What is Kessler Twins?
{{Infobox person | name = Kessler Twins | image = Kessler Zwillinge.jpg | caption = The Kessler Twins in 2005 | birth_name = Alice & Ellen Kessler | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|08|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Nerchau]], [[Saxony]], [[Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Die Kessler-Zwillinge (in Germany)<br />Le Gemelle Kessler <br />(in Italy) | years_active = 1942– | parents = Paul & Elsa Kessler | occupation = [[Twin]] [[entertainer]]s }} '''Alice''' and '''Ellen Kessler''' (born 20 August 1936 in [[Nerchau]], [[Saxony]], [[Germany]]) are [[twin]] [[entertainer]]s known in [[Europe]], especially Germany and [[Italy]], from the 1950s and 1960s and until today for their singing, dancing, and acting. They are usually credited as the '''Kessler Twins''' ('''Die Kessler-Zwillinge''' in Germany and '''Le Gemelle Kessler''' in Italy), and remain popular today. In the US, they were not as popular but appeared in the 1963 movie ''[[Sodom and Gomorrah (1963 movie)|Sodom and Gomorrah]]'' as dancers and appeared on the cover of [[Life (magazine)|Life Magazine]] in that year. They made their American television [[debut]] on 12 February 1963 on the ''[[Red Skelton]] Hour'', acting in his comedy sketch and dancing and singing a [[duet]].<ref>ctva.biz/US/MusicVariety/RedSkeltonShow_12_(1962-63).htm</ref> They also performed on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''. Their parents, Paul and Elsa, sent them to [[ballet]] classes at the age of six, and they joined the [[Leipzig Opera]]'s child ballet program at age 11. When they were 18, their parents used a visitor's [[visa]] to escape from [[East Germany]] to [[West Germany]], where they performed at the ''Palladium'' in [[Düsseldorf]]. They performed at ''Le Lido'' in [[Paris]] between 1955 and 1960, and represented [[West Germany]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest|1959 Eurovision Song Contest]], finishing in 8th place with ''Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n (Tonight we want to go dancing)''. [[File:Gemelle Kessler 1965.jpg|thu