Ramses Shaffy
Ramses Shaffy ( born August 29, 1933, Neuilly -sur -Seine, France, † December 1, 2009 in Amsterdam, Netherlands ) was a Dutch composer and actor. After a career as an actor at the Nederlandse Comedie he moved in the 1960s in the Sangesfach. Some of his songs were in his home country classics.
Biography
Shaffy, grew up under the name Didi Snellen, was born in a suburb of the French capital Paris, the son of an Egyptian diplomat and a Polish countess of Russian descent. He grew up with his mother in Cannes. When she fell ill with tuberculosis, he first came to an aunt in Utrecht, then in a children's home, and finally at the age of six years to foster parents in Leiden. The farewell of his mother he worked later in his song De trein naar het noorden. ( The train to north)
After attending high school, which he left without a degree, he was accepted in 1952 at the Amsterdam drama school. With classmates of his class he brought in 1955 with Olé La Marguerita a first piece on the stage. In the following years, he starred in the Nederlandse Comedie in different roles, such as Anatol in Sweet Bird of Youth or the Midsummer Night's Dream. Some of the performances have been broadcast on Dutch television. Together with his partner Joop Admiraal 1960 he traveled to Rome in the hope of finding there as a film actor work, but returned empty-handed back. The letters from this time on their mutual friend Shireen Strooker were issued in 2004 as Brieven uit Rome.
Under the title Come With Me is a first recording was in English. In 1961, he participated as a singer at the Knokke Song Festival. When he could not find the stage during a theater performance after the break, his commitment came at the Nederlandse Comedie to an end. He played some minor roles in other stages.
Shaffy Chantant
In 1964, he called the theater group Shaffy Chantant to life and celebrated on 22 October 1964 in Amsterdam with a literary- poetic program premiere. In his ensemble, he worked a long time with the singer Liesbeth List and pianist Louis van Dijk together. From this period of his most famous songs, Shaffy cantata, which was published in 1966 as a single. With the original composition Sammy he reached 1966 # 2 on the Dutch charts. A number of other well-known musicians, including Thijs van Leer, the Shaffy later the song Jij bent nu devoted daarbinnen, were short -time member of the ensemble.
In 1967 he took over three starring roles in feature films alongside Johnny Lion, he played in Liefdesbekentenissen by Wim Verstappen, under the direction of Lennaert Nijgh in Een Vreemde bird. For his role as a parasitic bon vivant in Erik Terpstra De Verloedering Van De Swieps Shaffy was awarded an Edison.
Together with Liesbeth List was created in 1968, the recording Pastorale, with whom he reached a top position in the charts again. In January 1971 Shaffy was on the street victim of a robbery, lying two months in the hospital. After recovery he scored with Zing, Vecht, Huil, Bid, Lach, plant and Aan De En Bewonder Other Kant Van De Heuvel two more hits. Directed by Hugo Claus, he starred in the play Hot En Koud by Fernand Crommelynck and met with Liselore Gerritsen on their own program. In the same year he was awarded the Louis David Prize.
From the early 1980s Shaffy was seen again in different films. With his portrayal of Don Quixote in the musical Man of La Mancha at the Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen he reaped great success. He also played the role of the Graaf van Egmont in the Flemish- Dutch miniseries Willem van Oranje.
The Dutch documentary filmmaker Pieter Fleury turned 2002 on Shaffy the documentation Ramses: Où est mon prince, who was honored at the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht with a Golden Calf. 2003 Bas Steman wrote the biography Naakt in de orkaan.
2002 Shaffy was honored with the Blijvend applause Prijs. On 31 May 2006 he received the first awarded in Edison Oeuvre Prijs voor cabaret. On 6 November 2007 a bust with the image Shaffys was unveiled at the Amsterdam Schouwburg.
After he had repeatedly harassed passers-by in the streets at night, he went into a nursing home in Amsterdam. His longtime excessive alcohol consumption had triggered a Korsakoff's syndrome and epilepsy.
2005 years since he stood with a new version of Laat me (original from 1978 ) for the first time back in the charts. This time he had recorded the song with the band Alderliefste and Liesbeth List. On 11 July 2008 he sang on the occasion of the celebrations for feestdag van Vlaanderenzusammen with the band Alderliefste Laat me live at the open-air concert in St. Niklaas Belgium.
Shaffys last appearance was on 27 November 2009 in Sint Laurenskerk place in Rotterdam. Despite illness, he played as part of the ceremony of Lauren Penning the city of Rotterdam to Sander de Kramer piano.
On 5 May 2009 it was announced that Shaffy was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. The consequences of which he died on 1 December 2009 at the age of 76 years. On 7 December, a farewell party for him was held at the Theater Carré. Was Buried Shaffy on 8 December 2009 at the Amsterdam Cemetery Zorgvlied. His grave is under a young tree, which was decorated during the funeral with red and white bands, on each of which a word from the text Zing vecht, huil, bid, lach, factory s bewonder. Rivet zonder ons. stood.