Biography
Wilhelm Wieben (2 June 1935 – 13 June 2019) was a German journalist, actor and author, best known for presenting the daily news in Tagesschau, the most-watched news program on German television, from 1973 to 1998. Wieben was born in Hennstedt, Dithmarschen. After school he studied theater at Max-Reinhardt-Schule für Schauspiel in Berlin. Later he worked as a journalist for Radio Bremen and was a news presenter on the TV channel ARD in Tagesschau between 1973 and his retirement in 1998. Wieben has authored books in Low German, a regional language in Northern Germany. He is also heard (and briefly seen in the music video) in Falco's controversial hit song Jeanny: The part of the Newsflash in the track is spoken by Wieben.
Inge Meysel outed Wieben as a homosexual in a 1995 interview in the magazine Stern. Before publication, Stern asked for Wieben's permission to publish the interview which he granted.
Filmography
all 18
self 17
TV Shows 15
Movies 3
Narrator 1
We Are Next of Kin (2022)
You'll Never Walk Alone: 30 Years After the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster (2019)
Markus Lanz (2008)
Ich trage einen großen Namen (2000)
Dinner for one - up Platt (1999)
Volle Kanne (1999)
Beckmann (1999)
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998)
Alpha Forum (1998)
Zimmer frei! (1996)
Das große Los (1996)
Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen (1994)
Nachtcafé (1987)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
III nach neun (1974)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
Beat-Club (1965)
Tagesschau (1952)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1935-06-02
Deathday2019-06-13 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceHennstedt, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsTie Man of the Year
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