Ernst-Johann "Ernie" Reinhardt (born 22 September 1955), better known as Lilo Wanders, is a German
transvestite actor, comedian and theatre/television host.
Born in
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. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...
, Reinhardt attended the
Gymnasium Walsrode and went on to become an entertainer. 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 of the German TV sex/erotic show ''Wa(h)re Liebe'' (a pun on ''true love'' and ''commodity love'') on
VOX.
Published works
* Lilo Wanders: ''Tja, meine Lieben'', Econ 1997, ISBN 3-612-26361-7.
* Lilo Wanders: ''Wa(h)re Liebe – A–Z'', Heel 2001, ISBN 3-89880-021-0.
* Lilo Wanders: ''Exotische Scharfmacher'', Europa Verlag Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-203-85055-9.
* Lilo Wanders: ''Voll aufgeklärt: 100 Antworten auf 1000 Fragen'', Moderne Verlagsges. MVG 2008, ISBN 3-636-06376-6.
* Erika Berger, Lilo Wanders: ''Langenscheidt Sex-Deutsch / Deutsch-Sex'', Langenscheidt 2009, ISBN 3-468-73222-8.
References
External links
Official website(in German)
1955 births
Living people
German gay actors
German male comedians
German television personalities
German theatre managers and producers
Culture in Hamburg
People from Celle
Gay comedians
German LGBT broadcasters
German drag queens
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