16/07/2024
Actress and singer Wieteke van Dort has handed away. Her son confirmed this after studies from The Telegraph. Van Dort died in her hometown of The Hague. She was 81 years outdated. Van Dort introduced on the finish of Might that she had metastatic most cancers. The tumors in her liver had unfold to her lungs and mind. The actress died on Monday, per week after her husband Theo Moody had handed away.
Van Dort gained fame primarily by her roles in youngsters’s and youth applications akin to The Stratemakeropzeeshow, Oebele, JJ De Bom previously The Kids’s Pal and the Late Late Lien Present. The youngsters’s applications stood out as a result of they handled many topics that had been thought of controversial on the time. The tone was not patronizing and the normal energy relations between dad and mom and kids had been satirically denounced.
Van Dort additionally offered radio; from 1976 to 1978 Radio Noise Parrot after which the sequel on tv, Paperagaaiwaai. Youthful tv viewers could know her primarily from her position in The core or as a studying voice of fairy tales in De Efteling. In 2008 and 2009 she performed in Santa Claus and the Secret of the Massive E book in Santa Claus and the Misplaced Parcel Boat.
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Historical past of the Dutch East Indies
Van Dort, born in Surabaya (East Java), was additionally recognized for her dedication to elevating consciousness concerning the historical past of the Dutch East Indies. For instance, she took the initiative for a memorial in reminiscence of the victims from the Dutch East Indies. The statue was unveiled in 2012 on the Loenen Area of Honour. Lately, she has additionally acted as a speaker at theatre evenings concerning the Dutch East Indies.
In love with Bali
In 1999, Van Dort was appointed Knight within the Order of Orange-Nassau. Van Dort was nonetheless seen in cinemas in early 2024, within the romantic comedy In love with Bali by Johan Nijenhuis. It was the primary cinema movie for the actress in fourteen years. She performed the mom of Nadja Hüpscher, who travels to Bali to discover her household historical past.
Three youngsters
After saying her sickness, the actress instantly stopped working. In 2022, she introduced The Telegraph know that she was not fascinated by retirement in the meanwhile. Van Dort was married to Theo Moody for greater than fifty years. Collectively they’d three youngsters: Bas, Larissa and Alexander
