Ursula Kübler

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[1]

She died on 18 January 2010 in Eus, France.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Boris Vian : Sa veuve Ursula Vian-Kübler, est décédée..." www.purepeople.com. Retrieved Apr 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "ordiecole". www.ordiecole.com. Retrieved Apr 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "LES GENS DU CINEMA ©". www.lesgensducinema.com. Retrieved Apr 19, 2019.

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