Rosa Mina Schärer, known by her stage name Lys Assia, was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 where she met her first musical success in 1950 with "O mein Papa".
- Occupation
- actor, singer, dancer, musician
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Born
- March 3, 1924, March 3, 1926
- Died
- March 24, 2018
- Website
- http://www.lys-assia.de
