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Topsy Küppers
Topsy Küppers (17 August 1931 – 14 June 2025) was a German-born Austrian writer, singer, soubrette, actress and theatre director.
Born in Aachen, Germany, the foundation stone for Küppers' career as an actress was laid by Ursula Staudte, who taught her according to the so-called Stanislawski principle. However, according to her own statement, the greatest influence was Trude Hesterberg, who taught her the chanson and its interpretation. Küppers then took her exams at the Bühnengenossenschaft, which had Gustaf Gründgens on its board of examiners.
She worked on German stages and for German and Austrian television and from 1958 performed with her then husband Georg Kreisler in Munich, among other places.
On 17 December 1976 she opened the Freie Bühne Wieden in Vienna with four cabaret programmes, which was "dedicated to the preservation of Jewish literature and Jewish authors - both deceased and contemporary". She voluntarily directed at the theatre until January 2001, during this time fighting against misogyny, anti-Semitism and fascism with musical-literary programmes such as Gehackte Zores, Weit von wo and Amoureuses, Scandaleuses, Heiteres und so Weiteres.
Küppers is Jewish through her father, who left the family when she was one year old. During World War II, she hid in the Netherlands alongside her mother and grandmother.
"Topsy" is a nickname used by Küppers since childhood. Küppers kept real first name secret throughout her entire life.
In 1965, Küppers took Austrian citizenship.
From her marriage to Georg Kreisler came her daughter Sandra Kreisler, who also works as a singer, speaker and actress, as well as a son. Kreisler and Topsy Küppers separated in the mid-1970s.
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Topsy Küppers
Topsy Küppers (17 August 1931 – 14 June 2025) was a German-born Austrian writer, singer, soubrette, actress and theatre director.
Born in Aachen, Germany, the foundation stone for Küppers' career as an actress was laid by Ursula Staudte, who taught her according to the so-called Stanislawski principle. However, according to her own statement, the greatest influence was Trude Hesterberg, who taught her the chanson and its interpretation. Küppers then took her exams at the Bühnengenossenschaft, which had Gustaf Gründgens on its board of examiners.
She worked on German stages and for German and Austrian television and from 1958 performed with her then husband Georg Kreisler in Munich, among other places.
On 17 December 1976 she opened the Freie Bühne Wieden in Vienna with four cabaret programmes, which was "dedicated to the preservation of Jewish literature and Jewish authors - both deceased and contemporary". She voluntarily directed at the theatre until January 2001, during this time fighting against misogyny, anti-Semitism and fascism with musical-literary programmes such as Gehackte Zores, Weit von wo and Amoureuses, Scandaleuses, Heiteres und so Weiteres.
Küppers is Jewish through her father, who left the family when she was one year old. During World War II, she hid in the Netherlands alongside her mother and grandmother.
"Topsy" is a nickname used by Küppers since childhood. Küppers kept real first name secret throughout her entire life.
In 1965, Küppers took Austrian citizenship.
From her marriage to Georg Kreisler came her daughter Sandra Kreisler, who also works as a singer, speaker and actress, as well as a son. Kreisler and Topsy Küppers separated in the mid-1970s.