Ramses Shaffy
August 29, 1933 (91 years old) in 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 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
Credits
- 2007 · Knevel & Van den Brink as Self
- 1999 · Nachtvlinder as Walko van Haland
- 1994 · De nietsnut as Richard Kesselaar
- 1991 · Precious as Psychiater
- 1987 · Nitwits as Joel Palsma
- 1986 · The Good Hope as Simon
- 1984 · Willem van Oranje as Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont
- 1983 · All Rebels as
- 1979 · Cha Cha as
- 1975 · Anna, Child of the Daffodils as Gerrit
- 1967 · The Whipping Cream Hero as
- 1967 · Schermerhoorn as
- 1967 · Confessions of Loving Couples as
- 1960 · The Manneken Pis Case as Karel Vos