Alice Kessler

Acting

Alice Kessler

Born — Died

1936-08-20 — 2025-11-17

Place of birth

Nerchau, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

75 titles

Alice and Ellen Kessler (born 20 August 1936 in Nerchau, Saxony, Germany) are twin entertainers known in Europe, especially Germany and Italy, from the 1950s and 1960s for their singing, dancing, and acting. They are usually credited as the Kessler Twins (Die Kessler-Zwillinge in Germany and Le Gemelle Kessler in Italy), where they remain popular. The Kessler sisters enjoyed a significant degree of popularity in the US, appearing on national television programs such as The Ed Sullivan Show. The Kesslers made their American television debut on the CBS variety show, The Red Skelton Hour. They also appeared in the 1963 film Sodom and Gomorrah as dancers and were featured on the cover of Life M…

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 18 titles

Sodom and Gomorrah poster
5.3

Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Bera. When Lot orders a dam to be busted in order to prevent the destruction of the cities by the attacking Helamites, the queen, in gratitude, allows Lot's people to settle in Sodom. Soon, however, the veneer of civilization begins crumbling as Lot and the Hebrews become corrupted by the Sodomites.

Sodom and Gomorrah

1962

Complexes poster
7.0

In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.

Complexes

1965

Love and the Frenchwoman poster
4.9

The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman.

Love and the Frenchwoman

1960

Erik the Conqueror poster
6.4

In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the other by Vikings, meet after nearly 20 years as rivals as war breaks out between Britian and the Vikings for control of England.

Erik the Conqueror

1961

The Magician poster
6.6

In a Munich circus, Pierre, who has come to attend the funeral of his father, a famous illusionist, finds love in the arms of the beautiful Hildegarde. But he discovers that Hildegarde has a twin sister, Greta.

The Magician

1960

The Thursday poster
7.1

It's the story of a day spent by Dino, separated by his wife, who sees his son Robertino after five years. Dino has not contributed anything in life and to win the affection of his son, invents a story about his past. At the end of the day however, he will succeed in establishing a positive relationship with his son and telling the truth about himself.

The Thursday

1964

Rocco e le sorelle poster
7.0

A Sicilian leaves for Milan, in search of fortune, with the four sisters he supervises fiercely.

Rocco e le sorelle

1961

Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Andere Zeiten - andere Sitten

1967

Dead Woman from Beverly Hills poster
5.1

Detective C.G. begins to investigate the death of an attractive woman whose naked body was found in Beverly Hills. When he recovers her journal, he is taken into her past where he finds that she lead a sexually promiscuous life. Perhaps in the pages of the diary will be a clue to her killer's identity.

Dead Woman from Beverly Hills

1964

Der Vogelhändler poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Der Vogelhändler

1962

Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies poster
6.0

Operetta star Ulrich Hansen wants to return to his original profession as a doctor and announces his engagement to Regine Röders, the daughter of an industrialist, at his farewell performance. His stage partner and former girlfriend, Ilonka, isn't about to accept his decision to marry another woman without a fight. Jealous, she hatches a plan to prevent the wedding. Ulrich and Regine marry as planned and go on their honeymoon to Venice. Ilonka follows the newlyweds to Venice with her new admirer, Gustav Säuerling, and continues to try to break them up.

Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies

1962

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Paris nach Noten

1968

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Perpetuum Musicale - Eine Revue ohne Aufenthalt

1963

Maskenball bei Scotland Yard poster
10.0

Agostino announces an incredible invention: a device that allows one to jump into any TV show. He's promptly declared insane and ends up in an institution. Giorgio, however, who is convinced by Agostino's abilities, rescues him, and the two begin to use the invention as a marketing strategy: The cake, which comes from Giorgio's aunts' oven and hasn't sold well up to this point, is now being advertised across television.

Maskenball bei Scotland Yard

1963

Songs, Bullies and Chicks poster
6.5

In order to promote a plumcake an adman associates with a mad scientist who has found a way to interfere with TV broadcasts.

Songs, Bullies and Chicks

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Show - Charme - Chansons

1965

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NR

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Festival der Stars

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die lachende Dritte

1961

1950s · 12 titles

The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina poster
8.3

Sabrina is a beautiful thief, one who happens to have seven moles on her thigh, forming the constellation Ursa Minor; this is the only clue German police have to solve a recent robbery. Teo is a photographer looking for a pair of beautiful legs to participate in a photo contest. When he secretly takes a photo of Sabrina's legs, including the telltale moles, Sabrina has to get it back at any cost, something which brings her into dangerous proximity with the smitten Teo. Romance and assorted hijinx ensue.

The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina

1958

Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol poster
5.8

The enterprising but chronically indebted factory owner Gustav Mummelmann meets the supposedly wealthy Tyrolean innkeeper Mariele through a marriage advertisement. To fund the trip, he once again takes advantage of his nephew, the record producer Peter Weigand. Peter accompanies Gustav to Tyrol to escape his persistent girlfriend Marion-Madeleine, who is pressuring him to marry her.

Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol

1958

Tabarin poster
5.5

Jacques Forestier, also a choreographer, an art decorator and a stage producer, is the very competent manager of "Tabarin", a renowned Parisian music-hall. A hard worker, he always wants the best for the public, at the expense of his health. He is assisted in his task by his wife Rosine and his lively secretary Mimi. Chance has it that one of the dancers he auditions for a new show is Florence, his former lover. He doesn't want her in the show but the spiteful belle has a rich influential protector who imposes her anyway. Some time later, Jacques falls victim of a heart attack.

Tabarin

1958

Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die Zwillinge vom Zillertal

1957

The Count of Luxemburg poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Count of Luxemburg

1957

Countess Mariza poster
8.0

Paying a rare visit to her estate, a countess clashes with the man she hired to manage it.

Countess Mariza

1958

Vier Mädels aus der Wachau poster
6.2

Maria Thaler, the recently widowed landlady of an inn in the picturesque Weineck in the Wachau region, gives birth to twins. At the same time, kitchen maid Rosina also gives birth to twins in the same house, albeit illegitimate. Mayor Scherzinger exploits the growing rumor that quadruplets were born in the inn to market Weineck as a tourist attraction. With complete success!

Vier Mädels aus der Wachau

1957

Mit Rosen fängt die Liebe an poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Mit Rosen fängt die Liebe an

1957

Solang es hübsche Mädchen gibt poster
7.0

Germany in 1947. After the Second World War, revue stars Alice and Ellen meet up again with their husbands in Munich. The place where their dream career began. During a visit to their childhood home, the ladies reminisce and relive the exciting events.

Solang es hübsche Mädchen gibt

1955

Das Posthaus im Schwarzwald poster
5.7

The year 1910: When Prince Georg, nephew of the Grand Duke of Baden-Werrach, realizes that an actress he supported and loved was only taking advantage of him, he and his friend, the poet Dr. Richard Hebele, retire to his castle in the Black Forest. On the way to Kaltenau, not far from the castle, he meets Barbara, the postwoman who drives the Black Forest stagecoach. The coach is about to be replaced by a bus, according to the progress of the project.

Das Posthaus im Schwarzwald

1958

Der Bettelstudent poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Bettelstudent

1958

Scherben bringen Glück poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Scherben bringen Glück

1957

Series credits

DAS! poster
4.7

Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

DAS!

1991

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Markus Lanz poster
5.5

TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show. As a rule, there are four guests, introduced individually to contribute their personal experiences to the topics.

Markus Lanz

2008

Die Harald Schmidt Show poster
7.4

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

Kölner Treff poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kölner Treff

1976

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

NDR Talk Show

1979

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Alpha Forum

1998

Wer weiß denn sowas? poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

Wer weiß denn sowas?

2015

Riverboat poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Riverboat

1992

Eurovision Song Contest poster
7.4

The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.

Eurovision Song Contest

1956

Zimmer frei! poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zimmer frei!

1996

Nachtcafé poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Nachtcafé

1987

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen bei Maischberger

2003

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen der Woche

2000

Bambi poster
9.0

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Bambi

1948

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

1994

Numéro un poster
7.5

A French variety show.

Numéro un

1975

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Zum blauen Bock

1957

Dalli Dalli poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Dalli Dalli

1971

Dalli Dalli poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Dalli Dalli

1971

The Ed Sullivan Show poster
6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aeschbacher

2001

Die Montagsmaler poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Montagsmaler

1974

Inas Nacht poster
7.8

A late-night show featuring Northern German cabaret artist, singer and presenter Ina Müller - done "Müller-style": talk, comedy and lots and lots of music.

Inas Nacht

2007

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!

2006

Discorama poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Discorama

1959

Ringlstetter poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ringlstetter

2016

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen

1994

Boulevard Bio poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Boulevard Bio

1991

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die Pyramide

1979

Heut' abend poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Heut' abend

1980

The Danny Kaye Show poster
7.0

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1967 on Wednesday nights. Directed by Robert Scheerer, the show premiered in black-and-white, but later switched to color broadcasts. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity, having starred in a string of successful films in the 1940s and '50's, made successful personal appearances at such venues as the London Palladium, and appeared many times on television. His most recent films had been considered disappointing, but the television specials he starred in were triumphant, leading to this series. Prior to his television and film career, Kaye had made a name for himself with his own radio show, and numerous other guest appearances on other shows.

The Danny Kaye Show

1963

Balko poster
6.2

Balko is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko and his colleague Klaus Krapp. Balko's main characteristics are his coolness and his consistently laid-back appearance, whereas “Krappi” is a typical mama’s boy and very clumsy. The series started in 1995 and has won several television awards.

Balko

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wortwechsel

1982

Stars in der Manege poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Stars in der Manege

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Versteckte Kamera

1995

Auf los geht's los poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Auf los geht's los

1977

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pssst ...

1990

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee poster
6.4

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee is a German television series.

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee

1990

Alles Nichts Oder?! poster
8.0

A "children's birthday party" for adults. Each show featured a celebrity guest who had to take part in crazy, silly and often deliberately "moronic" games. Both presenters had to compete against the respective guest in various games.

Alles Nichts Oder?!

1988