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'''Alfred Biolek''' (born '''Alfred Franz Maria Biolek'''; 10 July 1934 – 23 July 2021) was a German entertainer and television producer. Biolek held a PhD in law and was an honorary professor at the [[Academy of Media Arts Cologne]]. He received many awards for his work on television which included popular long-running series.
'''Alfred Biolek''' (born '''Alfred Franz Maria Biolek'''; 10 July 1934 – 23 July 2021) was a German entertainer and television producer. Biolek held a PhD in law and was an honorary professor at the [[Academy of Media Arts Cologne]]. He received many awards for his work on television which included popular long-running series, others for his efforts for the culture of food and wine. He also supported and founded charities for Africa.


== Youth ==
== Youth ==
Biolek was born in [[Fryštát|Freistadt]] (Fryštát) in [[Czechoslovakia]], now [[Czech Republic]], into a [[Sudeten Germans|Sudeten German]] family.<ref name="tagesschau.de 2021">{{cite web | title=Entertainer Alfred Biolek gestorben | website=tagesschau.de | date=23 July 2021 | url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/biolek-gestorben-101.html | language=de | access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> After [[Expulsion of Germans after World War II|expulsion from Czechoslovakia]] in 1946, the Biolek family moved to [[Waiblingen]] near [[Stuttgart]], where Biolek's father practiced law again.<ref name="Stadtzauber 2012" /> Biolek was raised a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], and served as an [[altar boy]]. Later he temporarily joined the German conservative party [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]].<ref name="Zeitung 2021">{{cite web | title=Alfred Biolek mit 87 Jahren gestorben | website=Süddeutsche.de | date=23 July 2021 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/alfred-biolek-gestorben-1.4968127 | access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
Biolek was born in [[Fryštát|Freistadt]] (Fryštát) in [[Czechoslovakia]], now [[Czech Republic]], into a [[Sudeten Germans|Sudeten German]] family.<ref name="tagesschau.de 2021">{{cite web | title=Entertainer Alfred Biolek gestorben | website=tagesschau.de | date=23 July 2021 | url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/biolek-gestorben-101.html | language=de | access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="FAZ 2021">{{cite news | title=Alfred Biolek im Alter von 87 Jahren gestorben | newspaper=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]] | date=23 July 2021 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/menschen/alfred-biolek-ist-tot-moderator-mit-87-jahren-gestorben-17450517.html | language=de | access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref> After [[Expulsion of Germans after World War II|expulsion from Czechoslovakia]] in 1946, the Biolek family moved to [[Waiblingen]] near [[Stuttgart]], where Biolek's father practiced law again.<ref name="Stadtzauber 2012" /> Biolek was raised a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], and served as an [[altar boy]]. Later he temporarily joined the German conservative party [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]].<ref name="Zeitung 2021">{{cite web | title=Alfred Biolek mit 87 Jahren gestorben | website=Süddeutsche.de | date=23 July 2021 | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/alfred-biolek-gestorben-1.4968127 | access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>


He attended the [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] in [[Waiblingen]] and graduated in 1954.<ref name="Zeitung_2 2021">{{cite web | title=Zum Tod des Talkmasters: Bioleks Waiblinger Wurzeln | website=stuttgarter-zeitung.de | date=23 July 2021 | url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.zum-tod-des-talkmasters-bioleks-waiblinger-wurzeln.badd5842-7523-47d9-a0fe-55877bcb6a15.html | language=de | access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref> He then studied law in [[Freiburg im Breisgau]], [[Munich]], and [[Vienna]].<ref name="FP Gedenken" /> In 1958 he took a [[Law degree|first state exam of law]] (third-best exam in Baden-Württemberg) and graduated with honors.<ref name="Tagesspiegel" /> In 1962 he achieved a doctorate, followed by a second state examination in law in 1963.<ref name="Stadtzauber 2012" /> Biolek worked as a lawyer in his father's office. In 1970 Biolek moved to Munich and worked for a larger office. Living in the city, Biolek underwent a radical change and distanced himself from his previous conservative mindset. He actively participated in the Munich bohemian lifestyle and was part of the film maker [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]'s circle of friends.<ref name="Tagesspiegel">{{cite web | title=Der Menschenzoo konnte ihm nicht voll genug sein | website=Tagesspiegel | url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/alfred-biolek-ist-tot-der-menschenzoo-konnte-ihm-nicht-voll-genug-sein/27447930.html | language=de | access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
He attended the [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] in [[Waiblingen]] and graduated in 1954.<ref name="Zeitung_2 2021">{{cite web | title=Zum Tod des Talkmasters: Bioleks Waiblinger Wurzeln | website=stuttgarter-zeitung.de | date=23 July 2021 | url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.zum-tod-des-talkmasters-bioleks-waiblinger-wurzeln.badd5842-7523-47d9-a0fe-55877bcb6a15.html | language=de | access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref> He then studied law in [[Freiburg im Breisgau]], [[Munich]], and [[Vienna]].<ref name="FP Gedenken" /> In 1958 he took a [[Law degree|first state exam of law]] (third-best exam in Baden-Württemberg) and graduated with honors.<ref name="Tagesspiegel" /> In 1962 he achieved a doctorate, followed by a second state examination in law in 1963.<ref name="Stadtzauber 2012" /> Biolek worked as a lawyer in his father's office. In 1970 Biolek moved to Munich and worked for a larger office. Living in the city, Biolek underwent a radical change and distanced himself from his previous conservative mindset. He actively participated in the Munich bohemian lifestyle and was part of the film maker [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]'s circle of friends.<ref name="Tagesspiegel">{{cite web | title=Der Menschenzoo konnte ihm nicht voll genug sein | website=Tagesspiegel | url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/alfred-biolek-ist-tot-der-menschenzoo-konnte-ihm-nicht-voll-genug-sein/27447930.html | language=de | access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>

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Alfred Biolek
Born
Alfred Franz Maria Biolek

(1934-07-10)10 July 1934
Died23 July 2021(2021-07-23) (aged 87)
Occupations
Known forBio's Bahnhof, Boulevard Bio, alfredissimo!
Awards

Alfred Biolek (born Alfred Franz Maria Biolek; 10 July 1934 – 23 July 2021) was a German entertainer and television producer. Biolek held a PhD in law and was an honorary professor at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. He received many awards for his work on television which included popular long-running series, others for his efforts for the culture of food and wine. He also supported and founded charities for Africa.

Youth

Biolek was born in Freistadt (Fryštát) in Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic, into a Sudeten German family.[1][2] After expulsion from Czechoslovakia in 1946, the Biolek family moved to Waiblingen near Stuttgart, where Biolek's father practiced law again.[3] Biolek was raised a Catholic, and served as an altar boy. Later he temporarily joined the German conservative party CDU.[4]

He attended the Gymnasium in Waiblingen and graduated in 1954.[5] He then studied law in Freiburg im Breisgau, Munich, and Vienna.[6] In 1958 he took a first state exam of law (third-best exam in Baden-Württemberg) and graduated with honors.[7] In 1962 he achieved a doctorate, followed by a second state examination in law in 1963.[3] Biolek worked as a lawyer in his father's office. In 1970 Biolek moved to Munich and worked for a larger office. Living in the city, Biolek underwent a radical change and distanced himself from his previous conservative mindset. He actively participated in the Munich bohemian lifestyle and was part of the film maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder's circle of friends.[7]

Television career

In 1967, Biolek acted as an assessor in the legal department of the German TV channel ZDF where he soon switched to editorial tasks.[8] He became the anchor man of the TV show Drehscheibe and beginning in 1974 produced the show Am laufenden Band [de] for Bavaria Film GmbH, together with Rudi Carrell.[9] That led to his career breakthrough. In 1975 with the journalist Dieter Thoma [de] they started the talk show Kölner Treff [de] for the channel WDR in Cologne.[4] Since 1978 aired his first own produced and moderated show with the title Bio's Bahnhof (Bio's station). In 1980s, commercially unsuccessful shows followed: Bei Bio, Show Bühne, and the game show Mensch Meier.[10]

Production company

While visiting the UK in the early 1970s, Biolek caught notice of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, and excited by their innovative, absurd sketches, he invited them over to Germany in 1971 and 1972 to write and act in two special German episodes of their show Monty Python's Flying Circus. The result, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, was produced by Biolek in co-production with Westdeutscher Rundfunk.[11]

With his own company Pro GmbH,[12][13] Biolek produced from 1991 to 2003 his weekly show Boulevard Bio.[3] Biolek developed the art of sensitive conversation and attracted much attention. From 1994 to 2006, he also cooked together with celebrities on his show alfredissimo.[14]

Additional activities

Besides his media career, Biolek taught as an honorary professor at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne from 1990 onwards.[6]

He supported the intercultural work of the American Field Service Deutschland, with which he spent a year abroad in the US as one of the first German exchange students in the 1950s.[6]

He was actively engaged in the struggle against AIDS and unwanted pregnancy in Africa. In 2000, he was appointed the first German UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador.[15] In October 2005, Biolek founded the charity fund Alfred Biolek Stiftung – Hilfe für Afrika, to give African youngsters the opportunity of a better start in life.[16] He was on the advisory board for the German Foundation for World Population.[17]

As a patron of the arts, Biolek was committed to supporting cabaret. He was one of the patrons of the vaudeville theatre "Bar jeder Vernunft" in Wilmersdorf.[18]

Since October 2006, Biolek was on tour with his program Mein Theater mit dem Fernsehen (My theatre/struggle with TV), in which he illustrated parts of his TV career.[19]

Personal life

Biolek at a reception for his 85th birthday

On 10 December 1991, the director and activist Rosa von Praunheim outed Biolek, among other celebrities, as gay during a TV show.[20] Biolek lived with his partner in Cologne and Berlin.[21]

Biolek died on 23 July 2021 in Cologne, aged 87.[22][23][24]

TV shows

Awards

Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Entertainer Alfred Biolek gestorben". tagesschau.de (in German). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Alfred Biolek im Alter von 87 Jahren gestorben". FAZ (in German). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Stadtzauber: interviews". Stadtzauber (in German). 4 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Alfred Biolek mit 87 Jahren gestorben". Süddeutsche.de. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Zum Tod des Talkmasters: Bioleks Waiblinger Wurzeln". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Traueranzeigen von Alfred Biolek". FP Gedenken (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Der Menschenzoo konnte ihm nicht voll genug sein". Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Biolek, Alfred". KunstSalon (in German). 11 May 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d "Alfred Biolek ist tot – TV-Moderator stirbt im Alter von 87 Jahren". DER SPIEGEL (in German). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Es hat wehgetan, aber es hat die Verspannung gelöst". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  11. ^ a b Fischer, Stefan (17 May 2010). "Die Überflieger". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  12. ^ "TV-Firma Pro GmbH insolvent". Tagesspiegel (in German). 5 March 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Die Pro". Pro TV Produktion GmbH (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Alfredissimo" (in German). Alfredissimo.de. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  15. ^ "German Television Host, Alfred Biolek, Named UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador". www.unfpa.org.
  16. ^ "Alfred Biolek ist tot". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) - Aids - Aufklärung - Gesundheitsvorsorge". charity-label.com (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  18. ^ "BAR JEDER VERNUNFT Berlin". Shows & Theater (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Alfred Biolek: Mein Theater mit dem Fernsehen". Centralstation Darmstadt (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  20. ^ Henneke, Mechthild (15 May 1997). "Von San Francisco lernen – Hundert Jahre nach ihrer Gründung sucht die Schwulenbewegung neue Ziele". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  21. ^ Mommert, Wilfried (9 October 2006). "Guckt mal, Bio, der ist auch schwul!". Netzeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  22. ^ ONLINE, RP (23 July 2021). "TV-Urgestein: Alfred Biolek ist tot". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  23. ^ "Er wurde 87 Jahre alt: Alfred Biolek ist tot". FOCUS Online (in German). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Fernsehmoderator: Alfred Biolek gestorben". Startseite – ZDFmediathek (in German). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  25. ^ a b c "WDR-Intendant Tom Buhrow zum Tod von Alfred Biolek: "Begnadeter Talkmaster"". presseportal.de (in German). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  26. ^ "GOLDENE KAMERA Preisträger Alfred Biolek ist tot – News". GOLDENE KAMERA. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Mensch Bio". Medienkorrespondenz (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  28. ^ Schmitz, Martint. "Narrhalla Karl-Valentin-Ordensträger 2003 wurde Dr.Alfred Biolek". ganz-muenchen.de München City (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  29. ^ "VDP:VDP.Auszeichnungen". VDP (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  30. ^ "Alfred Biolek erhält den Ehrenpreis der Stifter 2009". Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2021 (in German). 16 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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