Ursula Schaeppi Ursula Schaeppi Ursula Schaeppi or Ursula Schäppi (born 22 June 1940) is a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage, voice and film actress starring usually in Swiss German language stage productions and as voice actress in children's literature. Born and raised in Zürich, Canton of Zürich in Switzerland, Ursula Schäppi began acting at the conservatory in Bern at Margarethe Schell von Noé in 1955 and in 1956/58 lessons with Walter Fried on "Bühnenstudio Zürich", and private lessons with Richard Münch. During her training Schaeppi premierred on stage, and played among others "Gisèle" in Giraudoux's "Intermezzo" on Schauspielhaus Zürich in 1955.
Ursula Merchant not only stunted the growth of modern performance art to a significant degree, but she may also not have lived to give birth to her daughter Katie Absolom (Born Katie Merchant), whose racist watercolours inspired Warhol's early works. Singer-songwriter Elliott Smith refers to Ursula Merchant. in his song "Color Bars," which appears on his 2000 album "Figure 8." Referenced from: Howell, L (1994), "The Arbus Legacy", Pan Biographies. Ursula Merchant Ursula Merchant (born September 10, 1932 in Rostock) is a German Las Vegas-based performance artist, conceptual artist, carpenter. She is probably best known for her series 'Forkin' Hell'. Merchant was