Ines Torelli

• Name — Ines Torelli • Birth Name — Ines Stierli • Born — 14 June 1931 • Birthplace — St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland • Died — 21 August 2019 • Place of death — Rose Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada • Occupation — Comedian, radio personality, actress • Years Active — 1954 – 2019

Born and raised in St. Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland to Walter Stierli, Ines Torelli worked as a domestic helper in 1948/50, the so-called Welschlandjahr which at that time usually teenage women absolved in western Switzerland (Welschland) to improve the knowledge of the French language. As an autodidact, Torelli got a first chance in the "Cabaret Rüeblisaft" whose member she became between 1954 and 1956. Subsequently, she was engaged by the Cabaret Federal in Zürich, followed by various tours along with Schaggi Streuli, among others in "Sie und de Chef". On Theater am Hechtplatz Torelli embodied the title roles in various musicals, so in 1965 in "Bibi Balù", in 1967 in "Golden Girl", in 1968 "Pfui Martina" and in 1972 in "Viva Banana". In 1968 she starred alongside Ruedi Walter and Margrit Rainer as Olly Moreen in Die kleine Niederdorf-Oper at the Corso Theater in Zürich.

Ines Torelli was a citizen of the municipality of Wettswil am Albis in the Canton of Zürich and of Aristau in the Canton of Aargau. In 1991 she married Edi Baur, a Swiss theatre director and actor, who died on 14 October 2009. Although she lived in Canada since 1996, the friendship with Jörg Schneider survived until his death in 2015. Torelli died on 21 August 2019 at her home in Rose Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada at the age of 88.

• 1995: Fascht e Familie (Television series, 1 episode) • 1981: Potz Millione (stage, broadcast on Swiss television) • 1975: De grotzepuur • 1971: Professor Sound und die Pille - Die unwahrscheinliche Geschichte einer Erfindung (Television film) • 1969: Pfarrer Iseli • 1968: Die sechs Kummerbuben • 1961: Chikita • 1959: Café Odeon • 1957: Bäckerei Zürrer • 1956: Oberstadtgass