Topsy Küppers

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Topsy Küppers (born August 17, 1931 in Aachen ) is an Austrian author , singer , soubrette , actress and former theater director of German origin.

Life

The foundation for Topsy Küppers' career as an actress was laid by Ursula Staudte , who taught her according to the so-called Stanislawski principle . According to her own statement, Trude Hesterberg , who taught her the chanson and its interpretation , had the greatest influence . Küppers passed her exam at the stage cooperative at the time, on whose examination committee Gustaf Gründgens sat.

She worked on German theaters and for German and Austrian television and from 1958 appeared with her then husband Georg Kreisler in Munich, among other places .

On December 17, 1976, she opened the Freie Bühne Wieden in Vienna with four cabaret programs , which “was dedicated to preserving Jewish literature and Jewish authors - both deceased and contemporary”. In the 25 years that she ran the theater on a voluntary basis until January 2001, she became the "Principal [...] Original Viennese". During this time, she fought against misogyny , anti-Semitism and fascism with musical-literary programs such as Gehackte Zores, Weit von wo und Amoureuses, Scandaleuses, Heiteres and so on .

Private

In 1965 Topsy Küppers took on Austrian citizenship.

The daughter Sandra Kreisler , who also works as a singer, speaker and actress, and a son come from her marriage to Georg Kreisler . Kreisler and Topsy Küppers separated in the mid-1970s.

Küppers was married to Karlheinz "Carlos" Springer († 2013) for the second time.

At the beginning of August 2013, Küppers was diagnosed with colon cancer, which she referred to as “my Ungustl” and which she dealt with in the 2014 book of the same name.

Awards

Küppers has received awards in Germany and abroad for her work, including:

Works

Discography

  • Frivolities , LP (1963)
  • Go poison pigeons , with Georg Kreisler, LP (1964)
  • The hot quarter of an hour , with Georg Kreisler, LP (1968)
  • Death, that must be a Viennese , with Georg Kreisler, LP / CD (1969/1994)
  • Different from the others , with Georg Kreisler, LP (1969)
  • Tonight: Lola Blau , musical for a woman and two pianos by Georg Kreisler, double LP / CD (1971/1997)
  • Come on ... 12 chic hits , LP (1971)
  • Again and again resistance , LP (1973)
  • The monster tenderness , LP / CD (1974/2001)
  • Mirror Images , LP (1980)
  • Songs to suit your mood , CD (1989)
  • The tongue of culture goes far . Songs and texts by Erich Kästner, CD (2007)
  • Signals from the beyond , guest role with the three ???, CD (2017)

Books

  • Free stage in Wieden. Introduction to Topsy Küppers. Graphic design by Johann Hofmann. Free Stage Wieden, Vienna 1977.
  • Erwin Brecher: Every word thought sport. Edited by Topsy Küppers and Elke Browne. htp, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-7004-0684-3 .
  • All dear people. A big letter to my audience. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-218-00621-X .
  • All dreams lead to Vienna. A factual novel. Ibera, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85052-105-2 .
  • Wolf brass . Clairvoyants and magicians. Langen Müller, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7844-2880-0 .
  • If your life is sad - light it up with humor! Experienced - heard - thought… Ibera, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85052-273-1 .
  • My Ungustl. A disgusting guest. Langen Müller, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7844-3366-0 .
  • The sapphire brothers. A factual novel. Verlag Der Apfel, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85450-779-6 .

Filmography

  • 1954: guitars of love
  • 1955: Three girls from the Rhine
  • 1955: La Gondola (television)
  • 1956: The wild Auguste
  • 1956: kiss me again
  • 1956: We like the world
  • 1956: Season in Upper Bavaria
  • 1960: The love uncle (TV recording from the Millowitsch Theater )
  • 1961: Paganini (television)
  • 1962: Gasparone (television)
  • 1963: Berlin Melodie (television)
  • 1969: An evening for two (television)
  • 1972: Outsider (television)

literature

  • Walter Rösler: Topsy Küppers - "Hate me or love me ..." In: Ernst Günther, Heinz P. Hofmann, Walter Rösler (ed.): Cassette. Rock, pop, hit songs, revue, circus, cabaret, magic - an almanac (=  cassette ). No. 7 . Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1984, p. 171-177 .
  • Topsy Küppers. Actress and author in conversation with Christoph Lindenmeyer. Transcript from the alpha-Forum TV series : Conversation with prominent personalities. BR-alpha , May 16, 2003 (as of December 20, 2011: full text online ; PDF, 53.63 KB.)

Web links

Commons : Topsy Küppers  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topsy Küppers, actress and author, in conversation with Christoph Lindenmeyer. In: Bayerischer Rundfunk: alpha forum. 2003, accessed on April 3, 2015 (first broadcast on Bayerischer Rundfunk on May 16, 2003).
  2. ↑ Freie Bühne Wieden: Four cabaret programs . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 4th 1976, p. 18 , column 2 below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized). ( Matinee in the morning ... but I loved you; in the afternoon: cabaret balance The time in Memoriam Karl Farkas was nice ; in the evening: Küppers 300. Presentation of her program Tonight: Lola Blau; so-called “midnight cabaret ”: Oh frivolous is us at Evening ... )
  3. ↑ a b c press report Kurier.at
  4. ↑ Sandra Kreisler. In: Andrea von Treuenfeld: Heirs of the Holocaust. Life between silence and memory. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2017, ISBN 978-3-579-08670-5 , p. 134ff.
  5. ↑ Georg Kreisler: But I was not found. Posthumous edition of previously unpublished texts and photos. Atrium-Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-85535-367-5 .
  6. ^ Press report Wiener Zeitung
  7. ↑ Küppers, Topsy Biography on the website of the Grazer Authors' Assembly (GAV).
personal data
SURNAME Küppers, Topsy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress, singer, soubrette, theater director and book author
DATE OF BIRTH August 17, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen