Tetje Mierendorf
Encyclopedia
Tetje Mierendorf is a German
comedian
and a musical theatre
and voice
actor
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he completed an apprenticeship
as bank teller
. In 2004 he played the leading part of the German adaption of My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
. Later he was a permanent member of the ensemble of the improv comedy show Schillerstraße
. In December 2005 he played the role of the elephant seal
"Seele-Fant" in the TV-adaption of the children's book
Urmal From the Ice Age from German writer Max Kruse. His most important musical theatre roles were "The Big Bopper" in the German production of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story and "Edna Turnblad" in the German production of the musical Hairspray
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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...
comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
and a musical theatre
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
and voice
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
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...
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Biography
After his AbiturAbitur
Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...
he completed an apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...
as bank teller
Bank teller
A teller is an employee of a bank who deals directly with most customers. In some places, this employee is known as a cashier. Most teller jobs require cash handling experience and a high school diploma. Most banks provide on the job training....
. In 2004 he played the leading part of the German adaption of My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé was a one-shot television reality show on the Fox Network during the 2003-2004 season. The show consisted of six hour-long episodes.-Plot summary:...
. Later he was a permanent member of the ensemble of the improv comedy show Schillerstraße
Schillerstraße
Schillerstraße is a German improvisational comedy show that airs weekly on Sat.1. It is recorded without a script and broadcast unedited to a large extent...
. In December 2005 he played the role of the elephant seal
Elephant seal
Elephant seals are large, oceangoing seals in the genus Mirounga. There are two species: the northern elephant seal and the southern elephant seal . Both were hunted to the brink of extinction by the end of the 19th century, but numbers have since recovered...
"Seele-Fant" in the TV-adaption of the children's book
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
Urmal From the Ice Age from German writer Max Kruse. His most important musical theatre roles were "The Big Bopper" in the German production of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story and "Edna Turnblad" in the German production of the musical Hairspray
Hairspray (musical)
Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues...
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Theatre engagements (choosing)
- April 1995 to February 1997, Imperial Theater Hamburg, GreaseGrease (musical)Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
, role: Vince Fontaine/Teen Angel - December 1999 to April 2000, Imperial Theater Hamburg, The Rocky Horror ShowThe Rocky Horror ShowThe Rocky Horror Show is a long-running British horror comedy stage musical, which opened in London on 19 June 1973. It was written by Richard O'Brien, produced and directed by Jim Sharman. It came eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"...
, role: Eddie/Dr. Scott - April 1997 to April 2001, Theater im Hafen Hamburg, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, role: The Big BopperThe Big BopperJiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. also commonly known as The Big Bopper, was an American disc jockey, singer, and songwriter whose big voice and exuberant personality made him an early rock and roll star...
- 2003 to 2004, Improvisational theatreImprovisational theatreImprovisational theatre takes many forms. It is best known as improv or impro, which is often comedic, and sometimes poignant or dramatic. In this popular, often topical art form improvisational actors/improvisers use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously...
Springmaus. Tour. - März 2005 to August 2005, Schmidts Tivoli Hamburg, "XXLvis"
- May 30, 2006 to June 11, 2006, Schmidt-Theater Hamburg, "Emmi – Die Salomé vom Spielbudenplatz oder Sing, wenn du kannst" (Emmi- The Salomé of Spielbudenplatz (a square in Hamburg) or sing if you can)
- December 2009 to September 2010, Musical Dome CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Hairspray, role: Edna Turnblad (alternate first cast). - as from December 2, 2010, Operettenhaus Hamburg, Sister Act, role: Bones