Stephanie Glaser

Stephanie Glaser (22 February 1920 – 14 January 2011) was one of Switzerland's most prominent stage, TV and film actresses, popular for her portrayal of down-to-earth, sympathetic characters. Her father operated several hotels during his career most notably the Hotel Terminus in Spiez and the Hotel de la Poste in Bern. Her mother was the first woman in Bern to drive an automobile and she formed a women's automobile club.

Her paternal family immigrated to Switzerland from Germany in the 1840s and became citizens of Niederhünigen in 1855. Her paternal grandfather, Dr. Georg Glaser–Schmid, a psychiatrist was the general director of the Psychiatric Hospital in Münsterlingen.

After some time in England and at finishing school, she studied acting at the Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna.

Career Glaser then performed at various theatres in Switzerland and Germany. and became, alongside Walter Roderer, one of Switzerland's noted popular actresses as well as a leading figure of the 1950s Swiss comedy scene.

In the 1980s she returned to film work and in 2006, at the age of 86, she was cast in her first title role in the critically and commercially successful movie Late Bloomers (Die Herbstzeitlosen).

Selected filmography 1954: Uli der Knecht – Trinette 1955: Ueli der Pächter – Trinette 1955: Polizischt Wäckerli 1957: Taxichauffeur Bänz – Lilly 1984: Motel (TV show) 1988: Klassezämekunft – Lisbeth Schneider 1989: Leo Sonnyboy – Mother of Leo 1990: Der Tod zu Basel – Ms. Steiner 1994: Die Direktorin (TV show) 1998: Fascht e Familie (1 episode) 2000: Komiker – Mother Beck 2001: Spital in Angst – Patient 2001: Birdseye – Maya Vogelaug 2004: Sternenberg – Old Lady 2005: Mein Name ist Eugen – Aunt Melanie 2006: Late Bloomers – Martha Jost 2007: Wen der Berg ruft 2008: Hunkeler und der Fall Livius (TV movie) 2009: Das Fräuleinwunder – Frida Borel 2010: Mord hinterm Vorhang – Lydia Walliser

Awards 2006: Special Leopard of the Locarno International Film Festival for Late Bloomers 2006: SwissAward in the culture category for Late Bloomers 2006: Prix Walo