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Werner Groebli
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Born
April 21
,
1915
·
Basel, Switzerland
Died
April 14
,
2008
·
Zurich, Switzerland
(complications after breaking a leg)
Birth name
Werner Fritz Groebli
Mini Bio
Werner Groebli was born on April 21, 1915 in Basel, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for
Lady, Let's Dance (1944)
,
Visiting... with Huell Howser (1993)
and
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
. He was married to Yvonne Groebli. He died on April 14, 2008 in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Spouse
Yvonne Groebli
(? - December 2, 2002) (her death)
Trivia
He and partner
Hans Mauch
(as 'Frack') were the comedy ice-skating act "Frick and Frack".
As a child, he lived next door to his partner Hans-Rudi Mauch and shared a pair of skates during winter months.
Life magazine called Werner Groebli and Hans-Rudi Mauch the "Clown Kings of the Ice.".
He and Hans-Rudi Mauch were the comic ice-skating duo Frick and Frack.
After the comic skating duo gained popularity in the US, "Frick and Frack" became a figure of speech denoting inseparable partners.
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