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Lys Assia, born Rosa Mina Schärer, was a Swiss actor, singer, dancer, and musician. She was born in Rupperswil, Switzerland, and died in Zollikon in 2018. Her career began in 1940, and she performed in the pop music genre. She recorded for the Decca record label and used her voice as her primary instrument.
Assia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, 1957, and 1958. She won the competition in 1956. She spoke German, Italian, English, and French. She had no children.
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Film & TV
Rupperswil, Switzerland
Known for
- 70 Jahre ESC - More than Music — Self (archive footage)2026
- G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten — Self2005
- Herzlichen Glückwunsch - Die Michael Schanze Jubiläumsgala — Self2005
- Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel — Self2004
- Menschen bei Maischberger — Self2003
- ZIBB — Self2003
- Aeschbacher — Self2001
- Menschen der Woche — Self2000
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self1998
- Musik für Sie — self1995
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Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940, after successfully standing in for a female singer. In 1956 she was the winner of the very first Eurovision Song Contest, in which she sang for Switzerland.[2] She had also been in the German national final of that year and returned to the contest again
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Rupperswil
- Place of death
- Zollikon
- Occupation
- dancer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1958
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Decca
- Official website
- www.lys-assia.de
- Image
- LysAssia2012october.jpg
- Number of children
- 0
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- Commons category
- Lys Assia
- date of birth
- 1926-03-03
- birth name
- Rosa Mina Schärer
- Commons gallery
- Lys Assia
- date of death
- 2018-03-24
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- name in native language
- Lys Assia
- competition won
- Eurovision Song Contest 1956
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Encyclopedic overview
Rosa Mina Schärer (3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018), known by her stage name Lys Assia, was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 where she met her first musical success in 1950 with "O mein Papa".
Eurovision Song Contest
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