Trudi Gerster
Trudi Gerster (born September 6, 1919 in St. Gallen ; † April 27, 2013 in Basel ) was a Swiss actress , storyteller and politician .
Life
Gerster graduated from the Zurich drama school in 1939/40 and took private lessons from Ernst Ginsberg, among others . At the Swiss National Exhibition in 1939 , she had her first engagement as a storyteller in the children's paradise. From 1940 until the birth of her children, she was engaged at the St. Gallen City Theater , including as Gretchen in Goethe's Faust . From 1945 she was a freelance actress. In addition, Gerster wrote several children's books. From 1940 she regularly told stories in the children's program on Swiss Radio DRS .
As a storyteller, Trudi Gerster accompanied three generations of Swiss people during their childhood. Her unmistakable voice can be heard on countless recordings, ranging from the classic fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Andersen's fairy tales to stories they have invented. Many of her phonograms received awards, in 1998 she was voted the most popular cultural worker in Switzerland and in 2005 she received the Honorary Prix Walo . In 2009 she was honored by the filmmakers Barbara Zürcher and Angelo A. Lüdin with the homage “The Fairy Tale Queen”. The film portrayed a proud artist, matriarch and clever woman. After her death, the Landesmuseum Zürich dedicated a separate room to her in the exhibition Fairy Tales, Magic and Trudi Gerster from 10 January to 11 May 2014.
In 1968 she was one of the first women to be elected to a Swiss parliament. She sat on the Grand Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt until 1980 , initially as a non-party, later as a representative of the National Ring of Independents . She campaigned for the promotion of culture (including for the Basel children's theater), for women's rights , against new nuclear power plants and for environmental protection . Gerster was a board member of the Basel Section of Homeland Security .
Gerster was married twice and had a daughter and a son from his first marriage. She lived in Basel, where she died at the age of 93.
Works (selection)
stories
- Trudi Gerster tells - Edition experiences and remembers (2010)
- Christmas Stories (2002)
- How the elephant got its trunk (2001)
- Magic Witches - Witches Magic (1999)
- Dragon Tales (1998)
- Swiss fairy tale (1990)
- How the elephant got its trunk (1986)
- Of the Stupid, Stupid Negro: A Funny Story (1960)
Filmography
- Lüthi and Blanc (TV soap, 2005)
- Money or Life (Movie, 2008)
- Trudi Gerster - The Fairy Tale Queen (Movie, 2009)
literature
- Trudi Gerster . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 699.
- Franziska Schläpfer: Trudi Gerster. A multifaceted life. Stämpfli, Bern 2016, ISBN 978-3-7272-1464-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Trudi Gerster in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hansruedi Lerch: Gerster, Trudi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Trudi Gerster in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Trudi Gerster's website
- The first time - Born a fairy tale? ( Memento from September 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Interview with Trudi Gerster, NZZ Folio , 5/2000
- Trudi Gerster tells : Autobiographical audio book from the edition experienced and remembered
Obituaries
- A life for fairy tales - in memory of Trudi Gerster. In: SRF 1 from April 28, 2013 (with video and audio material)
- Simone Meier : The good fairy. In: Tages-Anzeiger from April 29, 2013
- Sieglinde Geisel: Trudi Gerster died at the age of 93. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from April 28, 2013
- Dana Gablinger, Fabian Zürcher: "She knew that her time had come." In: View from April 29, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The “fairytale queen” Trudi Gerster is dead , Tages-Anzeiger / Newsnet , April 28, 2013, accessed on April 28, 2013.
- ^ Honorary Prix Walo
- ↑ Trudi Gerster has died. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from April 28, 2013.
- ↑ The state museum is transformed into a fairytale castle. In: Der Landbote / sda of January 9, 2014
- ↑ Märchen, Magie and Trudi Gerster on the Landesmuseum's website
- ↑ Trudi Gerster's website
- ↑ web.archive.org: money or your life . Retrieved July 26, 2020
- ↑ Point de vue: Trudi Gerster - The fairy tale queen . Retrieved July 26, 2020
- ↑ Serge Kuhn from Web.archive.org: Märchenkönigin scared off dream princes . In: Tages-Anzeiger .ch / Newsnet from September 1, 2009. Accessed on July 26, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerster, Trudi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerster, Trude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actress, storyteller and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 2013 |
| Place of death | Basel |