Andreas von der Meden

Andreas von der Meden was a German actor and voice actor.

Biography
Andreas von der Meden made his debut as a child actor at the Thalia Theater (Thalia Theatre) in Hamburg in 1948. After training as an actor with Hildburg Frese in Hamburg, he worked at the Lucerne Theatre and the Schauspielhaus Zürich (Zürich playhouse). He has also appeared in other film and television productions.

Von der Meden first appeared in a dubbing studio in 1952 at the age of nine. In the decades that followed, he took on numerous leading, supporting and guest roles in films and television series, in puppet and cartoon productions. He is best known to several generations as the first German voice of Kermit the Frog, whom he voiced from 1973 to 2002. Initially only on Sesame Street, and from 1985, after the death of the previous voice actor Horst Gentzen, on the Muppets.

Von der Meden was married to Brigitte Böttrich and lived in Hamburg. His brother is the actor and voice actor Tonio von der Meden.

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