The Nutty Professor (1996 film) research scientist, academic, and lecturer, Klump develops a miraculous, but experimental, weight-loss pharmaceutical, and hoping to win the affection of the girl of his dreams, tests it upon himself. Like the original film's Julius Kelp, Klump's vigorous, charismatic, but evil alter ego takes the name "Buddy Love". Murphy plays a total of seven characters in the film, including Sherman, most of Sherman's family (except for his nephew, Ernie Klump Jr. played by child actor Jamal Mixon), and an over-the-top parody of Richard Simmons. The film received positive reviews, with critics particularly praising the makeup and Murphy's performance. The film's success
Brigitte Klump Brigitte Klump married firstly in 1958 to Johannes Zirwas who later became a sociology professor. Her second marriage, in 1960, was to Wolf Heckmann (1929-2006), a journalist-writer who in 1969 became editor in chief of the Hamburger Morgenpost, a mass circulation daily newspaper. This marriage resulted in two recorded children, including the singer-composer Inga Heckmann. Klump's second marriage ended in 1988. Brigitte Klump Brigitte Klump (born 23 January 1935) is a German author and campaigner. She was born into a relatively poor farming family, originally of Huguenot provenance. She grew up, between 1949 and 1957, in the German Democratic Republic