Yvonne Verbeeck
Yvonne Verbeeck (born 7 December 1913 in Rumst, Flanders, Belgium, † February 26, 2012 in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium) was a Belgian actress and singer who primarily by their guest roles in skits in Gaston en Leo, the Belgian model the comedy show the thickness and the Belgians, as well as supporting roles in numerous other films and television series was announced.
Life
Yvonne Verbeeck began her artistic career as a singer and graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp ( Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen). Subsequently, she has had numerous appearances on radio broadcasts of the Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio - omroep (NIR), the forerunner of today's public, largely financed by taxes, broadcaster of the Flemish GemeinschaftVlaamse Radio -en Televisieomroep (VRT ).
During the Second World War, she began a career as a theater actress and acquired by appearances in comedies and operettas the nickname " The Singing Nightingale" ( De Zingende Nachtegaal '). She became well known during this time roles in plays such as Een Hollands Wijfje and Fientje bump Mans and especially by her portrayal of Eliza Doolittle ' in the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
In addition to the performances in theaters she also starred in numerous films and television series with, with them. Instantly recognizable mainly by guest roles in skits on the side of Gaston Berghmans and Leo Martin in Gaston en Leo, the Belgian educational background of the comedy show The thickness and the Belgian Yvonne Verbeeck, which drew upon in 2006 in an accident burns, some was in a coma and subsequently had to undergo skin grafts, stepped on to old age on television and played guest roles on the television programs Hello België (2003) and Zone Stad (2008). In addition, she published in 2005 a DVD called Artiestenleven in which she told about her nearly 75-year career on the stage.
Your birthplace Rumst they appointed not only an honorary citizen, but they also paid tribute with a bronze statue on the market square of the city.