- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBernhard Victor Christoph-Carl von Bülow
- Nickname
- Loriot
- Loriot was once best known as a cartoonist, with the distinguishing feature that all his characters had potato-shaped noses. In the 1960s, he presented the TV series "Cartoon" which featured short animated cartoons from all over the world. In between the clips he acted in little funny sketches. These sketches were by a long way the funniest thing on German television and so Loriot was given his own TV show, only with sketches and no cartoons (except the odd one made by himself). This show turned out to be hugely successful and he was finally persuaded to lift this format to the feature film with Ödipussi (1988).
- IMDb mini biography by: Stefan Kahrs <smk@dcs.ed.ac.uk>
- SpouseRose-Marie Schlumbom(May 8, 1951 - August 22, 2011) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsJohann-Albrecht Wilhelm von BülowCharlotte Mathilde Luise von Roeder
- RelativesJohann-Albrecht Sigismund von Bülow(Sibling)Charlotte von Bülow-Quirk(Grandchild)Leopold "Leo" von Bülow-Quirk(Grandchild)Maia Whitbread(Great Grandchild)Harry Whitbread(Great Grandchild)
- Studied painting and graphics at the Hamburg Art School from 1947 to 1949.
- His favourite acting partner was Evelyn Hamann. Although he was happily married to his wife Rose-Marie for over 50 years, his friendship with Hamann was so rich that many believed that he was her husband.
- Was given the Great Cross of Merit with star (one of the most important German decorations) in 1998.
- Was voted Germany's greatest comedian ever in a TV-poll in 2007.
- His nickname Loriot which is the French term for an oriole is adapted from his family's heraldic animal.
- Jeder Säugling sollte sich so früh wie möglich mit einem Fernsehgerät beschäftigen, denn später hat er ja auch nichts anderes. (Vaguely: Every baby should get used to a TV as soon as possible, since there will be nothing else in his later life.)
- Wie soll auch ein Säugling geistige Maßstäbe entwickeln, nach denen es sich zu leben lohnt, wenn seine Strampelhosen Milliarden gekostet haben! (approx.: How should a nursling develop moral standards that are worth living for, when his leggings did cost a billion!)
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