Helli Stehle
{{Infobox person
|name = Helli Stehle
|birth_date = {{birth date|1907|12|6|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Basel, Switzerland
|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|8|27|1907|12|6|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/basel-baselland/radiopionierin-helli-stehle-mit-109-jahren-gestorben|title=SRF News: Älteste Baslerin – Radiopionierin Helli Stehle mit 109 Jahren gestorben|date=28 August 2017|website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)|accessdate=29 August 2017}}
|death_place = Basel, Switzerland
|known_for = Actress and radio presenter
longevity}}
Helene Louise "Helli" Stehle (6 December 1907 – 27 August 2017) was a Swiss actress and radio presenter.
Biography
Stehle was born on 6 December 1907 in Basel, Switzerland. She first achieved fame in Switzerland as a stage actress. She later began working in radio, performing and directing plays and reciting poetry for the state-run radio station, Radiostudio Basel, in her native Basel. In 1939, she became Switzerland's first female newscaster. She never married or had children as - in those days - only single women were allowed to work in state jobs.{{cite web|url=http://makinostudios.com/a-trail-blazing-woman|title=A trail-blazing woman - Makino Studios|website=makinostudios.com|accessdate=30 August 2017|archive-date=31 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831001121/http://makinostudios.com/a-trail-blazing-woman/|url-status=dead}} She was the first female spokeswoman in Radio Beromünster (now known as Radio SRF).[http://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/helene-stehle-aelteste-baslerin-und-pionierin-beim-radio-beromuenster-129789472 Bericht über Stehles 108. Geburtstag 2015]; accessed 30 August 2017. {{in lang|de}}[https://telebasel.ch/2016/12/06/eine-radiopionierin-feiert-ihren-109-geburtstag/ Eine Radiopionierin feiert ihren 109. Geburtstag]; accessed 30 August 2017. {{in lang|de}}
She turned 100 in December 2007. When she died at 109 on 27 August 2017, she was the oldest living person in Switzerland.{{cite web |url=http://makinostudios.com/a-life-well-lived/ |title=A life well-lived {{!}} Makino Studios |website=makinostudios.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904100620/http://makinostudios.com/a-life-well-lived |archive-date=2017-09-04}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1587272|Helli Stehle}}
- [http://www.beobachter.ch/justiz-behoerde/buerger-verwaltung/artikel/augenzeuge-helene-stehle_wie-ein-geier-wachte-ich-ueber-die-aussprache-meiner-kollegen/ Reportage über Helli Stehle (2008)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222220454/http://www.beobachter.ch/justiz-behoerde/buerger-verwaltung/artikel/augenzeuge-helene-stehle_wie-ein-geier-wachte-ich-ueber-die-aussprache-meiner-kollegen/ |date=2016-02-22 }} {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/sinerzyt/zum-103.-geburtstag-von-helli-stehle Bericht anlässlich von Stehles 103. Geburtstag mit Radiosendung von 1997] {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.nzz.ch/erste_radiosprecherin_der_schweiz_feiert_ihren_100_geburtstag-1.594031 Erste Radiosprecherin der Schweiz feiert ihren 100. Geburtstag] {{in lang|de}}
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Category:20th-century Swiss actresses