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Lys Assia was a Swiss singer who had a successful career performing in the mid-20th century. She is most notable for winning the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1956 and 1957, making her one of the contest's early and most successful competitors.
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Person
- Born
- 1926-03-03
- Died
- 2018-03-24
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Film & TV
Acting · 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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Music · MusicBrainz
Article
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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1924 births2018 deaths20th-century Swiss women singersBiography articles needing translation from French WikipediaEnglish-language Swiss singersEurovision Song Contest winnersFrench-language Swiss singersGerman-language Swiss singersItalian-language Swiss singersPeople from Lenzburg DistrictSwiss schlager musicians