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Biography
Infobox person| name = Rudi Carrell| image = Rudi Carrell zwart wit.jpg| imagesize =| caption =| birthname = Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar|birth_date=birth date|1934|12|19|df=y| birth_place = Alkmaar |death_date =death date and age|2006|07|07|1934|12|19|df=y| death_place = Bremen (city)|Bremen | occupation = Entertainer | yearsactive =| spouse =| domesticpartner =| children =| parents =| website =| awards = Rudi Carrell (19 December 1934, Alkmaar , Netherlands — 7 July 2006, Bremen (city)|Bremen , Germany ), born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar , was a Dutch entertainer. Along with famous entertainers such as Johannes Heesters and Linda de Mol , Carrell was one of the most successful Dutch personalities active in Germany.cite web|url=| url= http://www.movienewz.nl/rudicarrell/? sub=extern& waid=36728|title=Nederlanderse-entertainer-sin-Duitsland|work= Die Welt |date=17 April 2010|accessdate=7 April 2011|language=Dutch
He worked as a television entertainer and hosted his own show. The Rudi Carrell Show ran first in the Netherlands , then in Germany for many years. Carrell was also a singer with a number of hits, and acted in several Film|movie s.
Eurovision Song Contest
He represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 singing " http://www.diggiloo.net/? 1960nl Wat een geluk" (What luck). He finished 12th out of 13 scoring just 2 points. Carrell provided the Dutch radio commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest|1987 Contest .
Rudi Carrell Show
The "Rudi Carrell Show" was a huge success in Germany from the 1960s to the 1990s. The show included a similar concept to "Star Search" or "Pop Idol" and brought many well-known German pop stars and actors to prominence, such as Alexis (singer)|Alexis or Mark Keller. It also featured comedy sketches.
His show was also pretty popular in some other European non-German speaking countries like Slovenia .
In between he hosted other popular shows, including "Am laufenden Band", "Rudis Tagesshow", "Herzblatt", "Die verflixte Sieben" and "7 Tage, 7 Köpfe".
Controversial humor
In 1987, he famously caused a diplomatic rift between Germany and Iran with a sketch in which veiled women threw their undergarments at someone dressed like Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini . The Iranian government responded by expelling two German diplomats and permanently closing the Goethe Institute in Tehran . http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/iran-deutschland-und-die-pressefreiheit-die-strumpfbandaffaere-1.835211 Die Strumpfbandaffärede icon Sueddeutsche Zeitung , published: 14 February 2007, accessed: 13 January 2012
Another controversial sketch used clever editing to show the then Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other prominent German politicians apparently consorting with prostitutes.
Death
In an interview in November 2005 the entertainer confirmed to the magazine Bunte , that he was suffering from lung cancer . He died on 7 July 2006, aged 71.
Literature
Rudi Carrell, Gib mir mein Fahrrad wieder, Wenen/München/Zürich/Innsbruck 1979.
Ingo Schiweck (Red.), "Laß dich überraschen ..." Niederländische Unterhaltungskünstler in Deutschland nach 1945, Münster 2005.
Susanne Schult, Rudi Carrell. Das Image eines Stars in der Geschichte des deutschen Fernsehens, Osnabrück 2000.
See also
German television comedy
References
External links
Commons
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http://www.trauer-beileid.de/kondolenzbuch/184-Showmaster-Rudi-Carrell-aus-Bremen.htm a German online book of condolence for Rudi Carell
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Persondata| NAME=Carrell, Rudi | ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Kesselaar, Rudolf Wijbrand | SHORT DESCRIPTION=entertainer on Dutch and German television | DATE OF BIRTH=December 19, 1934 | PLACE OF BIRTH= Alkmaar , Netherlands | DATE OF DEATH=July 7, 2006 | PLACE OF DEATH= Bremen (city)|Bremen , Germany DEFAULTSORT:Carrell, Rudi Category:1934 births Category:2006 deaths Category:Dutch male singers Category:Dutch comedians Category:Dutch film actors Category:Dutch Eurovision Song Contest entrants Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1960 Category:Dutch television presenters Category:Dutch game show hosts Category:Deaths from lung cancer Category:People from Alkmaar Category:Cancer deaths in Germany Category:Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
