Wim Thoelke

German entertainer
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Quick Facts

IntroGerman entertainer
PlacesGermany
wasBusinessperson Television presenter Entrepreneur
Work fieldBusiness Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth9 May 1927, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Death26 November 1995Niedernhausen, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt Government Region, Hesse (aged 68 years)
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Biography

Georg Heinrich Willem (Wim) Thoelke (May 9, 1927 in Mülheim an der Ruhr – November 26, 1995 in Engenhahn) was a German TV entertainer. He worked during the 1960s and 1970s for TV sport serie Aktuelles Sportstudio on German channel ZDF. Thoelke was showmaster of the TV shows Drei mal Neun and Der große Preis in the 1970s and 1980s. Thoelke was married and had two children.

Awards

  • 1966: Goldene Kamera in category team camera for Das aktuelle sportstudio
  • 1970: Bambi
  • 1975: Goldene Kamera in category Best gameshow-moderator for Drei mal Neun and Der große Preis (3. Platz HÖRZU reader choice)

Literature

  • Wim Thoelke: Stars, Kollegen und Ganoven – eine Art Autobiographie. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-404-61362-7
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