Kitty Courbois

Catharina Anna Petronella Antonia "Kitty" Courbois (13 July 1937 – 11 March 2017) was a Dutch actress. In 2010 she was awarded the Medal of Merit.

Career Kitty Courbois was born into a wigmaker family in Nijmegen, Netherlands. She has six brothers and sisters.

Courbois appeared in her first theatrical film in the Helden in een schommelstoel segment of the Italian anthology film, Gli eroi di ieri… oggi… domani, by fellow Dutch creatives, director Frans Weisz and writer Remco Campert. This would mark her first collaboration with Weisz. A take on the spaghetti Western, It follows two American cowgirls that end up in Rome and began a love affair with a twist singer, one integrated herself in Italy and one remains firmly American, Courbios played the latter character. It was released in 1964. Courbois was the creative lead on the project, it was based her own ideas which was built around gambling and slot machines which considered herself an enthusiast of. The show ran into production problems and would court controversy. On February 6, during filming that involved fireworks, Courbois sustained minor burns and was brought to a local hospital for treatment. She would resume production afterwards. The programme was cancelled at first by TROS leadership citing the reasons of "the quality not reaching reasonable standards" and "to protect Kitty Courbois". It was met a negative response by audiences.

She had a supporting role in Paul Verhoeven's Flesh and Blood. In it she was part of a mercenary group under the lead of Rutger Hauer's character. For the role she took horse riding lessons under the guidance of Oeg van den Berg.

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