Ramses Shaffy
Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009) was a Dutch actor and singer. Born near Paris, his Egyptian diplomat father and Polish noble mother separated before he was born and he was adopted by a Dutch family at a young age. He became popular during the 1960s and made a theatre comeback from alcoholism in the early 1990s, playing Don Quichotte in the musical The Man of la Mancha. His most famous songs include Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder (Sing, fight, cry, pray, laugh, work and admire), We zullen doorgaan (We will go on), and Laat me (Leave me be). His website describes Shaffy as ‘a Dutch-Franco-Polish-Russian-Egyptian mixture of Tom Waits and Frank Sinatra’.
De nietsnut
(Richard Kesselaar)
Schermerhoorn
All Rebels
Nitwits
(Joel Palsma)
Confessions of Loving Couples
Anna, Child of the Daffodils
(Gerrit)
The Whipping Cream Hero
Precious
(Psychiater)
The Manneken Pis Case
(Karel Vos)
The Good Hope
(Simon)
Cha Cha
Nachtvlinder
(Walko van Haland)
Willem van Oranje
(Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont)
Knevel & Van den Brink
(Self)
