Willeke Alberti
Willeke Alberti ( born February 3, 1945 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch singer and television actress. The folk singer Willy Alberti was her father.
Life
Willeke Alberti was married from 1965 to 1974 with bassist Joop Oonk. Both have a daughter, Daniëlle, with the former Dutch football player and current co- coach John van ' t Schip is married. 1976 Alberti married John de Mol, 1979, their son Johnny was born, who is an actor today. Alberti de Mol and divorced in 1980. 1983 Alberti married the Danish football player Søren Lerby, both have a son. They separated in 1990.
Career
The light blonde Willeke Alberti made her debut as a girl of eleven. As an eighteen year old she had in 1963 with Spiegelbeeld (Eng. "mirror image" ), a life song about a bride who looks back on her youth, a first great success and received a Gold record.
In the 1960s she was the most popular popular singer of the Netherlands. Your probably the most successful song was what De winter long (Eng. " The winter was long "; 1964), a cover version of the song Blue Winter by Connie Francis. More of her gecoverte in Dutch songs were, among others Toen je me kuste (Then He Kissed Me by The Crystals, 1963), as he neemt mijn plaats in vandaag ( Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight by Connie Francis, 1964), Vlinder van een zomer ( Angel Of The Morning by Merrilee Rush, 1968) and Zijn egen wonder ( Un jour, un enfant by Frida Boccara, 1969). In addition, they also took up duets with her father.
Later she turned to acting. In the successful 13 - part television drama De kleine Waarheid (Eng. " The small truth " ) from 1970 based on a novel by Jan Mens, she was the lead actress.
After 1987, she took her career as a singer again, but with more modern, daring texts. She has worked among others with Paul de Leeuw, André van Duin and Jos Brink. In 1994, she represented the Netherlands at Euro Vision Song Contest with the contribution of Waar is de zon (Eng. "Where is the sun " ), but finished only 23rd place among 25 participants.
She was honored in 1996 by the Dutch Queen as a Knight of the Order of Orange- Nassau.
From May until November 2008 Willeke Alberti was tijden in the Dutch soap opera Goede, slechte tijden to see. They also in 2012 played the role of Lucy in the film Everything is family.