Mimi Kok

Maria Christina "Mimi" Kok (25 January 1934 – 19 April 2014) was a Dutch film and television actress.

Biography Kok was discovered by Toon Hermans after winning a beauty pageant in Zandvoort in 1951. He hired her to perform with his theater show. At the end of the 1950s she tried her luck in the United States in the musical business, but her attempt was unsuccessful and returned to the Netherlands in a state of depression.

She returned to work with Toon Hermans again, after which her career on stage and in film and television took off. probably her best-known role. volunteering at a telephone helpline to combat her own loneliness and to help others.

Her last role was on a boat during the Amsterdam Gay Pride boat parade in 2013.

Mimi Kok died on 19 April 2014 from lung disease.

Filmography

Film Paranoia (1967) Blue Movie (1971) Frank en Eva (1973) Red Sien (1975) Han de Wit (1990) Filmpje! (1995) Schoon Goed (1999) Terrorama (2001) Van Speijk (2007)

Television Pension Hommeles (1957-1959) Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen mijnheer (4th season, 1975) Het is weer zo laat! (1978) De Fabriek (1981) De lachende scheerkwast (1981-1982, as Gé Braadslee) Opzoek naar Yolanda (1984, as Gé Braadslee) Plafond over de vloer (1986, as Myra Swift-Balkema) We zijn weer thuis (1993, as Mathilde van Setten-van der Kaap)

Theatre En toen kwam dokter Frost (1957-1958)