Elsie Attenhofer was born on February 21, 1909 in Lugano, Switzerland as Elisabetta Fanny Attenhofer. She was an actress, known for Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe (1940), Heidi (1952) and Fräulein Huser (1940). She was married to Karl Schmid. She died on September 16, 1999 in Bassersdorf, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland.