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Ramses Shaffy
Neuilly sur Seine, France
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…
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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’.
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2023
Wait and See
Movie Music
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2007
Knevel & Van den Brink
TV show Self
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1999
Nachtvlinder
Movie Walko van Haland
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1994
De nietsnut
Movie Richard Kesselaar
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1991
Precious
Movie Psychiater
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1987
Nitwits
Movie Joel Palsma
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1986
The Good Hope
Movie Simon
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1984
Willem van Oranje
TV show Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont
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1983
All Rebels
Movie
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1979
Cha-Cha
Movie
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1975
Anna, Child of the Daffodils
Movie Gerrit
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1967
An Outsider
Movie Acteur Merlijn
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1967
The Whipping Cream Hero
Movie Manuel
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1967
Schermerhoorn
Movie
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1967
Confessions of Loving Couples
Movie Frank Jansen
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1961
Pride and Prejudice
TV show Darcy
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1960
The Manneken Pis Case
Movie Karel Vos
