Acting
Jan 21, 1907
Utrecht, Netherlands
Mary Dresselhuys
Acting
Biography
Marie Johanna 'Mary' Dresselhuys (1907 - 2004) was a Dutch actress. During her long career she played more than 150 roles, many of which were comedic, earning her the title of 'Queen of Comedy'. She performed until high age; at age 85 she appeared in 'Eline Vere', and at age 90 she appeared on stage for the last time.
Feature Films (8)
Sylvia and Ingrid are mother and daughter, but not each others. Ingrid feels guilty about her mother's death; she can't remember the fatal words she spoke before her mother's heart attack. Sylvia likes to take on the mother role and in weekly sessions the two women play scenes from Ingrid's life, moments from her relationship with her mother.
Een Bijzonder Prettig Vergezicht
Television recording of the Dutch musical by Annie M.G. Schmidt (lyrics) and Harry Bannink (music) from 1971. Two fairies guide the life of young Frans. The good fairy wishes him that he will become a decent man, with a good job and an exemplary family. The evil fairy wishes him bad luck. Her goal is to make the boy as unhappy as possible. Both bring twists and turns in the boy's life. They accompany his life in different guises, as a teacher, as a cashier, as a customer in a shop, as a psychiatrist, as aunts at a reception. Their fight continues until morals begin to scramble. Because what is actually still good and what is really bad?
En nu naar bed
This melodramatic film follows Eline Vere, as she attempts to break free from the confines of her narrow existence in The Hague through three tumultuous and ultimately disastrous courtships. Adaptation of Louis Couperus' novel Eline Vere.
Eline Vere
An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the community after one of his patients commits suicide.
Village by the River
Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.
The World of Simon Carmiggelt
Willy, the son of baron Van Hergershuizen, finds himself disinherited after he marries an untitled girl. His wife decides to take action and applies for the job of the baron's housekeeper.
The Crosspatch
Documentary from 1995 featuring highlights from the shows of comedian Wim Kan. A poignant biography in which colleagues, friends, and his wife Corry recall memories of Kan. With excerpts read aloud from Kan's posthumously published diaries.
Wim Kan: Hoog boven de bomen kijk ik terug
Television & Series (3)
Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network.
