Belinda Meuldijk
{{Short description|Dutch actress, writer, and activist}}
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| name = Belinda Meuldijk
| image = Belinda Meuldijk.jpg
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| caption = Belinda Meuldijk in 2007
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|01|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oostvoorne, Netherlands
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| known_for = Pipo de Clown, Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder, Soldier of Orange
| occupation = Actress, writer
|spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Rob de Nijs|1984|2005|reason=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Thierry Duval|2011|2016|reason=divorced}}
}}
|children = 2
}}
Belinda Meuldijk (born 7 January 1955) is a Dutch actress, writer, and activist. She has performed in Dutch television shows and movies, and is also a songwriter. She first performed at age six in the Pipo de Clown television show, conceived by her father, Wim Meuldijk; later, she provided the impetus for the 2003 movie Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder and produced and wrote the songs for the 2009 musical Pipo en de Gestolen Stem.
Biography
Belinda Meuldijk is the daughter of Wim Meuldijk, the creator of the television show Pipo de Clown, which was on Dutch television from 1958 to 1980. She grew up surrounded by the show—the cameras and other equipment were stored in her bedroom, her father built the sets for the show at home, and sometimes shows were taped in their backyard. "Pipo is in my blood," she said.{{cite news|last=Muijsenberg|first=Frank van den|title=Met Pipo naar een andere wereld|url=http://www.ed.nl/uitcultuur/cultuur/5615925/Met-Pipo-naar-een-andere-wereld.ece|accessdate=3 March 2011|newspaper=Eindhovens Dagblad|date=6 October 2009}}
Meuldijk's first appearance on screen was in Pipo de Clown, at age six,{{cite news|last=Gelder|first=Henk van|title=Auteur Pipo de Clown overleden: Sapperdeflap, dag vogels, dag...|url=http://vorige.nrc.nl/kunst/article1873715.ece/Auteur_Pipo_de_Clown_overleden|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=NRC Handelsblad|date=27 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720132458/http://vorige.nrc.nl/kunst/article1873715.ece/Auteur_Pipo_de_Clown_overleden|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}} and in 1975, she played the character Uni in the Pipo TV series Pipo en het Grachtengeheim. She had a minor part in the Wim T. Schippers' movie Volk en Vaderliefde (1976), and got her big break in the 1977 Paul Verhoeven film Soldier of Orange.{{cite web|title=Soldaat van Oranje|url=http://www.filmtotaal.nl/module.php?section=nfdDetails&movieID=396&titel=Soldaat_van_Oranje|publisher=Filmtotaal.nl|accessdate=2 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112147/http://www.filmtotaal.nl/module.php?section=nfdDetails&movieID=396&titel=Soldaat_van_Oranje|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead}} She played in a few more TV movies and series including, again, a Pipo series (Pipo in West-Best, 1980), and in the soap opera Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. Also she played the role of one of the three brides of Dracula in the BBC TV film "Count Dracula" (1977) directed by Philip Saville and starring by Louis Jourdan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075882|title=Count Dracula (TV Movie 1977) - IMDb}}
Later, Meuldijk continued her father's legacy and was instrumental in the production of a movie, Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder, which was released in 2003.{{cite news|last=Gelder|first=Henk van|title=Wim Meuldijk over de comeback van zijn schepping Pipo de Clown|url=http://vorige.nrc.nl/kunst/article1629507.ece/Wim_Meuldijk_over_de_comeback_van_zijn_schepping_Pipo_de_Clown|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=NRC Handelsblad|date=17 November 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720132512/http://vorige.nrc.nl/kunst/article1629507.ece/Wim_Meuldijk_over_de_comeback_van_zijn_schepping_Pipo_de_Clown|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}} She helped produce a 2009 musical featuring Pipo, Pipo en de Gestolen Stem,{{cite web|title=Pipo en de Gestolen Stem|url=http://www.musicalworld.nl/artikel/pipo_en_de_gestolen_stem/|publisher=Musicalworld.nl|accessdate=2 March 2011}} for which she wrote the song lyrics.{{cite news|title=Belinda Meuldijk schrijft liedjes voor musical Pipo|url=http://www.nu.nl/overig/1370798/belinda-meuldijk-schrijft-liedjes-voor-musical-pipo.html|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=NU.nl|date=28 December 2007}}
From 1984 to 2005 she was married to Dutch singer Rob de Nijs, for whom she wrote a number of songs (including the 1996 hit song "Banger Hart"{{cite news|last=Sinclair|first=David|title=Global Music Pulse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=Billboard|date=14 September 1996|page=63}}). They had two sons, but had been living separately since 1993.{{cite news|title=Rob de Nijs en Belinda Meuldijk uit elkaar|url=http://www.rtvutrecht.nl/index.php?page=nieuws&id=101226|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=RTV Utrecht|date=21 December 2005}} Until 2009, when she was ordered by a court to leave, Meuldijk lived in the villa she and de Nijs had shared.{{cite news|title='Belinda Meuldijk op straat gezet'|url=http://www.blikopnieuws.nl/bericht/90872/&%23039%3BBelinda_Meuldijk_op_straat_gezet&%23039%3B|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=Blik Op Nieuws|date=23 January 2009}}{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Meuldijk is also an activist for the rights of animals{{cite news|last=Karimi|first=Annette|title=De dierproefvrije BN-er|url=http://spitsnet.nl/nieuws.php/1/120333/cci/De_dierproefvrije_BN-er.html|accessdate=3 March 2011|newspaper=Sp!ts|date=25 April 2008}} and is involved with animal rights organizations,{{cite web|title=Campagnenieuws|url=http://www.bontvoordieren.nl/news/view/165|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205052744/http://www.bontvoordieren.nl/news/view/165|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2010|publisher=Bont voor Dieren|accessdate=3 March 2011}}{{cite web|title=Dag van het Dier|url=http://www.dierenbescherming-utrecht.nl/dagvanhetdier/programma.php|publisher=Dierenbescherming Utrecht|accessdate=3 March 2011}} though she has also been criticized for promoting the import of stray animals from outside the country.{{cite news|last=Koning|first=Marloes de|title=Zorgen om toename import zwerfhonden|url=http://www.pzc.nl/algemeen/binnenland/3088792/Zorgen-om-toename-import-zwerfhonden.ece|accessdate=3 March 2011|newspaper=Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant|date=7 May 2008}} In 2006, she was a lijstduwer for the Party for the Animals.{{cite news|title=Volop BN'ers op lijst Partij voor de Dieren|url=http://www.rtl.nl/%28/financien/rtlz/home/%29/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2006/09_september/05/binnenland/0905_1315_partij_dieren_bn_ers.xml|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=RTL-Z|date=5 September 2006}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.belindameuldijk.nl/}}
- {{IMDb name|0582802}}
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Category:Dutch women songwriters
Category:People from Voorne aan Zee
Category:Dutch television actresses