Jet Naessens

Jet Violet Naessens (4 September 1915 – 25 June 2010) was a Belgian actress and director known for her work on stage and in Flemish cinema. She is most known for the film Driekoningenavond.

Biography Naessens was born in Brecon, Powys, Wales in 1915, where her Belgian parents had fled to during World War I.

Naessens studied Theatre Arts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen (Royal Conservatoire Antwerp). After graduating, she began her acting career on stage at the Royal Dutch Theatre. She directed a Dutch language adaption of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Luc Phillips in 1970, having played Titania earlier in her career. She retired in 1978.

Naessens married Belgian actor Jos Gevers. She died in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, in 2010, aged 94.