Conny Stuart
Conny Stuart ( born September 15, 1913 in Wijhe, Overijssel Province; † August 22, 2010 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch singer, actress, comedienne and musical actress.
Life
Conny Stuart was born under the civil name Cornelia van Meijgaard. She grew up near the Peace Palace in The Hague. She attended the Girls' High School ( school Hogere burger ) Bleyenburg in The Hague and took piano lessons. During this time, she used to be the family name Stuart and received at the same time their nickname puck.
Her career as a singer began in the band of jazz pianist, singer and bandleader Freddy Johnson. Her first radio appearance took place on 25 July 1939. In October 1940, she received an invitation, together with other prominent Dutch artists show at a concert on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam occur. There she met the Dutch cabaret artist and singer Wim Sonneveld know who committed them later for his cabaret ensemble. She appeared for the first time in 1943 in his cabaret avenues voor dames with. In the following years Stuart performed at numerous other programs on the side of Sonneveld. Sonneveld discovered Stuart's comic acting talent and her ability to present comic songs. Many song - and cabaret texts have been written by the later famous playwright Hella Haasse which, however, are reluctant remembered her artistic beginnings in Sonnevelds cabaret at a later time. 1946 Stuart played at the Kurhaus theater actor, comedian and cabaret artist Cor Ruys in Scheveningen, where she performed together with Fien de la Mar Jan Teulings, Mary Dresselhuys and Albert Mol. In the 1950s, Stuart was promoted to star in Sonnevelds cabaret programs, also due to the texts of the Dutch author and song writer Annie MG Schmidt, the at least one matching song Stuart wrote in each program on the body. In the early 1960s Stuart joined two years when Tingel - tangling Cabaret of Sieto Hoving.
In the early 1960s gave Stuart also her stage debut as a theater actress. In the theater company Ensemble Stuart played in the comedy De duivele hale ze (1962), in the farce Trijntje Cornelisdochter (1963 ) of Constantijn Huygens and in the play Ingeborg (1961 ), where she of Fien de la Mar, the role of aunt Ottilie, an old maid, took over and thus also received her first non- comic theater role. In 1961 she took over at the side of Joop Doderer one episode role in the Dutch television series Swiebertje.
In the 1960s, Stuart appeared then mainly in the musicals Annie MG Schmidt and Harry Bannink. The first big success was in 1965, the musical Heerlijk duurt het long ago with the songs composed for Stuart Zeur rivet, Small zwakke vrouw and Het is over. In 1969 Met one en mui, a kind of cabaret revue, with the song En bij en Knapenkoor. Later Stuart was still in the Schmidt- Bannink musicals En nu naar bed (1971 ), Wat een planeet (1973 ), Madam (1981) and De Dader heeft het gedaan (1983 ) can be seen.
She has also performed in various musicals by other composers in musical revues and song programs, including The moet ermee sized leven (1975) and All laatjes open ( 1979). In 1966, they had great success with the song wat voor weer zou het zijn in The Hague, which was also released as a single.
With their stage show De Stuart Story ( Premiere: 1985 ) she ended her career in 1986 officially. In 1987 she had with her solo program Skirt Ebay again one last public appearance artistic.
Stuart received several awards for her artistic achievements, including the Golden Harp ( Gouden Harp ) Conamus the Foundation (1969) and the Silver Medal of the City of Amsterdam on the occasion of their official farewell as musical star in 1984. Late 2002 a detailed biography appeared over Conny Stuart.
Stuart was married twice. From her first marriage with the impresario Henri Hofman come two sons who were born in 1945 and 1948. The marriage failed and in 1957 divorced. Late as 1957 Stuart married for the second time, and although the younger by eight years Dutch actor Joop Doderer. This marriage failed in 1960 also.