Willeke van Ammelrooy
Willeke van Ammelrooy (born April 5, 1944 in Amsterdam ; actually Willy Geertje van Ammelrooij ) is a Dutch actress .
Life and accomplishments
Willeke van Ammelrooy began her career in the theater and worked with the three largest Dutch ensembles. She made her debut as a film actress in the short film Rotterdam-Europoort by Joris Ivens in 1966 . In the film Mira (1971) she already took on the lead role. In the thriller A Man Goes Whole (1972) she played alongside Telly Savalas . In Cancer Rising (1975) and the thriller Outsider in Amsterdam (1979), she was next to Rutger Hauer to see. While she quickly rose to be the most popular female star in Dutch and Belgian cinema, she remained almost unknown in West Germany, where few of her films have hit theaters.
In the comedy Antonia's World (1995), which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film , van Ammelrooy took on the lead role of Antonia . In 1995 she won a prize at the Nederlands Film Festival for her performance . She received the same award for her role in the film Lijmen from 2000. In 2001 she received the Grolsch Film Boulevard award of the Nederlands Film Festival . In the film drama Das Haus am See (2006) she played the role of Kate Forster's mother , who played Sandra Bullock .
Van Ammelrooy is married to the singer Marco Bakker .
Filmography (selection)
- 1971: Mira
- 1972: A man goes all out (L'Assassino… è al telefono)
- 1974: The happy lumberjacks of the nodding spruce trees (Le Journal érotique d'un bûcheron)
- 1974: Dakota (Dakota)
- 1974: L'arrière-train sifflera trois fois
- 1974: Règlements de femmes à OQ Corral
- 1975: My Nights with Susan, Sandra, Olga & Julie (Mijn Nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra)
- 1978: Paradise Lost (Het paradijs lost)
- 1979: Outsider in Amsterdam (Grijpstra & De Gier)
- 1981: Een Vlucht Regenwulpen
- 1983: Elevator of Horror (De Lift)
- 1984: Ciske the Rat (Ciske de Rat)
- 1985: André manages them all
- 1995: Antonia's World (Antonia)
- 2000: Lijmen (Het been)
- 2000: Mariken (also screenplay)
- 2006: The Lake House (The Lake House)
- 2008: Bride Flight
- 2012: Beatrix, Oranje onder vuur (TV miniseries)
Web links
- Willeke van Ammelrooy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pictures by Willeke van Ammelrooy In: Virtual History
- Willeke van Ammelrooy in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leo Phelix, Rolf Thissen: Pioneers and Celebrities of Modern Sex Films , p. 344
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ammelrooy, Willeke van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ammelrooij, Willy Geertje van (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |