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- Robert Harper was born on 19 May 1951 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Creepshow (1982), Once Upon a Time in America (1984) and The War of the Roses (1989). He was married to Sascha Noorthoorn van der Kruyff and Lisa Pelikan. He died on 23 January 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Pieter Lutz was born on 13 August 1927 in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Laat maar zitten (1988), Kant aan m'n broek! (1978) and The Family (1973). He was married to Yvonne Lutz-Van Elburg. He died on 20 August 2009 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Luc Lutz was born on 17 November 1924 in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for De kleine zielen (1969), Herenstraat 10 (1983) and Ha die Pa! (1990). He was married to Bela Brandon and Simone Rooskens. He died on 16 November 2001 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Corrie van Gorp was born on 30 June 1942 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Dag dag heerlijke lach (1974), De boezemvriend (1982) and Ik ben Joep Meloen (1981). She was married to Tom Kamlag. She died on 22 November 2020 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Sound Department
Martin van Dalen was born on 5 February 1932 in Netherlands. He is known for Obsessions (1969), De verloedering van de Swieps (1967) and Drop-out (1969). He died on 9 June 2009 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Lion Solser was born in Rotterdam as the son of Johannes Solser and the stage actress Engelina Florina Hartlooper on February 6, 1877. He had brothers and sisters (Louis, Michiel, Jeanette Johanna and Engelina Adriana). He married Adrienne Willemsens (Schaerbeek, Belgium, March 25, 1872 - Amsterdam, March 5, 1962), was a comedian and committed suicide in Rotterdam at the age of 38 on August 3, 1915. Lion was buried in Diemen.
Lion Solser came from a lineage of part variety performers and part stage actors. His mother was also an actress, but went across the country with his father to earn more money singing verse. Solser attended drama school from 1889 to 1892. His brother Michiel died at a young age and Lion took his place in the operetta, and he worked with Piet Hesse from 1896 until his death. He formed an ensemble with Hesse, which also included Adrienne Willemsens, his wife. Lion Solser was a director and comedian, often taking on female roles. For years he played the lead role in "Do you know about Schellevis-Mie?" and with Hesse as the cross-dressing duo Wip and Snip, probably the source of inspiration for the later duo Snip and Snap by Willy Walden and Piet Muijselaar. He also performs with Hesse in the silent film "Solser en Hesse" by director M H Laddé from 1900, a film that has unfortunately been lost and in the first Dutch film, "the deranged hengelaar". Abraham's sister was the variety artist and humorist Adrienne Solser.
When Lion died, Het Nieuws van de dag voor Nederlandsch-Indies read:
"Lion Solser" Our collaborator Vosmaer writes to us on 5 August: For a very large number of Indies people it will probably not be necessary to describe the person of the best transvesti, and one of the best duetists and genre comedians our country has known, who has a nervous disorder of took us away: Lion Solser. Most of my readers, I think, must have heard and seen at least once in their lives that little, elegant couple singer, so classy in the black skirt, and yet who in an instant transformed himself into the most slender Jordanian shark bay or maddened peasant girl. And in doing so have admired his expressive, expressive, powerful and the largest halls filling voice and crisp diction into the smallest corners.
Lion was a brother of Michel Solser, creator of the, so to speak, immortal figure of 'Flipje' from Reyding's 'Revue Artistique'. And he resembled that brother in many ways, who was again the son of an excellent comedian. That may not mean much to non-Amsterdammers, but those few lines say it all for us.
Lion Solser turned 38 years old. He began very early in the career that had been prescribed for him, if only out of respect for his ancestors. At the age of about 19 - - I could say it exactly if I went to ask his long-term friend and associate Hesse, who lives in the same house as me, but I dare not disturb him on this funeral day, because he is miserable, devastated -he set foot on the variety stage as a chansonnier, humorist, character comedian.
But only for a short time did he act alone. He was very fortunate to meet Piet Hesse, a few years older than him, who was also an excellent and cultured couple singer, and from that moment on their fortunes-if one can speak of that in our country with its narrow borders-was made. For Lion Solser could be an excellent humorist - he knew absolutely nothing about saving money, managing money, and in this precisely Piet Hesse was a matador, a genius - a born businessman.
"Eighteen years ago, I saw them both perform for the first time during a Groningen fair. They were a "number" of a specialty program, but what a! Usually they first sang a genre couplet, Hesse as an old gentleman, Solser as an old lady, and as a bis number one or two couplets 'with their own head', in the skirt. Even then it was striking how spry, 'mundane' and elegant those two duets presented themselves in the skirts, how funny their old man and wife couples were - and how the two were literally perfect for each other.
Hesse soon realized that his couplets were going in. Solser made many of them himself. And so they started to print and sell those things to amateurs, who wanted to recite them in a "closed circle", but also to professional comedians. But Piet Hesse conceived bigger plans. After some years of singing together at all the fairs in the country, and here in the capital with Frits van Haarlem or in "Flora" (I believe also with Mulder in the Kalverstraat, now long gone), the two partners formed a small troupe that would perform specific Amsterdam happy games, true genre pieces. But before that, Solser would first win laurels with his one-act play "Half an hour at the office of the Moderne Tooneel", in which, following Henri de Vries, he was the first Dutchman to "introduce" the genre here. alone performed six different roles in a truly exquisite manner. With this, Solser and Hesse - and with the greatest success - traveled all over our country about 1910.
That same year they formed their troop. And with that little group they performed Amsterdam sketches, mostly written by Tony Schmitz on the instructions of Lion Solser, in a way that I do not hesitate to call unsurpassable of its kind. One would perhaps not call their actors "first-class powers" everywhere. But preceded by Solser they all, down to the very least, managed to fit themselves so perfectly into the typical Amsterdam milieu that Schmitz portrayed us, that the spectators in many a scene had to admit that reality could not be more real.
Successively, from 1911 onwards, Solser and Hesse regaled us with: "Have you seen the child yet?" (Grandthéatre), "Are you also coming to the Wedding of Mietje T' (ditto), "The legacy of uncle Janus" (Hollandsche Schouwburg), "Have you heard of Schellevis Mie ?" (Panoptic).
With all those Amsterdam Sketches, in which Solser invariably played a female role, usually a splendor of a Jordanian, the partners have earned a lot of money, and no one begrudges them that, because they worked very hard to get the interplay as Solser did. especially absolutely wanted.
In this respect -and also as a 'piece' -- 'Mietje's wedding' suited me best personally. The 'pertij', the wedding guests, the furniture in the Jordanian house, the puppet show, where more benevolent amateurs than talented amateurs among the guests played their lectures - everything was so beautiful, 'real', so cut and copied from life, and so lifelike portrayed by all the actors, even if they had the smallest part to play, as I have seen it, frankly speaking, but very seldom on other, even the best, scenes.
And of the preparation of these performances the greatest credit goes to Lion Solser, who, in addition to being an excellent transvestite, was a sensitive and strict director, who personally took care of the smallest, apparently insignificant details.
Or that astonishing need for labor that being overwhelmingly busy has wrecked him?
Lately the already hot-blooded Solser has been very "troublesome." His friends had to keep a close eye on him after he once, for some futile reason, suddenly, in the middle of his part, began to lash out at the audience, something a man like Solser would never have done under normal circumstances. That was during a performance by Schellevis Mie, now about six months ago. Then things quickly, anxiously, quickly diminished with him. He started to rant for no reason, became quarrelsome, which also did not fit with his nature, took a month off to 'rest completely', seemed completely healed, suddenly collapsed again, until his inexorable nervous illness struck him down with one last blow.
Today Lion Solser is buried, under an interest that is hard to imagine. He leaves behind a wife and daughter - and an audience that will remember his idiosyncratic art for a long time to come. - Director
- Writer
- Production Manager
Paul von Woringen was born on 27 August 1859 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a director and writer, known for Arthur Imhoff (1916), Hotel Medusa (1919) and Die Buchhalterin (1918). He died on 28 August 1928 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Ton Pompert was born on 2 July 1948 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Who Am I? (1998), Westenwind (1999) and Medisch Centrum West (1988). He died on 25 January 2015 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Arie Valkhoff was born on 25 July 1913 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Rooie Sien (1975). He died on 26 July 2002 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Jules Deelder was born on 24 November 1944 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Het veld van eer (1983), Tatort (1970) and A black and white statement (1980). He died on 19 December 2019 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Mechtilde Van Mechelen was born in 1977. She was an actress, known for Spoed (2000) and Familie (1991). She died on 9 February 2004 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Producer
- Music Department
Theo Rekkers was born on 24 April 1924 in Valburg, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was a producer, known for Ik ben Joep Meloen (1981), Een avondje teevee met André (1969) and De Dik Voormekaar Show (1977). He died on 20 April 2012 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Actor
- Director
- Composer
Steye van Brandenberg was born on 16 January 1918 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and director, known for Jij en ikke (1965), Ciske de Rat (1955) and Willem van Oranje (1984). He was married to Ansje van Brandenberg. He died on 6 May 1990 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Writer
- Music Department
- Actor
Alex de Haas was born on 24 June 1896 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and actor, known for The Trouble with Money (1936), Het meisje met den blauwen hoed (1934) and Suikerfreule (1935). He died on 4 January 1973 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Richard Flink was born on 29 June 1903 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for John Brown (1960), Zingend in de wildernis (1963) and De dood van een handelsreiziger (1961). He was married to Mieke Verstraete. He died on 24 July 1967 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Enny Snijders was born on 10 June 1873 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Boefje (1939) and Drie weken huisknecht (1944). She died on 5 November 1950 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Ruud Lubbers was born on 7 May 1939 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was married to Ria Hoogeweegen. He died on 14 February 2018 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Theo Moens was born on 7 January 1894 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Oranje Hein (1936) and Monsieur Hawarden (1968). He died on 2 February 1971 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Frans Jozef van der Heijden was born on 20 March 1938 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He died on 21 October 2016 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Jan Juray was born on 19 January 1914 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Centraal station (1974), Rooie Sien (1975) and Heb medelij, Jet! (1975). He died on 14 March 1984 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Jet Van Dijck-Rieckert was born on 7 May 1895 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Kermis in de Regen (1962), Zo'n rustige straat (1961) and De avond valt (1962). She died on 7 May 1980 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Matthieu van Eysden was born on 26 April 1896 in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Merijntje Gijzen's Jeugd (1936), Pygmalion (1937) and Moderne landhaaien (1926). He was married to Mary van den Berg. He died on 8 November 1970 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Willemijntje den Ouden was born on 1 January 1918 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She died on 6 December 1997 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Octave Van Aerschot was born on 29 September 1889 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for La gloire du régiment (1937). He died on 18 August 1977 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Luut Buijsman was born on 8 June 1924 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He died on 8 April 2004 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Co Westerik was born on 2 March 1924 in The Hague, Netherlands. He was married to Hens de Jong and Fenna de Vries. He died on 10 September 2018 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Champion swimmer Rie Mastenbroek was born Hendrika Wilhelmina Mastenbroek on February 26, 1919 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Rie began swimming under the coaching of "Ma" Braun. Mastenbroek won three gold medals and a silver medal at the European Championships in 1934. At age seventeen Rie won three additional gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 100 meters freestyle, 400 meters freestyle, and the 4x100 meters freestyle. Moreover, Mastenbroek won a silver medal after she finished second behind teammate Neda Senff in the 100 meters backstroke. Mastenbroek became a swimming instructor the following year; this caused her to lose her amateur status and thus made herself ineligible to participate in further competitions. However, during her brief, yet impressive athletic career Rie nonetheless broke nine world records, with six for backstroke and three for freestyle. Mastenbroek was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968 and received the Olympic Order in Silver in 1997. Rie died at age 84 on November 6, 2003.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Jan Teulings was born on 29 May 1905 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Hollands glorie (1977), Maigret (1964) and Dagboek van een herdershond (1978). He died on 22 September 1989 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Producer
- Production Manager
Hans Klap was born in 1942. He was a producer and production manager, known for De mannetjesmaker (1983), De verwording van Herman Dürer (1979) and De laatste trein (1975). He died on 7 February 1997 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Marie Verstraete was born on 2 May 1853 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. She was an actress, known for De storm des levens (1920) and Mooi Juultje van Volendam (1924). She was married to Ludovic Johannes De Graef. She died on 27 January 1928 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Annie de Reuver was born on 19 February 1917 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was married to Jack Philips. She died on 1 January 2016 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Coen Moulijn was born on 15 February 1937 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He died on 4 January 2011 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Petra Verbeek was born on 27 February 1927 in Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Majoor Barbara (1964), Maigret (1964) and Marguerite Gautier (1963). She died on 25 October 2012 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Pieter Oud was born on 5 December 1886 in Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He died on 12 August 1968 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Trees van der Donck was born on 10 June 1933 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for De dageraad (1991), Max Havelaar (1976) and De appelgaard (1985). She died on 16 May 2015 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Hans Polman was born on 24 July 1924 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for The Dark Room of Damocles (1963), Pride and Prejudice (1961) and Bas Boterbloem (1960). He died on 16 December 1993 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Martine Crefcour was born on 23 May 1935 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for The Family (1973), Jane Eyre (1958) and Zingend in de wildernis (1963). She died on 18 April 2020 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Aida, the Elephant, lived at the Rotterdam Zoo until July 23rd, 1981, when she died at age 46. Aida arrived in Rotterdam from Thailand on Jul 9th, 1940, at the age of 5 years-old, already trained to obey some human commands in Thai. That was 2 months after the Nazi blitz bombing of Rotterdam on May 14th, 1940, which destroyed the old Rotterdam Zoo and killed over 900 people and left over 30,000 homeless. The zoo reopened in its current location in December of 1940. Aida then survived 18 Allied air force bombing runs over Rotterdam from June 1941 to December 1944. Then Aida survived the Nazi food blockade of the Netherlands until May 1st, 1945, when Allied food relief was parachute dropped into Rotterdam. Over 18,000 Dutch citizens starved to death that winter. Another survivor of the Nazi food blockade was actress "Audrey Hepburn" who took refuge with her mother's family in Arnhem: Her family survived the famine by beating tulip bulbs into flour and baking tulip bread. Until her death, Aida was a prized performing elephant at the Rotterdam Zoo often appearing before classes of children and responding to the commands of Erich Hagenbach, her trainer.