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"She's got it," Mariska Veres sang in the enormously popular Shocking Blue song "Venus." Mariska most certainly had it--a sensuous and charismatic stage presence that could transfix an audience with an absolute minimum of effort.
A striking brunette beauty with long, jet-black hair, sparkling eyes, a sweetly comely face and a voluptuous figure, Veres was further blessed with an exceptionally captivating strong and sultry voice. She was born on October 1, 1947, in the Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Her father was gypsy Hungarian violinist Lajos Veres and her mother was born in Germany to French and Russian parents. Mariska often accompanied her father on piano. She began her music career in 1963 as a singer with the guitar band Les Mysteres. She was a member of the groups The Blues Fighters, The Bumble Bees, Danny and His Favorites, General Four and The Motowns prior to becoming the lead singer for the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue in 1968 (she replaced original lead singer Fred de Wilde). Shocking Blue scored a massive international success with the song "Venus," enjoyed a steady succession of Dutch radio hits for four years straight, and recorded several albums before splitting up in 1974. Veres went on to a less successful solo career (her lone hit song was "Take Me High" in 1975). Shocking Blue reunited in 1984 for a back-to-the-60's rock concert festival. Mariska was the lead singer for the jazz outfit the Shocking Jazz Quintet in the early 1990s and fronted a new version of Shocking Blue from 1993 to 2006.
Mariska Veres died from cancer at the tragically young age of 59 on December 2, 2006; she is much loved and missed by her many fans all over the world.- Slobodan Milosevic (20 August 1941 - 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, from 1989 to 1992) and president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. Formerly a high-ranking member of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS) during the 1980s, he led the Socialist Party of Serbia from its foundation in 1990 until 2003.
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Anna Pavlovna Pavlova was born on February 12, 1881, in Ligovo, near St. Petersburg, Russia. She was an illegitimate daughter to parents of a Russian-Jewish background. Her real father was a wealthy businessman named Lazar Polyakov. Her mother, Lyubov Fedorovna Pavlova, was a poor peasant. Her mother's husband, Mathwey (Mathew) Pavlov, was a retired soldier, who died when Anna was only two years old. Although she was registered under the name of Pavlova, her father Lazar Polyakov took good care of young Anna and also paid for her tuition at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg.
Young Anna Pavlova was raised by her grandmother at her villa in Ligovo, an upscale suburb of St. Petersburg. There she became acquainted with aristocratic society and attended ballet performances at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre. From a young age, Pavlova had a dream of becoming a ballerina but she was rejected at the age of eight and practiced at home for two years. At the age of 10 she auditioned again and was admitted by Marius Petipa to the ballet class at the Imperial Ballet school in St. Petersburg. There she practiced ballet routines for eight hours daily and also studied music, having perfect pitch. As a ballet student, Pavlova adopted a strict diet with emphasis on fish and vegetables and followed that diet throughout her life. She lived at the boarding school of the Imperial Ballet until her graduation at the age of 18. Tamara Karsavina and 'Matilda Kshesinskaya' were among her classmates. Pavlova made her debut on September 19, 1899 and worked with the Mariinsky Ballet from 1899 to 1907. She shared the role of Gizelle with 'Matilda Kshesinskaya'. Her partner and choreographer was Mikhail Fokin. He choreographed Pavlova's best known showpiece "The Dying Swan" on the music of Camille Saint-Saëns. In 1908, Sergei Diaghilev hired Pavlova and Mikhail Fokin for his "Ballets Russes" (Russian Seasons) in Paris and London.
In 1904, Anna Pavlova met Victor D'Andre, a French-Russian aristocrat, who loved her at once. D'Andre was a businessman in St. Petersburg. At one time he was accused of embezzlement and imprisoned. Pavlova bailed him out of prison, then paid all his debts and legal expenses. D'Andre and Pavlova privately married in 1911. Victor D'Andre became her impresario and they formed a touring ballet troupe. In 1912 Pavlova and D'Andre bought Ivy House, Golders Green in Hampstead, London, which was their home for the rest of her life. On her expensive estate Pavlova kept a pond with swans, alluding to her favourite role. At her home Pavlova established a dance school which catered to her touring troupe. Initially her troupe had only eight Russian dancers. Later, with the growing success and popularity of Anna Pavlova, her troupe grew to sixty dancers and staff, all managed by D'Andre.
Pavlova made her Metropolitan Opera House debut in 1910, and toured America and Europe before her brief final return to Russia. She made her last appearance in St. Petersburg in 1913 and spent the rest of her life on tour. Pavlova toured all over the world including Europe, Asia, North and Central America, and Australia. Pavlova was able to make eight to nine performances per week and had a great interest in performing for inexperienced audiences in remote rural areas around the world. Her performances in Mexico, India, Japan and Australia were legendary. She was overworked and exhausted by her late 40s, but still danced vigorously. She gave over four thousand ballet performances during the years between 1913-1930. In January of 1931, Pavlova contracted double pneumonia on a train to Haage and her condition deteriorated rapidly. Dying, she looked at her swan costume. She died on January 23, 1931, in Haage, Netherlands. Her remains were buried in the Novodevichy Convent Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.
Pavlova's infinite finesse, delicacy and emotional dimension were captured by artist Valentin Serov, who painted her famous 1909 life-size portrait. Pavlova is depicted in her favorite role as a white swan on a blue background.- Director
- Cinematographer
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Born in 1927, Frans Zwartjes did not turn to filmmaking until age 41, in 1968, when he embarked on a series of several dozen black and white experimental shorts over 3 years. Previously he had been a musician, a violin maker and a painter. In his youth he had also been a viola performer with the Netherlands Opera. Abandoning the grind of later concert practice, he worked for a while as a nurse in a psychiatric facility. He investigated the potential of film as a recording medium during the next stage of his career, when he wanted to document exhibitions of his own art and those by his friends. He also taught film to students, encouraging them to work with cheap low contrast stock, one's own surroundings and people you knew (such as his wife) as actors. After 1973, Zwartjes began to use the more common color stock,and later to add more dialogue and story to his visuals. He has now produced full length features.But he continues to innovate and surprise.- Actor
- Writer
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Dolf de Vries was born on 11 July 1937 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Dossier Verhulst (1986), Black Book (2006) and Onderweg naar morgen (1994). He was married to Lout. He died on 5 December 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands.- In addition to writing 17 novels and a collection of short stories based on the career of the real-life 7th Century Chinese magistrate/detective Dee Jen-djieh, Robert van Gulik was a scholar and diplomat. He had many publications in scholarly journals, and held a number of positions in the Netherlands Foreign Service, serving in various countries in Asia and the Middle East. He had a distinguished diplomatic career, rising to ambassadorial rank, and at the time of his death was the Netherlands Ambassador to Japan and the Republic of Korea.
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- Director
Ko van Dijk was born on 25 July 1916 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and director, known for Dagboek van een herdershond (1978), Uilenspiegel (1973) and Pygmalion (1976). He was married to Pia van den Hurk, Barry Verkaaik, Teddy Schaank, Ellen de Thouars, Elly Van Stekelenburg and Emmy Scholte. He died on 6 May 1978 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Wil Sibbelee was born on 21 September 1918 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Turkish Delight (1973), Vadertje Langbeen (1938) and De inbreker (1972). He died on 18 February 1992 in The Hague, Netherlands.
- Sacha Bulthuis was born on 24 May 1948 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for AmnesiA (2001), Little Crumb (1999) and TBS (2008). She was married to Aus Greidanus. She died on 15 October 2009 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Niek Pancras was born on 20 June 1938 in Waarland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Transport (1983), Laat maar zitten (1988) and Medisch Centrum West (1988). He died on 27 June 2010 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Director
- Writer
- Production Designer
Slobodan Praljak was born on 2 January 1945 in Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Povratak Katarine Kozul (1989), Blesan i Tulipan (1976) and Jegulje putuju u Sargasko more (1979). He was married to Kacusa Babic. He died on 29 November 2017 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Art Department
Ben van Os was born in 1944 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a production designer and art director, known for Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), The Libertine (2004) and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989). He died on 2 July 2012 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Actor
- Writer
Paul van Vliet was born on 10 September 1935 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Alfred J. Kwak (1989), Waaldrecht (1973) and dames en heren! (1972). He was married to Lidewij de Iongh and Liselore Gerritsen. He died on 25 April 2023 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Art Department
Dien van Straalen was born in 1947 in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. Dien van was a costume designer, known for Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) and The Libertine (2004). Dien van died on 9 July 2010 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Cor Van der Lugt Melsert was born on 4 July 1882 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Willem van Oranje (1934) and Veertig jaren (1938). He died on 16 August 1969 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Riet Wieland Los was born on 2 March 1923 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Duel in de diepte (1979), Ja zuster, nee zuster (1966) and Maigret (1964). She was married to Paul Meyer. She died on 5 September 1989 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Gaston van Erven was born on 13 February 1944 in Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Vrienden voor het leven (1991), Medisch Centrum West (1988) and Onderweg naar morgen (1994). He died on 12 April 2019 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Composer
- Director
Jurriaan Andriessen was born on 15 November 1925 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a composer and director, known for Flanagan (1975), The Assault (1986) and Village by the River (1958). He died on 23 August 1996 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Wik Jongsma was born on 4 April 1943 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990), Medisch Centrum West (1988) and L'homme d'Amsterdam (1976). He was married to Pauline van Rhenen. He died on 7 November 2008 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
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- Soundtrack
Dolf Brouwers was born on 31 August 1912 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Van Oekel's Discohoek (1974), De lachende scheerkwast (1981) and Het is weer zo laat! (1978). He died on 23 September 1997 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Teddy Scholten was born on 11 May 1926 in Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Secret File, U.S.A. (1955), Ontdek de ster (1955) and Congratulations: 50 Years Eurovision Song Contest (2005). She was married to Henk Scholten. She died on 8 April 2010 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Max Croiset was born on 13 August 1912 in Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for A Dog of Flanders (1960), De laatste dagen van een eiland (1942) and Village by the River (1958). He was married to Jeanne Verstraete. He died on 7 April 1993 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Mieke Verstraete was born on 20 March 1911 in Antwerpen, Belgium. She was an actress and writer, known for Maigret (1964), Kermis in de Regen (1962) and Voor donderdagavond twaalf uur Mylord (1957). She was married to Richard Flink and Kees Brusse. She died on 17 December 1990 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Hans Culeman was born on 26 September 1927 in Rhaunen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Floris (1969), Een ochtend van zes weken (1966) and De overval (1962). He died on 17 January 1974 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Wim van Rooij was born on 24 January 1932 in Son, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Juliana, prinses van Oranje (2006), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and De kersentuin (1963). He died on 5 November 2017 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Ferdinand Bordewijk was born on 10 October 1884 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer, known for Character (1997) and Karakter (1971). He died on 28 April 1965 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Beppie De Vries was born on 13 April 1893 in Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for De jantjes (1922), Kee en Janus naar Parijs (1924) and Oranje Hein (1925). She died on 9 June 1965 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Paul Steenbergen was born on 22 March 1907 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Ciske de Rat (1955), Arme Bitos (1962) and Venus bespied (1964). He was married to Myra Ward, Marie Louise Emelie Broda, Caro Van Eyck and Nelly Gijswijt. He died on 8 May 1989 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actor
- Writer
Adolphe Engers was born on 20 June 1884 in Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Terra nova (1932), Fate's Plaything (1920) and Er geht rechts - Sie geht links! (1928). He died on 8 December 1945 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Bert Dijkstra was born on 11 April 1920 in Tandjoeng Balai, Oostkust van Sumatra, Dutch East Indies [now Tanjungbalai, North Sumatra, Indonesia]. He was an actor, known for Swiebertje (1955), Kant aan m'n broek! (1978) and Soldier of Orange (1977). He died on 17 March 2003 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Con Meyer was born on 5 October 1948 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Dagboek van een herdershond (1978), Soldier of Orange (1977) and Naked Over the Fence (1973). He died on 9 October 1998 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actor
- Composer
Alexander Voormolen was born on 3 March 1895 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and composer, known for De kleine zielen (1969). He died on 12 November 1980 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Hans Janmaat was born on 3 November 1934 in Nes aan de Amstel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was married to Wil Schuurman. He died on 9 June 2002 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Wim De Bie was born on 17 May 1939 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and actor, known for Simplisties verbond (1974), Van Kooten en De Bie (1981) and Het gat van Nederland (1972). He died on 27 March 2023 in The Hague, Netherlands.- Director
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- Cinematographer
Willy Mullens was born on 4 October 1880 in Weesp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a director and producer, known for Oom Piet in Den Luchtballon (1905), Ce qu'on voit (1915) and Waar een Wil Is, Is een Weg! (1931). He died on 21 April 1952 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Spinoza also called himself Baruch de Spinoza as a Latinization of Benedictus. His father emigrated from Vidiguera, Portugal, to the Netherlands before the inquisitorial persecution of Spain at the end of the 16th century. Baruch Spinoza was accepted into the Jewish community "Ets Haim," or "Tree of Life," at the age of five. He attended the Talmud Torah school and came into contact with Jewish doctrine and scholasticism. He also learned Hebrew there. Baruch Spinoza's half-brother died in 1649. From this time on he worked as a businessman in his father's business. At the same time he educated himself through studies.
Spinoza studied the works of René Descartes, Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, Giordano Bruno and Thomas Campanella, which greatly influenced his thinking. As a result, he first gradually moved away from his Jewish faith, but then more and more rigorously. In his critical view of the Jewish faith, he developed a concrete doubt about it. Spinoza's criticism led to his expulsion from the Jewish community in 1656. Spinoza further developed his criticism in his major work "Ethics," published in 1667. In this he was strongly based on Descartes' method, in which truth can only be found through mathematical thinking. Because of his exclusion from the community, Spinoza had to give up his business due to economic hardship.
Spinoza then worked as a grinder of optical glasses. From 1661 to 1663 he lived in Rijnsburg, where his first writings were written. His themes are already laid out there, which he then worked on using mathematical methodology in his main work. During this time, the fragmentary work entitled "Treatise on the Perfection of the Understanding" was also written, but it was not published until the year of his death, 1677. In 1663 Spinoza left Rijnsburg and moved to Voorburg. The work on "ethics" began there. He also commented on current intellectual events. Spinoza used the conflict between the Calvinists and the liberal supporters of the later murdered Dutch politician Jan de Witt to publicize his views on tolerance in religion and politics. In 1669 he moved to The Hague.
His "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus" was published there in 1670, but was banned four years later. In 1673 he rejected the appointment to a professorship in philosophy at the University of Heidelberg by the Elector of the Palatinate Karl Ludwig. Spinoza wanted to remain independent in his opinion. According to Spinoza, knowledge of the order and laws of nature leads to one's own happiness. And the higher this knowledge is, the higher the happiness, because then the person knows best what is good for him. Nothing exists in nature that contradicts its laws. Certain causes also have certain effects, which are produced in a fixed chain. This is also what happens to the soul, which, when it recognizes a thing, continuously produces effects in an objective manner.
For Spinoza, the soul belongs to nature, which is revealed to man in expansion and thought. Nature is therefore matter and spirit at the same time. All things in the world, all ideas, are modifications of a single substance which is eternal and infinite. There is no being beyond this substance. Spinoza equates this substance with God. For him, nature can be equated with God, who thereby becomes perceptible and is no longer a transcendent being. For him this means that if people recognize as many individual things as possible, the more they will recognize God. The higher the knowledge, the higher the affection for God, which is the source of human happiness. Spinoza teaches a strict determinism to which humans are exposed. Man's apparent freedom consists of his ignorance of this determinism.
Spinoza's teaching was initially controversial and met with little approval. General interest in it grew as part of a conflict between the philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and Moses Mendelssohn over Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's views on Spinoza. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Herder contributed to the dissemination and high level of acceptance. - Friso Prins van Oranje-Nassau was born on 25 September 1968 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was married to Mabel van Oranje-Nassau. He died on 12 August 2013 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- B. van Sigtenhorst-Meyer was born on 17 June 1888 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. B. van was a composer, known for Willem van Oranje (1934). B. van died on 17 July 1953 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Henk van Buuren was born on 7 May 1893 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for De vuurproef (1968), De verlossing (1975) and Fanfare (1958). He died on 19 April 1976 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands was born on 19 April 1876 in Schwerin, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire [now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany]. He was married to Queen Wilhelmina. He died on 3 July 1934 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
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Max de Haas was born on 12 September 1899 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Max was a director and writer, known for LO/LKP (1949), Ballade van den hoogen hoed (1936) and Droom zonder einde (1964). Max died on 2 May 1983 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Marianne van Waveren was born on 21 May 1923 in Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for The Dark Room of Damocles (1963) and Dokter Gerbrand (1959). She was married to Eric van Ingen. She died on 14 August 2007 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
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Koos Speenhoff was born on 23 October 1869 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Geeft ons kracht (1920), Rooie Sien (1975) and Artistenrevue (1926). He was married to Cesarine Prinz. He died on 3 March 1945 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Actress
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Georgette Hagedoorn was born on 4 April 1910 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress and writer, known for Pagnol (1977), De kersentuin (1963) and Heb medelij, Jet! (1975). She was married to Martinus Nijhoff and Ben Royaards. She died on 23 August 1995 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Bep Westerduin was born on 6 March 1932 in Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Floris (1969), Het wassende water (1986) and Fietsen naar de maan (1963). She died on 13 December 2016 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actor
- Director
Sjef van Leeuwen was born on 10 July 1918 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and director, known for De vergeten medeminnaar (1963), De overval (1962) and De avonturen van Pinokkio (1968). He died on 18 November 1986 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.- Anton Mussert was born on 11 May 1894 in Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He died on 7 May 1946 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Queen Emma of the Netherlands was born on 2 August 1858 in Bad Arolsen, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Confederation [now Hesse, Germany]. She was married to King Willem III. She died on 20 March 1934 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Joost Karhof was born on 8 February 1969 in Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was married to Kim. He died on 26 December 2017 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- A.C.C. de Vletter was born on 17 September 1866 in Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. A.C.C. de was a writer, known for Zeven jongens en 'n ouwe schuit (1942). A.C.C. de died in 1935 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.