Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 29, 1933
Died
Dec 01, 2009
Place of Birth
Neuilly sur Seine, France
Credits
17 titles
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’.
Known For
Filmography
Wait and See
Music
Knevel & Van den Brink
Self
Nachtvlinder
Walko van Haland
De nietsnut
Richard Kesselaar
Precious
Psychiater
Nitwits
Joel Palsma
The Good Hope
Simon
Willem van Oranje
Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont
All Rebels
Cha Cha
Anna, Child of the Daffodils
Gerrit
An Outsider
Acteur Merlijn
The Whipping Cream Hero
Manuel
Schermerhoorn
Confessions of Loving Couples
Frank Jansen
Pride and Prejudice
Darcy
The Manneken Pis Case
Karel Vos