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Buddy Elias was born in 1925 in Frankfurt am Main. He studied acting at the conservatory in Basel and completed his training under Ernst Ginsberg in Zürich. Early in his career, he performed at various theaters across Switzerland. From 1947 to 1961, he was the lead comedian in 'Holiday on Ice.' Beginning in 1962, Buddy Elias held permanent engagements at theaters in Germany and Switzerland, as well as in England and France. At the Landestheater Tübingen, he portrayed Mephisto in 'Urfaust' (1962) and the title role in 'Mustergatte' (1962). Between 1964 and 1968, he performed at the Comedy Basel, playing roles such as the ballad singer in 'Galileo Galilei,' Truffaldino in 'Diener zweier Herren,' the title role in 'Die venezianischen Zwillinge,' Lorenzo in 'Romeo und Julia,' the lead in 'Arturo Ui,' and Mosca in 'Volpone.' He subsequently appeared in numerous productions at Schauspielhaus Zürich, Stadttheater Zürich, Atelier-Theater Bern, Hanse-Theater, Theater am Goetheplatz in Bremen, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Freie Volksbühne Berlin, Theater am Kurfürstendamm, Theater des Westens, Hansa Theater and Renaissance-Theater in Berlin, Deutsches Theater in Munich, and Deutschen Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. His most recent roles included Calchas in Herbert Wernicke's 'La belle Helene' in Aix-en-Provence and at the Salzburg Festival, as well as a part in 'Der starke Stamm' (by Marieluise Fleißer, directed by Thomas Ostermeier) in Munich.
Since 1972, Buddy Elias has appeared in nearly 80 film and television productions, including:
- 1972: 'Gun Before Butter,' directed by Peter Zadek
- 1975: 'Vranek ist an allem Schuld,' directed by Ulrich Stark
- 1976: 'The Magician,' directed by Menachem Golan
- 1977: 'Mulligans Rückkehr,' directed by Helmut Käutner
- 1978: 'David,' directed by Peter Lilienthal
- 1980: 'Wie der Mond über Feuer und Blut,' directed by Axel Corti
- 1981: 'Der Zauberberg,' directed by Hans Geissendörfer
- 1983: 'Der Fall Openheimer,' directed by Rainer Wolffhardt
- 1983: 'Das Traumschiff,' directed by Alfred Vohrer
- 1984: 'Emigranten,' directed by Axel Corti
- 1986: 'La visite chez le prince,' directed by Serge Korber
- 1987: 'Die Schwarzwaldklinik,' directed by Hans-Jürgen Tögel
- 1990: 'Bronsteins Kinder,' directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- 1991/92: 'Mit Leib und Seele,' directed by Peter Deutsch
- 1992: 'Glückliche Reise,' directed by Hermann Leitner
- 1992: 'SoKo 5113,' directed by Kai Borsche
- 1993: 'Die Botschafterin,' directed by Peter Deutsch
- 1993: 'Wolffs Revier,' directed by Michael Lähn
- 1994: 'Mutter Courage,' directed by Michael Verhoeven
- 1997: 'Shalom Deutschland,' directed by Josef Rödel
- 1997: 'Totalschaden' (Crash), directed by Thorsten Näter
- 1998: 'Sunshine / Sonnenschein,' directed by Istvan Szabo
- 1998: 'Stan Becker - Echte Freunde,' directed by Kaspar Heidelbach
- 1999: 'St Angela,' directed by Egon Monk
- 2000: 'Nobel,' directed by Fabio Carpi
- 2001: 'Der Verleger,' directed by Bernd Böhlich
- 2002: 'Die Liebe in Gedanken,' directed by Achim von Bories
- 2003: 'Bella Block - Hinter den Spiegeln,' directed by Thorsten Näter
- 2003: 'Mit deinen Augen,' directed by Karl Kasis
- 2004: 'Die Wahrheit des Dieter D.,' directed by Barbara Politsch
- 2004: 'Tod einer Ärztin,' directed by Markus Fischer
- 2004: 'Propaganda,' directed by Horst Königstein
- 2004: 'Jetzt erst Recht,' directed by Andi Niessner
- 2005: 'GG 19 - Episodenfilm zum Gerundgesetz, Art. 8,' directed by Mira Thiel
- 2006: 'Sami,' directed by Mehdi Benhadji-Djilali
Buddy Elias resides in Basel. As a cousin of Anne Frank, he is her last surviving relative and serves as the president of the Anne Frank Foundation.
