Paul Bühlmann
Paul Bühlmann | |
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| Born | 12 February 1927 |
| Died | 16 June 1990 (aged 73) Zürich |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, radio personality, stage, television and film actor |
| Years active | 1950–2000 |
| Awards | Paul Bühlmann#Awards |
Paul Bühlmann (12 Februar 1927 – 15 July 2000) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions.
Life and work
Born in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Paul Bühlmann was the father of the actress Agnes Bühlmann. Bühlmann was educatd as merchant, trained theatre with Adolf Manz between 1947 and 1950, received elocution by Ellen Widmann and role studies by Gustav Knuth. From 1950 to 1960 and 1962 to 1965 Bühlmann played numerous mostly small roles at Schauspielhaus Zürich, among them the conductor in the premiere of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit of the Old Lady) in 1956. In 1960 he debuted as a cabaret artist in "Vermisst wird" with César Keiser. Karl Suter discovered his talents, and he starred at Theater am Hechtplatz in musicals in 1965, 1967 and 1968. From 1968 to 1971 Bühlmann was a member of the Theater am Neumarkt ensemble,[1][2] since 1971 on Bernhard-Theater Zürich where he was nominated by the leading actor Jörg Schneider to a role in the farce "Der keusche Lebemann".[3][4] That was the birth of a comedy duo that played from then almost every season in new farces. From 1972 he worked under Schneider's direction in numerous children's musicals. He guested on Sommertheater Winterthur and Städtebundtheater Biel-Solothurn including in Molière's "The Miser" in 1977 and in 1984 in Flatows "Das Geld liegt auf der Bank". In a play at Wasserkirche Bernhard embodied Mammon in Hofmannsthal's "Jedermann" in 1984. In 1991 he played at the Bernhard-Theater the title role in "De Schacher Sepp" (dialect version of "Der Brandner Kaspar" by Jörg Schneider); for this role, Bühlmann was awarded the Prix Bernhard. B impersonated numerous roles in radio plays, in Swiss films and on Swiss television.[1]
Awards
- 1991: Prix Bernhard
Filmography (selected works)
- 1991: Auf der Suche nach Salome
- 1980: Matto regiert (Television film)
- 1979: Das gefrorene Herz (The Frozen Heart)
- 1970: Prometheus aus der Seitengasse (Television film)
- 1967: Polizist Wäckerli in Gefahr
- 1957: Taxichauffeur Bänz
References
- ^ a b Thomas Hostettler (2013-12-05). "Paul Bühlmann" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ^ Tanja Stenzl (2005). "Theater am Neumarkt, Zürich ZH" (in German). Theaterlexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ^ "Bernhard-Theater, Zürich ZH" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. 2013-11-22. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ^ "Jörg Schneider" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
External links
- Paul Bühlmann at IMDb
- Paul Bühlmann on the website of the Swiss national television SRF Template:De icon
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