Dutch actress Tonny Hurdeman has worked extensively for children on radio, cinema, theater and voice acting. But she achieved her greatest fame by participating in Paul Verhoeven's highly successful adult drama Turkish Delights, starring Rutger Hauer.
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Tonny Huurdeman, full name - Teuntje Huurdeman is a Dutch film, theater and dubbing actress, singer.
She was born on July 9, 1922 in the city of Hilversum in the Netherlands. Her father, Johannes Cornelis Huurdeman (1896-?), Was a furniture maker and amateur theater director. Mother, Gijsbrechtje Elisabeth Lankreijer (1899-?), Was a playwright.
Tonny was the only child in the family. She received the name in honor of her maternal grandmother. In her youth, she worked as a hairdresser and saleswoman. Hurdeman began working as a professional actress and singer after the end of World War II, when she was 23. In the acting field, Tonny has achieved considerable success, devoting a lot of time to work on radio and voice acting.
She died after a long illness on October 16, 1991 in the city of Zevenbergen at the age of 69.
Career
Since 1953, Hurdeman has worked in radio. She has participated in numerous radio shows and entertainment programs, most often for children. Tonny had a very good voice, she managed to convey various dialects and accents. Every week she read stories on the radio program Djinn, and once a month she read the works of the Dutch children's writer Mies Bouhuys (1927-2008). Tony also took part in various theatrical performances across the country, performing along with characters that children fell in love with on radio shows.
In 1963, Hurdeman made her television debut in Jan Blaser's entertainment program. However, Tonny did not want to completely go to work in TV. In the 1960s, she continued to work on radio programs and performed on stage, including participating in foreign tours, visiting the island of Curacao and Indonesia.
In addition to working on radio, Khyurdeman voiced children's TV series and cartoons. In particular, Cruella De Vil, the main villain in Walt Disney's cartoon 101 Dalmatians (1961), speaks in her voice. Other cartoon voices include Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963) and The Black Cauldron (1985).
Tony's work was not limited to participation in children's productions and dubbing cartoons, she also starred in films and played in performances aimed at an adult audience. Often Tonny got the role of "sultry women". For example, in 1972, in one of the musicals, she played the role of a prostitute.
Herdeman became famous in 1971, when the TV series "Klatergoud" was released. Tony's partner on the TV movie was actor Luc Lutz, with whom they later worked together more than once. But the collaboration with Johnny Kraaykamp (Johnny Kraaykamp) Hurdeman failed: their television project "Johnny and Tonny" (1975) was very poorly received by critics.
Despite variable success and occasional creative failures, Hurdeman has always worked with enthusiasm and great interest. In an interview, she spoke about her work as follows:
In 1973, Hurdeman starred in the film Turkish Delights (Oriental Sweets) directed by Paul Verhoeven. Tonny played a secondary role there - the mother of the main character Olga. Rutger Hauer played the main role in this commercially very successful Dutch drama. The film, containing a series of explicit sex scenes, was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film nomination, but could not receive an award.
In 1973-1974, Hurdeman starred in the comedy series "Two under one roof". 14 episodes were filmed and directed by Hans Klassen. Tony's partner in the series was actor Peter Aryans.
In 1975, Hurdeman achieved success as a singer. A simple unpretentious song "Jasper en Jasmijn" performed by her became a national hit. However, the single “Dingen om nooit te vergeten” (1976), recorded a year later, was not a success. Since the mid-1970s, Tonny has been involved almost exclusively in voice acting, appearing less and less on radio and television.
Personal life
Tonny Hurdeman has been married twice. With their first husband, Philippus Poort (1918-1980), they were married on October 31, 1945 and lived together for more than seven years. In 1953, the family broke up, in June the couple officially divorced.
On February 5, 1958, Hurdeman married a second time - to Peter Bast (Peter Bast, 1932-1987), who was ten years younger than Tonny. The marriage was dissolved in August 1971.
There were no children in both marriages.
After parting with her second husband, Tonny met for several years with cameraman Hans Losjes, who was 15 years younger than her. The relationship continued until 1975.
In the 1970s, Tonny Hurdeman's personal life, her love affairs, health and any other details of her private life often became the topic of gossip sections in various newspapers, including the largest Dutch tabloid "De Telegraaf". However, when it came to Tony's professional merits, the media often gave a positive assessment to the work and career of Hurdeman.
Tonny was an active football fan, rooting for the football club of her hometown - Hilversum, founded in 1906.
