Margrit Läubli (born 3 April 1928) is a Swiss dancer, stage,
television and film actress, comedian, cabarettist and radio
personality, starring usually in Swiss German language
productions.Born and raised in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in
Switzerland to Margit née Schuhmacher and Friedrich, Margrit Läubli
became a member of the ballet ensemble at the Stadttheater Zürich and
received an urban scholarship for ballet training. At the same time
she attended acting classes with Ellen Widmann, Josy Holsten and
Gustav Knuth. From Autumn of 1950 to spring of 1951, she appeared in
the last programs of Cabaret Cornichon. From 1951 to 1957 Läubli was
a member of the Cabaret Federal, where she met César Keiser, her
future husband and dance partner. In the meantime she played different
roles in fairy tale productions at the Stadttheater Zürich, and in
1957 she played the main role in Frederick Lonsdale's "Mrs. Cheney's
Ende" in the Theater am Central in Zürich.In Keiser's first two solo
programs (1962 and 1963) she performed as assistant director, in "Opus
3" of 1964, Keiser and Läubli first starred as a duo that became
popular in Switzerland. On 18 April, 1962 premiered his satirical
program "César Keiser: Solo Programm" on Theater am Hechtplatz at
Limmatquai Zürich, co-directed with Margrit Läubli. Exactly one year
later, the second solo program "César Keiser: Opus 2" debuted on
Hechtplatz stage, and from "Opus 3" (1964) Keiser and Läubli acted as
a duo. Approximately every two years premiered a new "Opus" program
until "Opus 13" (1989). In between, in 1972 "Opus Festival", a
cross-section-anniversary program "Cabaret? Cabaret!" related to the
history of the Swiss cabaret with historical texts in 1975, and in
1980 "Opus USA" followed by a US tour were among Keiser's further
works. This was followed by "Opus 2000: Achtung Schnappschüsse!" in
1992, "Frisch geliftet!" in 1996, and in 2002 by the recapitulation
program "Opus Feuerwerk". Almost all programs premiered at the Theater
am Hechtplatz, then Keiser and Läubli went on tour in Switzerland and
partly they gave guest performances in Germany, and in the United
States, in Washington and New York. The programs were recorded on tape
and on television. Keiser wrote the texts, in the first two programs
supported by Fridolin Tschudi and later by Lorenz Keiser, Margrit
Läubli's and his son. Among the longtime musical staff were René
Gerber, Hans Moeckel, Werner Kruse, Bruno Spoerri, later Mathis Keiser
(son of Läubli and Keiser). In addition to these duo programs, in
1976 Keiser and Läubli directed the exhibition "1916â€"1976: 60 Jahre
Theater in der Schweiz" in the Helmhaus gallery-museum in Zürich. As
commissioned works Keiser wrote the musical "Robinson" which premiered
on 29 December 1979 at the Stadttheater St. Gallen. In the musical
"Lueg uf zrugg Züri", she staged together with Keiser, alongside
Elizabeth Quick, Noëmie Nadelmann, Ueli Beck, Ernst Stiefel and over
eighty laymen actresses and actors, at the "Stadthof 11" theater in
Zürich-Oerlikon. In 1995 Keiser and Läubli produced the Swiss German
musical comedy "Wer zuletzt stirbt...", starring Keiser and among
others Heinz Bühlmann and Mathis Keiser. Besides, Läubli provided
permanently works for the Swiss radio, and in 1998 a jointly drafted
duo program with Mathis Keiser: "The Lady Is a Tramp!", and a tribute
to Frank Sinatra, again on the Hechtplatz stage.From November 2012 to
September 2014 Läubli toured in Switzerland and hold reading from the
book Grosses César Keiser - Cabaretbuch. She also became popular by
numerous radio appearances and roles in Swiss and German films, among
them in Grüezi, Herr Nachbar! in 1954 and in the 2010 Swiss film
Länger leben which was directed by her son Lorzenz.
television and film actress, comedian, cabarettist and radio
personality, starring usually in Swiss German language
productions.Born and raised in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in
Switzerland to Margit née Schuhmacher and Friedrich, Margrit Läubli
became a member of the ballet ensemble at the Stadttheater Zürich and
received an urban scholarship for ballet training. At the same time
she attended acting classes with Ellen Widmann, Josy Holsten and
Gustav Knuth. From Autumn of 1950 to spring of 1951, she appeared in
the last programs of Cabaret Cornichon. From 1951 to 1957 Läubli was
a member of the Cabaret Federal, where she met César Keiser, her
future husband and dance partner. In the meantime she played different
roles in fairy tale productions at the Stadttheater Zürich, and in
1957 she played the main role in Frederick Lonsdale's "Mrs. Cheney's
Ende" in the Theater am Central in Zürich.In Keiser's first two solo
programs (1962 and 1963) she performed as assistant director, in "Opus
3" of 1964, Keiser and Läubli first starred as a duo that became
popular in Switzerland. On 18 April, 1962 premiered his satirical
program "César Keiser: Solo Programm" on Theater am Hechtplatz at
Limmatquai Zürich, co-directed with Margrit Läubli. Exactly one year
later, the second solo program "César Keiser: Opus 2" debuted on
Hechtplatz stage, and from "Opus 3" (1964) Keiser and Läubli acted as
a duo. Approximately every two years premiered a new "Opus" program
until "Opus 13" (1989). In between, in 1972 "Opus Festival", a
cross-section-anniversary program "Cabaret? Cabaret!" related to the
history of the Swiss cabaret with historical texts in 1975, and in
1980 "Opus USA" followed by a US tour were among Keiser's further
works. This was followed by "Opus 2000: Achtung Schnappschüsse!" in
1992, "Frisch geliftet!" in 1996, and in 2002 by the recapitulation
program "Opus Feuerwerk". Almost all programs premiered at the Theater
am Hechtplatz, then Keiser and Läubli went on tour in Switzerland and
partly they gave guest performances in Germany, and in the United
States, in Washington and New York. The programs were recorded on tape
and on television. Keiser wrote the texts, in the first two programs
supported by Fridolin Tschudi and later by Lorenz Keiser, Margrit
Läubli's and his son. Among the longtime musical staff were René
Gerber, Hans Moeckel, Werner Kruse, Bruno Spoerri, later Mathis Keiser
(son of Läubli and Keiser). In addition to these duo programs, in
1976 Keiser and Läubli directed the exhibition "1916â€"1976: 60 Jahre
Theater in der Schweiz" in the Helmhaus gallery-museum in Zürich. As
commissioned works Keiser wrote the musical "Robinson" which premiered
on 29 December 1979 at the Stadttheater St. Gallen. In the musical
"Lueg uf zrugg Züri", she staged together with Keiser, alongside
Elizabeth Quick, Noëmie Nadelmann, Ueli Beck, Ernst Stiefel and over
eighty laymen actresses and actors, at the "Stadthof 11" theater in
Zürich-Oerlikon. In 1995 Keiser and Läubli produced the Swiss German
musical comedy "Wer zuletzt stirbt...", starring Keiser and among
others Heinz Bühlmann and Mathis Keiser. Besides, Läubli provided
permanently works for the Swiss radio, and in 1998 a jointly drafted
duo program with Mathis Keiser: "The Lady Is a Tramp!", and a tribute
to Frank Sinatra, again on the Hechtplatz stage.From November 2012 to
September 2014 Läubli toured in Switzerland and hold reading from the
book Grosses César Keiser - Cabaretbuch. She also became popular by
numerous radio appearances and roles in Swiss and German films, among
them in Grüezi, Herr Nachbar! in 1954 and in the 2010 Swiss film
Länger leben which was directed by her son Lorzenz.
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