Lilo Wanders
Encyclopedia
Ernie Reinhardt, better known as Lilo Wanders, (born 22 September 1955 in Celle
as Ernst-Johann Reinhardt) is a famous German
transvestite
actor.
Reinhardt attended the Gymnasium
Walsrode
and went on to become an actor
. He was one of the founders of the Schmidt-Theater on the Reeperbahn
in Hamburg
in 1988. From 1994 on until 2004 he was in his transvestite role as Lilo Wanders the host(es) of the German TV sex/erotic show Wa(h)re Liebe (a pun on true love and commodity love) on VOX.
He has described himself as being gay
; nevertheless, he has a wife, two children and one foster child. Reinhardt and his family also lived with a second man in the past.
Celle
Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
as Ernst-Johann Reinhardt) is a famous German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
transvestite
Transvestism
Transvestism is the practice of cross-dressing, which is wearing clothing traditionally associated with the opposite sex. Transvestite refers to a person who cross-dresses; however, the word often has additional connotations. -History:Although the word transvestism was coined as late as the 1910s,...
actor.
Reinhardt attended the Gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
Walsrode
Walsrode
-Middle Ages:986 Foundation of Walsrode Abbey by Count Walo. The first recorded mentionof the town is dated May 7, 986.1383 The dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg grant Walsrode a town charter.1479 First recorded instance of Walsrode's coat of arms...
and went on to become an actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He was one of the founders of the Schmidt-Theater on the Reeperbahn
Reeperbahn
The Reeperbahn is a street in Hamburg's St. Pauli district, one of the two centres of Hamburg's nightlife and also the city's red-light district...
in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
in 1988. From 1994 on until 2004 he was in his transvestite role as Lilo Wanders the host(es) of the German TV sex/erotic show Wa(h)re Liebe (a pun on true love and commodity love) on VOX.
He has described himself as being gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
; nevertheless, he has a wife, two children and one foster child. Reinhardt and his family also lived with a second man in the past.
Literature
- Lilo Wanders: Tja, meine Lieben, Econ 1997, ISBN 3612263617
- Lilo Wanders: Wa(h)re Liebe – A-Z, Heel 2001, ISBN 3898800210
- Lilo Wanders: Exotische Scharfmacher, Europa Verlag Hamburg, ISBN 3203850559
External links
- http://www.lilowanders.de/
- http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=119444313