Dieter Hildebrandt (1927 - )
Dieter Hildebrandt is a German television presenter.
Born in Bunzlau, Lower Silesia, he attended school until he became an assistant
for the German Air Force in World War II. After four months as an assistant
Hildebrandt was ordered to the frontlines to support the German Wehrmacht. On
the 8th of May 1945 he was taken captive by the US Army, but was released a few
months later.
In the years after the war Hildebrandt finished his schooling and moved to
Windischeschenbach in Bavaria. In 1948 he started studying theatre sciences in
Munich. During that time he founded a student-performed cabaret show,“Die
Namenlosen”, in Schwabing. After finishing his studies Hildebrandt worked with
Sammy Drechsel to found and develop the “Munich Lach und Schießgesellschaft”, a
successful cabaret venue where he worked alongside cabaret artists such as Klaus
Havenstein. He stopped working with Drechsel in 1972, to work for radio and TV
stations.
From 1973 until 1979 Hildebrandt was the presenter and author of the cabaret
show “Notizen aus der Provinz” (Notes From The Province), which was broadcast by
ZDF. Hildebrandt also worked with Werner Schneyder, with whom he founded the so
called “Autorenkabarett”. The SFB show “Scheibenwischer”, which he created in
1980, is still running.
Hildebrandt was married to Irene Mendler from 1956 until her death. They had two
daughters, Ursula and Jutta. He remarried, to German actress Renate Küster, in
1992.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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