Wim Kan

Wim Kan

Nascimento : 1911-01-15, Scheveningen, Netherlands

Morte : 1983-09-08

História

Willem Cornelis ‘Wim’ Kan (1911-1983) was a Dutch cabaret artist and actor. Together with Toon Hermans and Wim Sonneveld he is considered one of the ‘Big Three’ of Dutch cabaret. He is best known as the originator of the "Oudejaarsconference” (New Year’s Conference) — an annual Dutch tradition of political cabaret performances on New Year's Eve, discussing the events of the past year.

Perfil

Wim Kan

Filmes

Toon Hermans, de kleuren van een clown
Toon Hermans, de kleuren van een clown
80 VARA Toppers!
80 VARA Toppers!
Himself
VARA exists 80 years! We celebrate this with the DVD you have in your hands. About 5 hours top entertainment from VARA's entertainment cabinet. Fragments that will take you from 1958 to now. You still remember Dorus with his mouse trap? Or the "Kopspijkers" cabaret with the song "One Day Fly", Theo Maassen with his farewell speech of Henk van den Tillaart or Harry Vermegen and Henk Spaan with Popie Jopie? That's all on this DVD, and more!
In een Ommezien
In een Ommezien
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TV registration of Wim Kan's 1981 Dutch comedy show called 'In een Ommezien' (broadcast in 1984, a year after his death).
In een Ommezien
In een Ommezien
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TV registration of Wim Kan's 1981 Dutch comedy show called 'In een Ommezien' (broadcast in 1984, a year after his death).
New Year's Conference 1982
New Year's Conference 1982
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Recording of Wim Kan's 1982 New Year's Conference, his last to be broadcast live on Dutch national television.
New Year's Conference 1979
New Year's Conference 1979
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Recording of Wim Kan's 1979 New Year's Conference, the third to be broadcast live on Dutch national television.
New Year's Conference 1976
New Year's Conference 1976
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Recording of Wim Kan's 1976 New Year's Conference, the second to be broadcast live on Dutch national television.
New Year's Conference 1973
New Year's Conference 1973
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Recording of Wim Kan's 1973 New Year's Conference, the first to be broadcast live on Dutch national television.
Tomorrow It Will Be Better
Tomorrow It Will Be Better
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Still coming to terms with the death of her mother, Willy Verhulst loses her father as well -- just as she is about to sit her final exams. She manages to pass, and as she is trying to find a job she remembers a young man she met in the hospital. The boy, Herder, works for a radio station and gives her a job as a secretary.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion
Mevrouw van Heteren-Hill's zoon
Prof. Henry Higgens takes a wager on turning a low class flower seller named Liesje Doeluttel into a presentably lady. Adaptation of Bernard Shaw's play.
Kermisgasten
Kermisgasten
Circus artists Jan and Annie are in possession of jewels that were - unbeknownst to them - stolen from the famous Jolly Sisters. Mistaking them for the thieves, two bumbling detectives infiltrate the Dutch theatre-life.