1. Loriot was best known for his cartoons, the sketches from his 1976 television series Loriot, alongside Evelyn Hamann, and his two movies, Odipussi and Pappa Ante Portas.
17 Facts About Loriot
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Loriot's parents, Johann-Albrecht Wilhelm von Bulow and Charlotte, separated soon after he was born, and his mother died when he was six.
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Loriot was deployed to the Eastern Front for three years, serving as of Panzergrenadierregiment 3 in the 3rd Panzer Division.
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Loriot was decorated with the Iron Cross 2nd class and 1st class.
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From 1950 onwards, he published cartoons under the pseudonym "Loriot", derived from the French word for oriole, his family's heraldic animal.
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Loriot wrote, drew and dubbed all of these skits by himself.
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Each cartoon ended with Loriot asking the viewers to take part in the TV-lottery, which supported the "Aktion Sorgenkind".
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The first episode of the German television comedy series Loriot was produced in 1976.
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In six episodes, Loriot presented sketches, usually being the protagonist himself, and short cartoons that he had drawn.
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Loriot is related to the orchestra's history by kinship.
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Loriot was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Wuppertal in 2001.
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Loriot is honorary citizen of his hometown of Brandenburg an der Havel and his chosen home of Munsing from 1993 until his death.
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Furthermore, Loriot was a member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schonen Kunste since that same year and of the Berlin Academy of Arts since 1997.
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Loriot became honorary professor of theatrical arts at the Berlin University of the Arts in June 2003.
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Loriot received numerous awards for his performance in TV, movies and other disciplines.
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Loriot died in Ammerland at Lake Starnberg of old age.
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Loriot's cartoons hinged on the contrast between the presented situation, the dignity displayed by his typically big nosed characters and the picture's caption.