Eva Mezger-Haefeli

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Eva Mezger-Haefeli , rarely, Eva Mezger-Häfeli written (* 26. March 1934 in Zurich as Eva Haefeli ) is a former Swiss Program spokeswoman , actress and television presenter .

She was one of the first program speakers on Swiss television .

life and career

Beginnings in Zurich

Eva Haefeli was born on March 26, 1934 in Zurich, grew up here and attended school here. After that, she actually wanted to become a dental technician , but after a visit to the theater at the Schauspielhaus Zürich ( Schiller's Don Karlos with Maria Becker and Will Quadflieg as the main actors), she decided to start a career as an actress. Her parents, a singing teacher and professor at ETH Zurich , fully supported her in her plans . She first attended the Zurich Women's Education School for three years and, at the same time, took private speaking lessons from the actress Ellen Widmann , in whose chamber choir she was also accepted. During this time the teachers as well as the principal of the women's education school were sympathetic to her enthusiasm for theater. Through Widmann and her work in the Zurich Chamber Choir, the budding actress came into contact with well-known theater people and soon made her way onto television.

TV announcer on Swiss television

With a diploma from the women's education school in her pocket, the then 19-year-old took up a position as a program assistant in the television studio Bellerive , the birthplace of Swiss television . Swiss television (SF) began broadcasting on July 20, 1953. A few months after starting her work as a program assistant, she was also employed as an announcer . Since announcers were not allowed to hold a note in their hands at that time and were not allowed to read the text anywhere else, she was forced to memorize the announcement texts. For Haefeli this meant a double burden, as she continued to work as a program assistant. During this time she also reported on the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , when the director first allowed her to use notes as an aid to her announcements. After work at Studio Bellerive, Haefeli received acting lessons from Sigfrit Steiner in order to realize her dream of becoming an actress .

Short acting career

In 1955 she got a role in the feature film Polizischt Wäckerli , produced by Max Dora and Gloriafilm , in which she embodies the character Marti Wäckerli , the daughter of the main character (played by Schaggi Streuli ). In the same film, her mentor Sigfrit Steiner also played a smaller role as a doctor. A year later you saw Haefeli in Oberstadtgass , in which Schaggi Streuli was also seen in the lead role. The already mentioned Sigfrit Steiner and Haefeli's language teacher Ellen Widmann also starred in the feature film, which was also produced by Max Dora and Gloriafilm. In 1957 she made the leap to Germany , where she got an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart . Engagements at other German theaters followed. During this time she also met the director Theo Mezger , whom she subsequently married in 1961. After the birth of their first child, daughter Jana, Mezger-Haefeli withdrew from acting in order to concentrate on her family. The marriage had two more children before the couple separated in the early 1970s. One of the reasons for this was that Mezger was constantly on the road for work and had little time for the family.

Return to television

In 1972, according to other sources also in 1973, Mezger-Haefeli returned to Switzerland as a single mother and began working again for Swiss television. The Studio Bellerive as she knew it no longer existed. The productions now took place in the larger Leutschenbach studio and the SF had meanwhile transformed into a modern program establishment. In the same place, the then 39-year-old took over the moderation of the afternoon program Da Capo from the then presenter Flavia Schnyder , from which the program Seniorama later emerged. It was rediscovered when "20 years of Swiss television" was celebrated in 1973, when people remembered the television makers from the very beginning and invited some of the protagonists of that time to look back. As a result of this review, Mezger-Haefeli was approached by a director who was looking for an auxiliary broadcasting manager and who saw her as one. From 1980 she also took over the moderation of the show Treffpunkt ; both shows on age. In the 45-minute programs overseen by TV editor Gertrud Furrer , she dealt with a wide range of topics relating to aging and often had experts from various fields of knowledge as guests. In addition, she conducted the Fundus program for some time . In 1994, the show Treffpunkt fell victim to new program structures within Swiss television; on March 17, 1994, she hosted the 580th and final broadcast of the meeting point . She then worked on the women's show Lipstick for four years before she retired in spring 1998, now at the age of 64.

Life in retirement

Since they retired, the mother of three (one daughter, two sons) and grandmother of ten lives in an apartment in Zurich's Höngg district on the so-called sunny slope of the Zürichberg . In her pension, she does volunteer work; Among other things, she is a member of the senior citizens' council of the city and canton of Zurich, and in this role she is a member of the special mobility commission of the Zurich transport company , in which she sometimes represents the concerns of senior citizens. She is also active in the senior care project at school . For three years they supported intensively Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold's initiative 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 , the thousand peacemakers for the world's Nobel Peace Prize suggested. Even today she moderates senior events from time to time.

Filmography

Sources and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ At 50, many women want to know again , accessed on September 8, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Mezger-Haefeli, Eva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haefeli, Eva (maiden name); Mezger, Eva; Mezger-Häfeli, Eva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss program speaker, actress and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland