Jürgen von der Lippe

Hans-Jürgen Hubert Dohrenkamp (born 8 June 1948), better known by his stage name Jürgen von der Lippe, is a German television presenter, entertainer, actor, musician and comedian. His stage name comes from the fact that he was born near the source of the river Lippe.

Life

Jürgen von der Lippe was born Hans-Jürgen Dohrenkamp in Bad Salzuflen and grew up in Aachen, where he attended the Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium and was a Catholic altar boy. His father was the barkeeper in a striptease bar.

From 1967 to 1970 he trained as a signaller in the Bundeswehr, leaving the armed forces a lieutenant.

In 1976 he, Hans Werner Olm and others founded the music group Gebrüder Blattschuss (Brothers Blattschuss – literally, Blattschuss is a hunting term for a shot through the shoulder into the heart; figuratively, it means getting one's point across succinctly.)

From 1986 to 1988 he was married (his second marriage) to the famous German television presenter Margarethe Schreinemakers.

Before his career in show business, he began studying German language and literature, philosophy and linguistics in Aachen and Berlin, but without graduating.

Television career

Jürgen von der Lippe's first major success was Donnerlippchen ("Little Thunder Lips") on WDR television station. He went on to present another very successful dating show, Geld oder Liebe ("Money or Love") on ARD; this finished in 2001 after twelve years on air.

Some other public service broadcasting programmes of his included WWF Club (1980–1990), So isses ("That's how it is"), Die Goldene Eins ("The Golden No. 1"), Hast Du Worte ("Got words?"), Wat is? ("Whassup?"), Lippes Lachmix ("Lippe's Comedy Mix") and Was liest du? ("What are you reading?").