Gabriele Wilhelmine "Gaby" Köster (German pronunciation: [ˈɡaË biË
ˈkÊ°Å"stÊ°É ], born 2 December 1961) is a German actress and
comedian.Köster was born in Cologne, Germany. Following secondary
school, Köster began training to become a nursery-school teacher,
which she broke off three weeks prior to completion. She then
dedicated herself to music and painting, and some of her paintings
were shown in exhibitions. To keep her head above water financially,
she also worked in a bar where, in 1987, she met Jürgen Becker.
Becker asked her to write a few sketches for a radio programme.
Köster thought the guest was crazy but still wrote a sketch. She was
surprised when the text she had submitted was actually used on the
German radio station WDR in the programme Unterhaltung am Wochenende,
broadcast on Saturdays between 4 and 6 pm. Regular radio appearances
and subsequently her own programmes were to follow.Köster appeared on
WDR television for the first time in 1991. She was a member of the
cast of the alternative Cologne Carnival stage show between 1991 and
1995. Her somewhat bawdy humour is heightened by her Kölsch
dialect.Köster became known to a wider television audience through
guest appearances on RTL Samstag Nacht. From 1996 until its
discontinuation in 2005, she was a permanent cast member of the show 7
Tage, 7 Köpfe, produced by Rudi Carrell. Between 1999 and 2003, she
also played the title role of "Rita Kruse" in the comedy series Ritas
Welt. One of her last appearances was in December 2007 in a show
produced by ProSieben, celebrating 20 years on stage of Michael
Mittermeier.
ˈkÊ°Å"stÊ°É ], born 2 December 1961) is a German actress and
comedian.Köster was born in Cologne, Germany. Following secondary
school, Köster began training to become a nursery-school teacher,
which she broke off three weeks prior to completion. She then
dedicated herself to music and painting, and some of her paintings
were shown in exhibitions. To keep her head above water financially,
she also worked in a bar where, in 1987, she met Jürgen Becker.
Becker asked her to write a few sketches for a radio programme.
Köster thought the guest was crazy but still wrote a sketch. She was
surprised when the text she had submitted was actually used on the
German radio station WDR in the programme Unterhaltung am Wochenende,
broadcast on Saturdays between 4 and 6 pm. Regular radio appearances
and subsequently her own programmes were to follow.Köster appeared on
WDR television for the first time in 1991. She was a member of the
cast of the alternative Cologne Carnival stage show between 1991 and
1995. Her somewhat bawdy humour is heightened by her Kölsch
dialect.Köster became known to a wider television audience through
guest appearances on RTL Samstag Nacht. From 1996 until its
discontinuation in 2005, she was a permanent cast member of the show 7
Tage, 7 Köpfe, produced by Rudi Carrell. Between 1999 and 2003, she
also played the title role of "Rita Kruse" in the comedy series Ritas
Welt. One of her last appearances was in December 2007 in a show
produced by ProSieben, celebrating 20 years on stage of Michael
Mittermeier.
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