caterina-Valente-Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 01, 1966

Wünsch dir was

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 20, 1969

Riverboat

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 1992

Ein roter Teppich für....

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 26, 2002

Domenica In

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Showgeschichten

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 26, 1986

Wer weiß denn sowas?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 06, 2015

Heimat - Deine Filme

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 13, 2008

Dalli Dalli

as Self - Contestant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 13, 1971

Am laufenden Band

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 27, 1974

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 05, 1995

Inas Nacht

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 09, 2007

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 09, 2006

Klimbim

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 24, 1973

Markus Lanz

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 03, 2008

Die Montagsmaler

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 1974

Alles Nichts Oder?!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 1988

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Hätten Sie heut’ Zeit für mich?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 01, 1972

Bio’s Bahnhof

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 09, 1978

Mini Playback Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 31, 1990

Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 09, 1969

Starparade

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 14, 1968

Die Pyramide

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 1979

Bambi

as Self - Laudation

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1948

Ringlstetter

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 2016

Zimmer frei!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 09, 1996

Menschen bei Maischberger

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 2003

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 27, 1994

Kölner Treff

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1976

Boulevard Bio

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 06, 1991

Die verflixte 7

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 07, 1984

Versteckte Kamera

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 25, 1995

Alpha Forum

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1998

Lebens-Künstler

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1995

Music & Guests

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 18, 1976

Aeschbacher

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 2001

Wortwechsel

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1982

Hotel Victoria

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 12, 1961

Menschen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1982

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 02, 1994

Herzlichen Glückwunsch - Die Michael Schanze Jubiläumsgala

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 16, 2005

Nachtcafé

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1987

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1963

Pssst ...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 19, 1990

Heut' abend

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 03, 1980

Deutscher Vorentscheid zum Eurovision Song Contest

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 01, 1956

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History

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