Marnix Kappers (8 September 1943 – 10 October 2016) was a Dutch
cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, casino, hotel, restaurant, or nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or drinking, ...
artist and actor, best known for his roles on ''
De Familie Knots'' (1980), ''Zonder Ernst'' (1992), and ''Heerlijk duurt het langst'' (1998).
Cabaret
In 1966, Kappers won the Camarettenfestival with cabaret group Déjà Vu and, a year later, he won the Personality Award at the same festival. He worked with
Wim Kan
Willem Cornelis "Wim" Kan (15 January 1911 – 8 September 1983) was a Dutch cabaret artist. Together with Toon Hermans and Wim Sonneveld, he is considered to be one of the Great Three of Dutch cabaret.
In 1936, he established the ABC Cab ...
and was part of Ivo de Wijs' cabaret group from 1978 to 1980.
Television
He played in various youth series on Dutch television, notably ''
Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer?'', ''Heerlijk duurt het langst'', and ''
De Familie Knots''. During the 1990s, he co-hosted ''Knoop in je Zakdoek'' with
Sylvia Millecam
Sylvia Maria Millecam (23 February 1956 – 20 August 2001) was a Dutch actress and comedian. She was featured regularly on Dutch television where she hosted several shows. Millecam also appeared in several Dutch movies and released two albu ...
, a TV-show for the
mentally-challenged. He also provided the Dutch voice of ''
Postman Pat
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''. and appeared in lottery-commercials. His final appearance was in the 2010 edition of ''
Het Sinterklaasjournaal
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''; he played a
locksmith
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.
Personal life
Kappers had a long-term relationship with dancer who died in 2013. Kappers himself died in October 2016, with his family stating he was still shocked by the death of Kuipers and while battling severe health problems "could not cope with more sad twists of fate."
His burial was at in
Amsterdam
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.
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1943 births
2016 deaths
2016 suicides
Dutch cabaret performers
Dutch male voice actors
Dutch male television actors
Dutch gay actors
LGBTQ cabaret performers
People from Zwolle
Suicides in the Netherlands
20th-century Dutch male actors
21st-century Dutch male actors
20th-century Dutch LGBTQ people
21st-century Dutch LGBTQ people
Dutch male comedians
Dutch LGBTQ comedians
Gay comedians
Dutch stand-up comedians