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- Karin Himboldt was born on 8 February 1920 in Munich, Germany. She was an actress, known for Quax, der Bruchpilot (1941), The Punch Bowl (1944) and Quax in Afrika (1947). She died on 1 December 2005 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Buddy Elias was born 1925 in Frankfurt am Main. He took acting lessons at the conservatory in Basel and completed his training with Ernst Ginsberg in Zürich. At the beginning of his career he played at various stages in Switzerland. He was the star comedian in 'Holiday on Ice' from 1947 until 1961. Since 1962 Buddy Elias had permanent engagements at German and Swiss theaters, but also in England and France. At the Landestheater Tübingen he played Mephisto in 'Urfaust' (1962) and the title part in 'Mustergatte'(1962). At the Comedy Basel he played from 1964-1968, e.g. the ballad singer in 'Galileo Galilei', Truffaldino in 'Diener zweier Herren', the title part in 'Die venezianischen Zwillinge', Lorenzo in 'Romeo und Julia', the title part in 'Arturo Ui', and Mosca in 'Volpone'. Countless engagements followed at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, the Stadttheater Zürich, the Atelier-Theater Bern, the Hanse-Theater, the Theater am Goetheplatz in Bremen, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, the Theater am Kurfürstendamm, the Theater des Westens, the Hansa Theater and the Renaissance-Theater in Berlin, the Deutsches Theater in Munich und the Deutschen Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. He last played the role of Calchas in Herbert Wernicke's 'La belle Helene' in Aix-en-Provence and at the Salzburg Festival and 'Der starke Stamm' (Marieluise Fleißer/director: Thomas Ostermeier) in Munich.
Since 1972 Buddy Elias has participated in almost 80 film and television productions, e.g.:
1972 'Gun Before Butter', director Peter Zadek 1975 'Vranek ist an allem Schuld', director Ulrich Stark 1976 'The Magician',director Menachem Golan 1977 'Mulligans Rückkehr', director Helmut Käutner 1978 'David', director Peter Lilienthal 1980 'Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut', director Axel Corti 1981 'Der Zauberberg', director Hans Geissendörfer 1983 'Der Fall Openheimer', director Rainer Wolffhardt 1983 'Das Traumschiff', director Alfred Vohrer 1984 'Emigranten', director Axel Corti 1986 'La visite chez le prince', director Serge Korber 1987 'Die Schwarzwaldklinik', director Hans-Jürgen Tögel 1990 'Bronsteins Kinder', director Jerzy Kawalerowicz 1991/92 'Mit Leib und Seele', director Peter Deutsch 1992 'Glückliche Reise', director Hermann Leitner 1992 'SoKo 5113', director Kai Borsche 1993 'Die Botschafterin', director Peter Deutsch 1993 'Wolffs Revier', director Michael Lähn 1994 'Mutter Courage', director Michael Verhoeven 1997 'Shalom Deutschland', director Josef Rödel 1997 'Totalschaden' (Crash), director Thorsten Näter 1998 'Sunshine / Sonnenschein', director Istvan Szabo 1998 'Stan Becker - Echte Freunde', director Kaspar Heidelbach 1999 'St Angela', director Egon Monk 2000 'Nobel', director Fabio Carpi 2001 'Der Verleger', director Bernd Böhlich 2002 'Die Liebe in Gedanken', director Achim von Bories. 2003 'Bella Block - Hinter den Spiegeln', director: Thorsten Näter 2003 'Mit deinen Augen', director: Karl Kasis 2004 'Die Wahrheit des Dieter D.', director: Barbara Politsch 2004 'Tod einer Ärztin', director: Markus Fischer 2004 'Propaganda', director: Horst Königstein 2004 'Jetzt erst Recht', director: Andi Niessner 2005 'GG 19 - Episodenfilm zum Gerundgesetz, Art. 8', director: Mira Thiel 2006 'Sami', director: Mehdi Benhadji-Djilali
Buddy Elias lives in Basel. A cousin of Anne Frank, he is her last living relative and presides the "Anne Frank-Foundation". - Albert Hofmann was born on 10 January 1906 in Baden, Switzerland. He was a writer, known for A Bicycle Trip (2008), Hofmann's Potion (2002) and Il Cibo degli Dei (2014). He was married to Anita Hofmann. He died on 29 April 2008 in Burg im Leimental, Kanton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland.
- Actress
- Producer
Silvia Reize was born on 1 October 1948 in Berne, Switzerland. She was an actress and producer, known for Die Aubergers (1997), Die Pawlaks - Eine Geschichte aus dem Ruhrgebiet (1982) and Die Magd (1976). She was married to Hans-Ruedi Ledermann. She died on 19 June 2012 in Basel, Switzerland.- Judit Rohonczy was born on 23 October 1929 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Budapesti tavasz (1955), Semmelweis (1952) and Déryné (1951). She was married to Károly (Carl) Melles. She died on 8 March 2001 in Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Charlotte Susa was born on 1 March 1898 in Memel, East Prussia, Germany [now Klaipeda, Lithuania]. She was an actress, known for Abenteuer im Südexpress (1934), Walzerparadies (1931) and Der Tiger (1930). She was married to Andrews Engelmann. She died on 28 July 1976 in Basel, Switzerland.- Tilo von Berlepsch was born on 30 December 1913 in Kassel, Germany. He was an actor, known for Komm nach Wien, ich zeig dir was! (1970), Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967) and Claus Graf Stauffenberg (1970). He was married to Eike Siegel. He died on 8 April 1991 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Actor
- Writer
Andrews Engelmann was born on 23 March 1901 in Petersburg, Russia. He was an actor and writer, known for G.P.U. (1942), Toilers of the Sea (1936) and Baroud (1932). He was married to Charlotte Susa. He died on 25 February 1992 in Basel, Switzerland.- Vaçe Zela was born on 7 April 1939 in Lushnjë, Albania. She was an actress, known for Kur hiqen maskat (1975) and Estrada në ekran (1968). She was married to Pjetër Rodiqi. She died on 6 February 2014 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Bob Mayo was born on 25 August 1951 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), The Drew Carey Show (1995) and Behind the Music (1997). He was married to Laurie Pellillo, Carolyn ? and Carolyn Mayo. He died on 23 February 2004 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
William Cohn was born in 1957 in Colombia. He was an actor, known for Schmidts Katze (2015), House of Boys (2009) and Edifice 129. He died on 30 June 2022 in Basel, Switzerland.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Anton Fier was born on 20 June 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Anton is known for Ed and His Dead Mother (1993), The Backyardigans (2004) and Sharkey's Day (1984). Anton died on 14 September 2022 in Basel, Switzerland.- Writer
- Soundtrack
Pacifist writer Wolfgang Borchert was born in Hamburg, Germany. He began acting very young he and played several roles on stage before the outbreak of World War II when he was called up to serve in the German army. While serving as a soldier he made jokes about leading Nazis and was arrested. He was too young to be executed but while in jail he fell ill and the bad prison conditions made his condition worse. In May 1945 he returned home and started writing. His most famous play, "Draussen vor der Tuer", was originally developed for radio but received such a positive reaction from young Germans that it was later adapted for the theatre. One day before the premiere he died in hospital in Switzerland.- Actor
- Writer
Ruedi Walter was born on 10 December 1916 in Solothurn, Switzerland. He was an actor and writer, known for Nid jetz, Schatz! (1972), Die Käserei in der Vehfreude (1958) and Ich betone oben ohne - Das Go Go Girl vom Blow Up (1969). He was married to Irène Camarius. He died on 16 June 1990 in Basel, Switzerland.- Ilse Fürstenberg was born on 12 December 1907 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Lady Windermeres Fächer (1935), The Blue Angel (1930) and Und das am Montagmorgen (1957). She died on 16 December 1976 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Prinzessin Maria Eleonore von und zu Liechtenstein was born on 23 September 1937 in Sternberg, Moravian-Silesian Land, Czechoslovakia [now Sternberk, Olomouc, Czech Republic]. She died on 8 June 2002 in Binningen, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ferenc Fricsay was born on 9 August 1914 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Nuit de chien (2008), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: La voix de l'âme (1995) and Sabine und die 100 Männer (1960). He was married to Silvia and ???. He died on 20 February 1963 in Basel, Switzerland.- First in Basel and Zurich Paul Boesiger was trained by Ernst Ginsberg and was on stage for some of the most important representations of the first plays of Friedrich Duerrenmatt and Max Frisch. In the early fifties he was discovered for the big screen by the famous German director Paul May for the 08/15 franchise. After having played in many outstanding German films Paul Boesiger decided in the early sixties to focus on stage acting and directing. First in Freiburg i. Br. and later in Nuernberg he left some unforgotten moments as 'Mephisto' or 'Thomas Payne'. His debut as director in 1975 found important critical acclaim and the attempt to interpret Wolfgang Borchert's 'Draussen vor der Tuer' (The Man Outside) on the background of the Vietnam war showed his talent to guide his colleague actors towards a deep and authentic understanding of their parts. Paul Boesiger died in 1977 in Basel at the age of 48. His son Johannes Boesiger (b 1962) worked with him as directing trainee and became later film critic, scriptwriter and producer.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Rudolf Barshai was born on 28 September 1924 in Labinskaya, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia]. He is known for Killing Eve (2018), Midi minuit (1970) and Testimony (1987). He was married to Elena Raskova, Teruko Soda, Anna Martinson and Nina Markova. He died on 2 November 2010 in Basel, Switzerland.- Haber came from a Jewish family. His father ran a trading business for fabrics, paints, varnishes and drugs. Severe complications occurred during his birth; the mother died three weeks later. After completing a commercial apprenticeship, he studied chemistry in Berlin and Heidelberg from 1886. In Berlin he received his doctorate in organic chemistry in 1891 with a thesis on some derivatives of piperonal. Meanwhile, Haber converted to the Protestant Christian faith in 1893. In 1894, Haber received an assistant position in physical chemistry at the Karlsruhe University of Technology and completed his habilitation there in 1896.
In 1898, Haber received an appointment as a professor at the University of Karlsruhe. From 1904 he worked on the catalytic formation of ammonia. In 1908, the chemist found a method to obtain ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen under high temperature and pressure. On October 12, 1908, his research was patented. He was a professor at the University of Berlin from 1906 and an honorary professor of physical chemistry from 1912. In 1911 he was appointed head of the Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, the predecessor of today's Max Planck Society. He released his "process for the synthetic production of ammonia from the elements" to BASF for commercial use.
At the same time he worked here as a scientist. Haber worked primarily in the fields of electrochemistry and investigated the thermodynamics of gas reactions. He also made a contribution to organic chemistry through work on nitro compounds. In addition to studies of physical chemistry, nitrogen reactions became his preferred area of research. He tried to synthesize ammonia, which is an indispensable basis for the production of explosives and fertilizer. This enabled Carl Bosch to develop the so-called Haber-Bosch process in industrial production in 1913.
After the outbreak of the First World War, Haber offered the institute's services to the Prussian army administration in 1914. The institute was subsequently involved in the development of gas weapons, which were used on a mass scale for the first time during this war, for example in the chlorine gas attack near Ypres on April 22, 1915. The chemist received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for the synthesis of ammonia. In March 1919, the German Society for Pest Control (Degesch) was founded, initially headed by him and, from 1920, Walter Heerdt. Since the founding of I.G. Farben joined their supervisory board in 1925. Haber was able to maintain his leadership position through the institute even after the end of the war in the Weimar Republic.
It was only after Adolf Hitler came to power in January 1933 that the chemist of Jewish descent was forced out of his position and scientific work in Germany. He emigrated in 1933, first to Great Britain and then to Switzerland.
Fritz Haber died on January 29, 1934 in Basel. - Egon Karter was born on 18 October 1911 in Mährisch-Ostrau, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Het mysterie van de Mondscheinsonate (1935). He died on 17 November 2006 in Basel, Switzerland.
- The Swiss actor and singer Max Knapp (born in Zurich on 13-11-1899) first learned woodcarving from his father but soon turned to his true passion, dramatic art. After taking acting and singing lessons, he embarked on a long and fruitful career, judge for yourself: from 1917 to 1920, he performed at the Zurich City Theatre; between 1920 and 1926, he was a member of the Theater of Saint Gall and from 1926 to 1928, of the Wuppertal (Rhineland) theater. After that, he became a fixture of the Basel Stadttheater, from 1928 until his death. i.e... fifty-one years later! Knapp's talents were varied : being cheeky and cheerful, he was a born comedian, but being endowed with great means, he also shone in tragic roles. As if playing one role after the other was not enough, Knapp started directing as of 1947. To say nothing of the numerous radio, television and film productions he participated in. In 1966, his merits were crowned by the Hans Reinhart Ring. He died in Basel on 16-12-1979, at the age of eighty, after donating his person in no less than 900 roles in plays, in operas and operettas (his last appearance was in "The Marriage of Figaro" at 80!). A busy career, if you will pardon the euphemism!
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Noemi Steuer was born on 15 January 1957 in Basel, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Die zweite Heimat: Chronik einer Jugend (1992) and SwissLove (2002). She was married to Clemens Bechtel. She died on 14 July 2020 in Basel, Basel, Switzerland.- Dieter Forte was born on 14 June 1935 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a writer, known for Nachbarn (1970), Gesundheit (1979) and Achsensprung (1977). He died on 22 April 2019 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Actor
Max Dora, born in 1921 in Basel, started in 1944 in the Peka-Film laboratories in Zurich, then directed the sound design workshops from 1945 to 1947. That same year he became the successful director of Gloriafilms. His great management skills earned him requests from almost all Swiss film companies: co-director of Praesens-Films (1959-1964), production director of Standard-Film and CEFI-Film (1965-1972), of Ciné-Journal Suisse (1975-1975), of Elite-Film and of the Army Film Service (1976) and Condor-Film (from 1977). He was also a producer for the German-speaking TV, a member of the Federal Film Commission (1963-1972) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Film Library. A supporter of a well-made mainstream cinema , he was a key figure in the cinema of his country.