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

Biography

Kok was discovered by

Toon Hermans Antoine Gerard Theodore "Toon" Hermans (17 December 1916 – 22 April 2000) was a noted Dutch comedian, singer and writer. Hermans was also beloved in Flanders and performed in Belgium, Germany, Austria, with an attempt at a 1968 Broadway show ...

after winning a beauty pageant in

Zandvoort Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam ...

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. She played both comic and more serious roles in more than 30 productions. She was a regular on the television shows of

Wim T. Schippers Willem Theodoor "Wim T." Schippers (; born 1 July 1942) is a Dutch artist, comedian, television director, and voice actor. During the 1960s, he worked mostly as a visual artist, associated with the international Fluxus-movement. As a television ...

, playing the "full-breasted" character Gé Braadslee on ''

Het is weer zo laat! ''Het is weer zo laat!'' ("It's that time again!"), also known as ''Waldolala'', is a Dutch television show from 1978, written and directed by Wim T. Schippers and co-produced by Schippers, Gied Jaspars, Wim van der Linden en Ellen Jens. It was ...

'', probably her best-known role. In 2012 she appeared in a reality TV show, ''Krasse Knarren'', with four other elderly famous people. Later in life she suffered from loneliness and depression, 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. In January 2014 she was hospitalized with

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. Mimi Kok died on 19 April 2014 from lung disease.

Filmography

Film

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'' (1967) *''

Blue Movie ''Blue Movie'' (also known as ''Fuck'' and ''F,k'') is a 1969 American erotic film written, produced and directed by Andy Warhol. It is the first adult erotic film depicting explicit sex to receive wide theatrical release in the United States ...

'' (1971) *'' Frank en Eva'' (1973) *''

Red Sien ''Red Sien'' () is a 1975 Dutch drama film directed by Frans Weisz, produced by Rob du Mée. The story is based on the play with the same name, created by Marius Spree at the start of the 20th century. Beppie Nooij jr. played the role of Rooie S ...

'' (1975) *'' Han de Wit'' (1990) *'' Filmpje!'' (1995) *''Schoon Goed'' (1999) *''

Terrorama ''Terrorama!'' (2001) is the first feature film of Netherlands, Dutch director Edwin Brienen. In 2002 ''Terrorama!'' won the award for ''Best film'' at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival and ''best leading actress'' at the Toronto Independe ...

'' (2001) *''Van Speijk'' (2007)

Television

*'' Pension Hommeles'' (1957-1959) *'' Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen mijnheer'' (4th season, 1975) *''

'' (1978) Mimi Kok 80 - Van ambitieuze rasartiest tot krasse knar
www.parool.nl *'' De Fabriek'' (1981) *''

De lachende scheerkwast ''De lachende scheerkwast'' ("The laughing shave brush") is a Dutch television show written and directed by Wim T. Schippers, who also plays one of the lead characters, Jacques Plafond. It ran on VPRO television for six episodes in 1981 before bei ...

'' (1981-1982, as Gé Braadslee) *''

Opzoek naar Yolanda ''Opzoek naar Yolanda'' was a Dutch dramady television show by Wim T. Schippers, consisting of six episodes aired by the VPRO from October to December 1984. The show (a parody of sitcoms and soap operas, like most of Schippers' shows) was a contin ...

'' (1984, as Gé Braadslee) *''

Plafond over de vloer ''Plafond over de vloer'' is a Dutch television show in nine episodes, aired in 1986 by the VPRO and written and directed by Wim T. Schippers. It derives from the radio show '' Ronflonflon'', and its main character is that show's host, Jacques Pl ...

'' (1986, as Myra Swift-Balkema) *''

We zijn weer thuis ''We zijn weer thuis'' (''Back home again'') is a Dutch Comedy drama, dramady-series broadcast by VPRO from 1989 to 1994. It was written by Wim T. Schippers and co-directed with Ellen Jens as his swansong-series for VPRO. The series was released ...

'' (1993, as Mathilde van Setten-van der Kaap)

Theatre

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'' (1957-1958)

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References

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