Personal Info
Ramses Shaffy
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-Fra…
Filmography
Movies
Nachtvlinder
as Walko van Haland
De nietsnut
as Richard Kesselaar
Precious
as Psychiater
Nitwits
as Joel Palsma
The Good Hope
as Simon
All Rebels
Cha Cha
Anna, Child of the Daffodils
as Gerrit
Confessions of Loving Couples
as Frank Jansen
The Whipping Cream Hero
as Manuel
