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Willeke Alberti (born 3 February 1945) (real name: Willy Albertina Verbrugge) is a Dutch singer and actress, the daughter of entertainer and singer
Willeke Alberti started her career at the early age of eleven in the musical ''Duel om Barbara'' and she recorded her first single in 1958 together with her father. During the 1960s, she was a well-known singer in the Netherlands and had at least one No. 1 hit with "De winter was lang" ("It was a long winter"), however there was no official Dutch chart at the time. Willeke and her father had a television show between 1965 and 1969. Her singing career from 1970 onwards is less active, however Alberti still releases singles and albums at an irregular interval and plays minor roles in television programs and movies.
From 1964 to 1974 she was married to musician Joop Oonk and they had a daughter. She married John de Mol in 1976, and they had a son, Johnny de Mol. The couple divorced in 1980, and Alberti married a third time, with football player Foot and Hand Prints in Rotterdam
Retrieved 4 July 2008
Willy Alberti
Willy Alberti (born Carel Verbrugge; 14 October 1926 – 18 February 1985) was a Dutch singer, who sang in Dutch and Italian. He was also an actor and a radio and TV personality.
Alberti was born in Amsterdam as the third of eight children to Ja ...
(1926–1985) and Hendrika Geertruida Kuiper (1921–2011).
Biography
Willeke Alberti started her career at the early age of eleven in the musical ''Duel om Barbara'' and she recorded her first single in 1958 together with her father. During the 1960s, she was a well-known singer in the Netherlands and had at least one No. 1 hit with "De winter was lang" ("It was a long winter"), however there was no official Dutch chart at the time. Willeke and her father had a television show between 1965 and 1969. Her singing career from 1970 onwards is less active, however Alberti still releases singles and albums at an irregular interval and plays minor roles in television programs and movies.
From 1964 to 1974 she was married to musician Joop Oonk and they had a daughter. She married John de Mol in 1976, and they had a son, Johnny de Mol. The couple divorced in 1980, and Alberti married a third time, with football player Søren Lerby
Søren Lerby (born 1 February 1958) is a Danish former football player, manager, and licensed agent. As a player, he spent most of his career in Dutch football, winning five Eredivisie championships with Ajax Amsterdam and two with PSV Eindhoven ...
. Another son was born from that marriage. Søren Lerby and Willeke Alberti separated in 1996.
In 1994 she represented the Netherlands
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in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waar is de zon?
The Netherlands was represented by Willeke Alberti, with the song "Waar is de zon", at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Dublin on 30 May. The song was chosen at the Dutch national final on 26 March.
Before Eurovision
Nat ...
" ("Where is the sun?"), which claimed a meagre four points from the international juries, all coming from Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
, placing 23rd.
Through the years Alberti has become embraced in the Netherlands as a gay icon
A gay icon is a public figure who is regarded as a cultural icon of some members of the LGBT community.
The most widely recognized gay icons are often actresses and singers who garnered large LGBT fanbases, such as Judy Garland, Madonna, Diana Ros ...
, due to a combination of her song repertoire, her durability and her performances in support of many gay causes.Retrieved 4 July 2008
Filmography
*De Kleine Waarheid (TV Series) 1970 *Oom Ferdinand en de Toverdrank (1974) *Slippers (TV Movie) (1975) * Rooie Sien (1975) *Kiss Me Kate (TV Movie) (1975) *Pygmalion (TV Movie) (1976) *Lachcarrousel (TV Movie) (1976) *Dag 80 hallo 81 (1980) *Filmpje!
'' Filmpje!'' (, "Little Film!") is a 1995 Dutch comedy film directed by Paul Ruven. It stars Dutch TV presenter and comedian Paul de Leeuw as two of his characters, Bob de Rooy and his wife Annie de Rooy, which were both featured in a lot of his ...
(1995)
* Nachtrit (2006)
*Alles is familie
''Family Way'' ( nl, Alles is familie; ) is a 2012 Dutch comedy film directed by Joram Lürsen. It is a sequel to ''Alles is Liefde''.
Cast
* Carice van Houten as Winnie de Roover
*Benja Bruijning as Charlie de Roover
*Thijs Römer as Rutmer de ...
(2012)
*Sinterklaas en de Pepernoten Chaos (2013)
References
External links
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