Ramses Shaffy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1933
- Died
- December 1, 2009
- Birthplace
- Neuilly sur Seine, France
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’.
Filmography
Wait and See 2023
Music
Nachtvlinder 1999
as Walko van Haland
De nietsnut 1994
as Richard Kesselaar
Precious 1991
as Psychiater
Nitwits 1987
as Joel Palsma
The Good Hope 1986
as Simon
All Rebels 1983
Actor
Cha-Cha 1979
Actor
Anna, Child of the Daffodils 1975
as Gerrit
- An Outsider
An Outsider 1967
as Acteur Merlijn
The Whipping Cream Hero 1967
as Manuel
- Schermerhoorn
Schermerhoorn 1967
Actor
Confessions of Loving Couples 1967
as Frank Jansen
The Manneken Pis Case 1960
as Karel Vos
Credits from TMDB.