After almost six years of TV retirement, cult and art figure Cindy from Marzahn is back in August 2022 with her own RTL show.
For many years, comedian Ilka Bessin (50) turned her back on her shrill artificial character Cindy from Marzahn and instead appeared as herself in various TV formats. In a new RTL show, however, she will soon revive the rough lady in pink: As the broadcaster has announced, “The Cindy from Marzahn Show” (also on RTL+) be visible. As guests, Bülent Ceylan (46) and Mario Barth (49) deal with the resolute Berliner in four episodes. Abdelkarim (40), Sascha Grammel (48), Paul Panzer (50) and Lisa Feller (46) were revealed as other celebrity guests.
Bessin came up with her alter ego Cindy from Marzahn at the beginning of the millennium and had a steep career after appearances in the “Quatsch Comedy Club”. From 2009 and for a total of four years, she ran her show “Cindy aus Marzahn & Die Junge Wilden” on RTL. After that, the cult figure even stood alongside Markus Lanz (53) in “Wetten, dass ..?”. Perhaps the most amazing milestone: In 2014 she appeared on New York’s Broadway with the program “Pink is bjutiful”.
Interim retirement for Cindy
About two years later, Bessin announced that it wanted to retire Cindy from Marzahn. Shortly thereafter, she appeared on TV for the first time without a disguise and as herself and kept doing so with one exception. Only in 2021 did she slip into her cult role again for the program “RTL says thank you”. In about a month there will be the real comeback of the Proll princess. The episodes of the “Cindy from Marzahn Show” were already recorded in May.