Mary Dresselhuys

Mary Dresselhuys

Born: January 22, 1907
Died: May 19, 2004
in Utrecht, Netherlands
Marie Johanna 'Mary' Dresselhuys (1907 - 2004) was a Dutch actress. During her long career she played more than 150 roles, many of which were comedic, earning her the title of 'Queen of Comedy'. She performed until high age; at age 85 she appeared in 'Eline Vere', and at age 90 she appeared on stage for the last time.

Movies for Mary Dresselhuys...

Title: Baantjer
Released: October 6, 1995
Type: TV
Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network.
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Eline Vere
Title: Eline Vere
Character: Mevrouw van Raat
Released: March 1, 1991
Type: Movie
This melodramatic film follows Eline Vere, as she attempts to break free from the confines of her narrow existence in The Hague through three tumultuous and ultimately disastrous courtships. Adaptation of Louis Couperus' novel Eline Vere.
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Een Bijzonder Prettig Vergezicht
Title: Een Bijzonder Prettig Vergezicht
Character: Sylvia
Released: November 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Sylvia and Ingrid are mother and daughter, but not each others. Ingrid feels guilty about her mother's death; she can't remember the fatal words she spoke before her mother's heart attack. Sylvia likes to take on the mother role and in weekly sessions the two women play scenes from Ingrid's life, moments from her relationship with her mother.
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The World of Simon Carmiggelt
Title: The World of Simon Carmiggelt
Character: Vrouw op station
Released: April 28, 1983
Type: Movie
Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.
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Pygmalion
Title: Pygmalion
Released: January 4, 1976
Type: Movie
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En nu naar bed
Title: En nu naar bed
Character: Goede fee Sophie
Released: May 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Television recording of the Dutch musical by Annie M.G. Schmidt (lyrics) and Harry Bannink (music) from 1971. Two fairies guide the life of young Frans. The good fairy wishes him that he will become a decent man, with a good job and an exemplary family. The evil fairy wishes him bad luck. Her goal is to make the boy as unhappy as possible. Both bring twists and turns in the boy's life. They accompany his life in different guises, as a teacher, as a cashier, as a customer in a shop, as a psychiatrist, as aunts at a reception. Their fight continues until morals begin to scramble. Because what is actually still good and what is really bad?
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Village by the River
Title: Village by the River
Character: Mrs. Van Taeke
Released: August 19, 1958
Type: Movie
An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the community after one of his patients commits suicide.
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The Cross-Patch
Title: The Cross-Patch
Character: Mary van Hergershuizen
Released: August 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Willy, the son of baron Van Hergershuizen, finds himself disinherited after he marries an untitled girl. His wife decides to take action and applies for the job of the baron's housekeeper.