Ramses Shaffy
Born: 1933-08-29 in Neuilly sur Seine, France
Died: 2009-12-01
Known For: Acting
Biography
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’.
Filmography
2023
- Wait and See ... (Music)
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
1979
1975
- Anna, Child of the Daffodils as Gerrit
1967
- Confessions of Loving Couples as Frank Jansen
- The Whipping Cream Hero as Manuel
- Schermerhoorn
- An Outsider as Acteur Merlijn
1961
- Pride and Prejudice as Darcy
1960
- The Manneken Pis Case as Karel Vos