Ursula Kübler
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Ursula Vian-Kübler (6 September 1928 – 18 January 2010) was a Swiss ballerina and actress.
Biography
Ursula Kübler was born on 6 September 1928 in Zürich, Switzerland, to Alva Giertz and Arnold Kübler. She joined the Oper Zürich as a dancer. After a career as a dancer at the opera, she danced for Maurice Béjart, before becoming a company member at the Paris Opera Ballet.{{Cite web|url=http://www.purepeople.com/article/boris-vian-sa-veuve-ursula-vian-kubler-est-decedee_a48268/1|title=Boris Vian: Sa veuve Ursula Vian-Kübler, est décédée...|website=www.purepeople.com|accessdate=Apr 19, 2019}}
After retiring from ballet, Kübler worked as a film, stage, and television actress.
She met Boris Vian at a cocktail party at Gallimard in 1950, and the two started an affair. Vian later divorced his wife, and Kübler married him on 8 February 1954.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ordiecole.com/vian_ursula.html|title=ordiecole|website=www.ordiecole.com|accessdate=Apr 19, 2019}} In 1963, she founded the Boris Vian Association, which was renamed the Boris Vian Foundation in 1981.
In 1971, she signed the Manifesto of the 343, a petition created as an act of civil disobedience arguing for the legalization of abortion in France.
She died on 18 January 2010 in Eus, France.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php?mots=ursula+kubler&nom_acteur=KUBLER+Ursula&ident=22727&debut=0&record=0&from=ok|title=LES GENS DU CINEMA ©|website=www.lesgensducinema.com|accessdate=Apr 19, 2019}}
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