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- Claude-Inga Barbey was born on January 21, 1961 in Geneva, Switzerland. She was an actress and writer, known for Anomalia (2016), L'année du capricorne (1997) and Jour et nuit (1986). She died on January 3, 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland.
- In December 2021, one of her video sketches, published by the daily newspaper Le Temps, was heavily criticized and Barbey was accused of racism.
- Claude-Inga Barbey's career took off in the early 1990s, beginning with work at Swiss Radio Romande on programs such as "Cinq sur cinq," "Les Dicodeurs," and "Le Fond de la corbeille." But her string of successes began in 1996 with the creation of the program "Bergamote," in which Claude-Inga Barbey and her partner Patrick Lapp, also a presenter and actor, portrayed the couple Monique and Roger. These short-format dramas about couples also led to several stage shows, performed in Geneva and Paris.
- She first appeared as a comedian on Radio Suisse Romande in 1992.
- Claude-Inga Barbey was a Swiss comedian, actress and writer.
- Barbey was one of the winners of the Swiss Television Film Award in 2016.
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