Stephanie Glaser was born in 1920 in Neuchâtel and actually lives in Zurich. The “Great Lady” of Swiss Comedy, who has been acting for seven decades, firstly having trained acting at the renown Vienna’s Reinhardt Seminar. After which she has appeared in theatres in Switzerland and in Germany.

She became a member of the Music hall & Cabaret companies Floigefänger and Fédéraland. Since then, Stephanie Glaser has become one of Switzerland’s greatest popular actress.The famous Swiss play writer Hans Gmür has even written several pieces especially for her.

In the seventies, thanks to her part of Aunt Elise with her goldfish Traugottli in the TV show «Teleboy» by Kurt Felix (1974- 1981), she became the idol of the public. She also appeared in a number of Swiss films and TV shows, including Franz Schnyder’s film adaptations of Jeremias Gotthelf’s work and in series such as "Die Direktorin" (1994).Late Bloomers (Die Herbstzeitlosen) saw Stephanie Glaser in her first leading cinematic role.She received a Special Léopard Award at the 2006 Locarno International Film Festival.