Birgit Steinegger

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Birgit Steinegger (born November 4, 1948 in Bern ) is a Swiss actress , parodist and entertainer.

She is the daughter of a Swiss and a Swede. After taking ballet, violin and piano lessons, she trained as a kindergarten teacher. She then took acting lessons, first in Bern, and later at the Lecoq drama school in Paris . She then worked as a freelancer on various stages, including at the Bern City Theater and the Biel-Solothurn City Theater . Birgit Steinegger became famous for her imitations of Swiss personalities.

Appearances and broadcasts

In 1978 Birgit Steinegger toured through German-speaking Switzerland as a UK Fee on behalf of PTT and SRG and successfully advertised with the slogan “UK Fee brings FM” that radio listeners should switch from outdated medium wave to FM .

When Swiss TV SF, she presented 14 years "The playhouse". Afterwards she was a news anchor at Schweiz aktuell for five years . a. at Lüthi and Blanc and Die Directorin . Birgit Steinegger was and can also be heard on Radio DRS , for example in Zweierleier , a satirical program that she records with her colleague Walter Andreas Müller , or as a presenter on the nighttime show Night Express or the morning show Guete Morge . Birgit Steinegger was also seen in her parody Total Birgit or in the political satirical show Punkt CH .

roll

Mrs. Iseli was probably Birgit Steinegger's most famous character in her one-woman comedy show Total Birgit on Swiss television . Other roles in this program were the Italian Mrs. Schrupatelli and the traditional Pfund family .

Private

Birgit Steinegger was married to the actor Franz Matter until his death in 1999 .

Prizes and awards

  • 1991: Salzburger Stier (together with Viktor Giacobbo )
  • 1994: Prix ​​Walo as a crowd favorite
  • 1994: Berner Bäredräck (as representative of the Bernese humor)
  • 2001: Prix ​​Walo (Best Entertainment Show of 2001)
  • 2003: Tele Prize
  • 2005: she reached the 2nd place in the category Swiss of the year at the Swissaward
  • 2006: Actress of the year : Schaffhausen athlete + artist gala

Films (selection)

  • Total Birgit
  • Total Birgit 2
  • Total Birgit 3
  • 2005: Undercover (Director: Sabine Boss )
  • 2007/08: Total Birgit 4
  • 2009/10: Total Birgit 5
  • 2011/12: Total Birgit 6
  • 2015: Total Birgit 7 (last episodes)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich Aschwanden: "Looking back" on the 1978 radio reform: The UK Fee brings UKW In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of August 14, 2017
  2. ↑ Ingrid Bigler-Marschall: Matter, Franz (No 3). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ Undercover vegafilm.com, accessed March 18, 2015
  4. ↑ SRF cancels show by Birgit Steinegger (65) ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Communication on bluewin.ch dated September 3, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bluewin.ch
personal data
SURNAME Steinegger, Birgit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actress, parodist and entertainer
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern