Overview
- Alice and Ellen Kessler, born on 20 August 1936, died on 17 November 2025 in Munich at age 89 by joint assisted dying, according to multiple reports.
- In a 2024 interview with Corriere della Sera, the sisters said their wish was to leave the world together on the same day.
- After fleeing East Germany as teenagers, they joined Paris’s Lido as Bluebell Girls and later became stars of Italy’s Studio Uno, where early appearances allowed only opaque tights to cover their legs.
- They represented West Germany at the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing eighth, and performed internationally with Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire and Harry Belafonte.
- Italian tributes hailed them as icons of elegance and stage presence, recalling their 1975 Playboy Italia issue’s runaway sales and their lasting influence on variety television.