Emil Hegetschweiler

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Emil Hegetschweiler (born October 15, 1887 in Zurich as Emil Johann Hegetschweiler ; † October 1, 1959 in Zurich) was a Swiss actor . In addition to Heinrich Gretler , Alfred Rasser , Schaggi Streuli , Max Haufler and Ruedi Walter , he was one of the great folk actors in Switzerland.

Life

Emil Hegetschweiler was the son of the confectioner Emil Rudolf Hegetschweiler and Lina Ottiker. He did his father's apprenticeship as a baker - confectioner and in 1917 took over his father's business at Spiegelgasse 1. In 1927, the Helmhaus confectionery was added as a branch , whose tea room became a popular meeting place for artists. He made his debut in 1907 as an amateur actor with the Zurich Dramatic Society and was one of the founders of Cabaret Cornichon in 1934 . He performed at the Schauspielhaus and the Stadttheater in Zurich and directed his own Hegi Theater. In addition to his theater work, he also worked for radio and television.

The short film Hallo Switzerland! marked its debut in the cinema in 1929. Another short film followed in 1935 with Eroticism in Switzerland . He also appeared in commercials such as Füür im Huus! (1939), Family M (1949), Mitenand gahts better (1949), A Song of Travel (1952), Family M Junior (1953) and Dream and Reality (1957). On the script for Emil, me mues halt talk to each other! he wrote. He owed his unbroken popularity to this day, however, to his many leading and supporting roles in Swiss dialect films between 1933 and 1959. The high point of his cinematic work was the leading role in the film Bäckerei Zürrer , which director Kurt Früh had made for him.

Emil Hegetschweiler was married three times, most recently to Julia Honegger, the sister of the composer Arthur Honegger . He died in 1959 while filming the film Do you still have sons yes ...? Director Lukas Ammann stepped in to replace him.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Kotte (ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . tape 2 . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2005, Zurich Dramatic Association, p. 812 ( Emil Hegetschweiler [accessed November 18, 2016]).
personal data
SURNAME Hegetschweiler, Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hegetschweiler, Emil Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cabaret artist and actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1959
Place of death Zurich