Horst Jüssen

Jüssen grew up in Husum. After graduating from a commercial high school, he completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk. He then went to acting school in 1962. From 1963 to 1965 he had an engagement at the Freie Volksbühne Berlin. In 1965 he founded his Berlin Tournee Theater, which he had to close after 17 performances. From 1967 he worked as a cabaret artist at the Renitenztheater in Stuttgart. From 1969 until its temporary dissolution in 1972, he was a member of the Munich Laughing and Shooting Society along with Dieter Hildebrandt, Klaus Havenstein, Jürgen Scheller and Ursula Noack. He appeared on theater stages in Hamburg, Cologne and Düsseldorf and made 24 theater tours. Jüssen played in tabloid plays as well as in serious plays by, among others, William Shakespeare, Tom Topor, Friedrich Schiller, Wolfgang Borchert and Molière. From 1976 to 1977 he embodied the work-shy lover Adolar von Scheußlich in the ARD slapstick series Klimbim. In 1990 he starred in the comedy series The Dear Relatives. From May 2004 he went on a guest performance tour with the old Klimbim ensemble with the piece he wrote The Klimbim Family Lives, during which 320 performances were given. Jussen has had guest appearances on many television series, including Derrick, Homicide and Florida Lady. He wrote screenplays for Dieter Hildebrandt's Notes from the Province, among others. From 2001, Jüssen appeared as "Prussian on duty" twice a year with the Chiemgauer Volkstheater in TV recordings by Bavarian Radio. Jüssen was the recipient of the Adolf Grimme Prize and also appeared as a book author. His third novel Joseph Satan was published in February 2007. He received the Brothers Grimm Prize from the State of Berlin for his children's theater play Kaspar and the Lion Poldi. He made a stage version of Gerhart Hauptmann's novella Wanda and adapted plays by Shakespeare, Molière and Ben Jonson. Jissen was married to the pop singer Lena Valaitis from 1979 and had a son with her. He last lived in Munich. Since the end of 2007, Jissen, who was a heavy smoker for 45 years, suffered from lung cancer, from which he succumbed on November 10, 2008. His grave is in the Grünwald Forest Cemetery near Munich.

Known For: Acting

Born: Recklinghausen-Germany, 1941-01-10

Died: 2008-11-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Das Geständnis eines Mädchens	Fred	70
2	1967	Kaviar und Linsen	Nicola Czibor	0
3	1971	Augenzeugen müssen blind sein		0
4	1973	Gott schützt die Liebenden	Maschke	30
5	1974	Die Kurpfuscherin	Dr. Mais	0
6	2002	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Silvester Hüttenzauber	Roland Braun	0
7	2003	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Schauts doch mal vorbei	Rolf	0
8	2003	Johannes Heesters: Eine Legende wird 100	Self	0
9	2004	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Sommernacht im Grandhotel	Hinrich	0
10	2004	Chiemgauer Volkkstheater - Die vier Unnahbaren	Dietolf	0
11	2004	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Dem Karli sei Tante	Konstantin	0
12	2006	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Ein ganz geheimes Staatsgeheimnis	Gustav	0
13	2006	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Vier Väter zu viel	Horst Piller	0
14	2006	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Abschlag ins Glück	Heiner Tampe	0
15	2007	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Vier Väter zuviel	Horst	0
16	2007	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Der Silvesterstar	Edi	0
17	2007	Chiemgauer Volkstheater - Fischers feiern Fasching	Wigald Pieper	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Zum blauen Bock	Self	60
2	1969	TV Intim	Self	0
3	1971	Dalli Dalli	Self	80
4	1973	Klimbim	Adolar von Scheußlich	65
5	1974	Die Montagsmaler	Self	0
6	1974	Derrick	Scholler	60
7	1978	Zwei himmlische Töchter	Mario di Alba	62
8	1979	Die Pyramide	Self	60
9	1985	Alte Gauner	Wolf	0
10	1990	Mini Playback Show	Self	100
11	1991	Die lieben Verwandten	Otto Kleemann	0
12	1991	Boulevard Bio	Self	60
13	1992	Riverboat	Self	40
14	1995	Corinna	Dr.Habersatt	0
15	1997	Tietjen und Bommes	Self	0
16	1998	Alpha Forum	Self	0
17	1998	The Johannes B. Kerner Show	Self	40
18	1999	Volle Kanne	Self	44
19	2002	Ein roter Teppich für....	self	0
20	2003	ZIBB	Self	0

Horst Jüssen

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