Person
Ramses Shaffy
Acting · 1933–2009 · Neuilly sur Seine, France
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’.
Known for
Knevel & Van den Brink
Self
Willem van Oranje
Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont
Precious
Psychiater
All Rebels
1983
Pride and Prejudice
Darcy
De nietsnut
Richard Kesselaar
The Whipping Cream Hero
Manuel
An Outsider
Acteur Merlijn
Nitwits
Joel Palsma
Nachtvlinder
Walko van Haland
Filmography
- 2023Wait and SeeMusic
- 2007Knevel & Van den BrinkSelf
- 1999NachtvlinderWalko van Haland
- 1994De nietsnutRichard Kesselaar
- 1991PreciousPsychiater
- 1987NitwitsJoel Palsma
- 1986The Good HopeSimon
- 1984Willem van OranjeGraaf Lamoraal van Egmont
- 1983All Rebels
- 1979Cha Cha
- 1975Anna, Child of the DaffodilsGerrit
- 1967An OutsiderActeur Merlijn
- 1967The Whipping Cream HeroManuel
- 1967Schermerhoorn
- 1967Confessions of Loving CouplesFrank Jansen
- 1961Pride and PrejudiceDarcy
- 1960The Manneken Pis CaseKarel Vos
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