Loriot

1923 - 2011

country of citizenship: Germany

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium, Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg

occupation: comedian, cartoonist, actor, writer, screenwriter, cabaret performer, film actor, television actor, television presenter, caricaturist, humorist, drawer, scenographer, costume designer, director, film director

award received: Bavarian Order of Merit, Order of Merit of Berlin, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Karl Valentin, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Kassel Literary Prize, Weilheim Literature Prize, Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum, Pipe Smoker of the Year, Bavarian TV Awards, Grimme-Preis, honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal

official website: www.loriot.de

Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow (12 November 1923 – 22 August 2011), known as Vicco von Bülow or Loriot (German: [loˈʁi̯oː] ), was a German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer. As an artist, he was almost exclusively known under his pen name Loriot, which is the french term for the bird oriole depicted as a crest in the coat of arms of the Bülow family. He was best known for his cartoons, the sketches from his 1976 television series Loriot, alongside Evelyn Hamann, and his two movies, Ödipussi (1988) and Pappa Ante Portas (1991). On the television series Unsere Besten (Our Best), Loriot was ranked the 54th best German ever. In a special comedy episode of Unsere Besten, he was ranked as the most famous German comedian ever. Source: Wikipedia (en)