Ramses Shaffy

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’.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Good Hope (1986) — Simon
2. Willem van Oranje (1984) — Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont
3. Confessions of Loving Couples (1967) — Frank Jansen
4. The Whipping Cream Hero (1967) — Manuel
5. The Manneken Pis Case (1960) — Karel Vos
6. De nietsnut (1994) — Richard Kesselaar
7. All Rebels (1983)
8. Nitwits (1987) — Joel Palsma
9. Anna, Child of the Daffodils (1975) — Gerrit
10. Precious (1991) — Psychiater
11. Cha Cha (1979)
12. Nachtvlinder (1999) — Walko van Haland
13. An Outsider (1967) — Acteur Merlijn
14. Schermerhoorn (1967)
15. Knevel & Van den Brink (2007) — Self
16. Pride and Prejudice (1961) — Darcy