Heidi Abel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heidi Abel

Swiss television presenter and radio host (1929-1986)

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1929

Place of Birth: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1986

Profession: television presenter, radio personality

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Heidi Abel (21 February 1929 – 23 December 1986) was a popular Swiss television presenter. After attending the Basel School for Applied Art, she worked as a model and as a radio host with the Basel station Radibus.
In 1954, she joined Swiss television, initially as a news presenter, and then as the host of a great number of educational and entertainment shows.
She also hosted talk shows and musical programs for Swiss radio. As the most popular TV personality in German-speaking Switzerland in the 1950s and 60s, she embodied the new medium of television for the Swiss public.
She received multiple awards for her work, and a street near the Zürich headquarters of Swiss television is named for her.