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Marital Status: Divorced
Hometown: West Berlin
Age: 54 Years
Some Lesser Known Facts About Marlene Lufen
- Marlene Lufen was raised by her parents in a middle-class German family.
Marlene Lufen’s childhood photo
- During her 20s, Marlene Lufen was a competitive swimmer at the Berlin Sports Club. Later, she acted in theatre and founded her own theatre group in Berlin.
- In 1995, Marlene Lufen went to the United States of America for a six-month internship and during her internship, she visited the news department of the television station of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in San Francisco.
- In the same year, she started working for the German TV broadcasting show titled ‘Akte.’
- In 1996, Marlene Lufen took part in a journalism competition of ARD Germany and won the competition. After winning the competition, Marlene reported as a junior reporter from the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
- In 1997, Marlene Lufen started working as the presenter for the German magazine show titled ‘SAT.1 Breakfast Television.’
- After 2000, she switched to public television for a few years and presented the regional German program titled ‘WDRpunkt Köln’ for WDR television from 2001 to 2007.
- In January 2007, Lufen returned to the German Magazine show titled ‘SAT.1 Breakfast Television.’
- In 2008, Marlene Lufen started presenting the German documentary soap opera titled ‘Countess Wanted – Nobility Looking for a Bride’ which was telecast on the SAT. 1 TV channel.
- In 2016, Marlene Lufen took part in the German reality TV baking competition titled ‘The Great Bake Off’ which was telecast on the SAT. 1 TV channel.
- In 2017, Marlene Lufen started her own German talk show titled ‘Dinner Party – Marlene invites you to talk’ which was telecast on the SAT. 1 TV channel.
- In 2018, Marlene along with the German actor and TV presenter Jochen Schropp hosted the German reality TV show titled ‘Promi Big Brother.’
Marlene Lufen on the sets of the German reality TV show titled ‘Promi Big Brother’ (2018)
- In the same year, Marlene Lufen published her book titled ‘You Can’t See Those in the Dark.’
Marlene Lufen’s Instagram post about her book titled ‘You Can’t See Those in the Dark’ (2018)
- In 2019, she became the host of the German figure skating TV show titled ‘Dancing on Ice.’
Marlene Lufen (extreme right) in a still from the German figure skating TV show titled ‘Dancing on Ice’ (2019)
- In 2022, Marlene Lufen took part in the German celebrity dance TV show titled ‘The Masked Dancer’ in which she won second place.
Marlene Lufen in a still from the German celebrity dance TV show titled ‘The Masked Dancer’ (2022)
- Marlene Lufen has hosted and been the presenter for many German TV shows and some of them include ‘Surprise! – Today We’re Getting Married’ (2008), ‘Best Friends’ (2009), ‘William & Kate – The Highlights’ (2011), ‘Raped – Why so many women remain silent’ (2016), and ‘Germany Helps’ (2021).
- In 2024, Marlene Lufen started her own Spotify podcast titled ‘M is for Marlene – How Life Succeeded.’
Marlene Lufen (right) in a still from one of the episodes of her Spotify podcast titled ‘M is for Marlene – How Life Succeeded’ (2024)
- She loves to spend time with animals and often shares photos and videos with her pet dog on social media.
Marlene Lufen with her pet dog Berta
- Marlene Lufen worked as the TV presenter for the German talk show titled ‘SAT. 1 Frühstücksfernsehen’ since 1999 to 2020.
Marlene Lufen (wearing red) with the entire star cast of the German talk show titled ‘SAT. 1 Frühstücksfernsehen’ (1999-2020)
- She occasionally drinks alcohol.
Marlene Lufen drinking red wine
