People
Ramses Shaffy
Biography:
Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009) was a Dutch actor and singer. Born near Paris, his Egyptian diplomat father and Polish noble mother separated before he was born and he was adopted by a Dutch family at a young age. He became popular during the 1960s and made a theatre comeback from alcoholism in the early 1990s, playing Don Quichotte in the musical The Man of la Mancha. His most famous songs include Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder (Sing, fight, cry, pray, laugh, work and admire), We zullen doorgaan (We will go on), and Laat me (Leave me be). His website describes Shaffy as ‘a Dutch-Franco-Polish-Russian-Egyptian mixture of Tom Waits and Frank Sinatra’.
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Nachtvlinder as Walko van Haland | 1999-09-02 |
De nietsnut as Richard Kesselaar | 1994-02-01 |
Precious as Psychiater | 1991-02-24 |
Nitwits as Joel Palsma | 1987-08-20 |
The Good Hope as Simon | 1986-08-07 |
All Rebels | 1983-11-03 |
Cha Cha | 1979-12-13 |
Anna, Child of the Daffodils as Gerrit | 1975-02-27 |
The Whipping Cream Hero | 1967-09-14 |
Schermerhoorn | 1967-05-01 |
Confessions of Loving Couples | 1967-02-16 |
The Manneken Pis Case as Karel Vos | 1960-09-30 |