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Inge Beekman

{{Short description|Dutch actress (1924–2009)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Inge Beekman

| birth_name = Ingeborg Elfriede Augusta Beekman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|12|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nieuwer-Amstel, Netherlands

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|6|12|1924|12|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Netherlands

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1950s–2000s

| children = Dick Maas (born 1951)

| parents = Wim Beekman (1895–1934)

}}

Ingeborg Elfriede Augusta “Inge” Beekman (20 December 1924 – 12 June 2009) was a Dutch stage actress and also played in films and television series. She appeared in dozens productions during her career, which spanned over half a century.

Personal life

She was born on 20 December 1924 in Nieuwer-Amstel. Her father was Wim Beekman (1895–1934), KLM captain who was killed during the 1934 KLM Douglas DC-2 crash. Inge Beekman was the mother of Dutch film director, screenwriter and film producer Dick Maas.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/maas_dick.htm |title=Dick Maas |website=Lambiek.net |publisher=Lambiek |access-date=23 April 2025}}

She lived during the 1980s on a houseboat in Amsterdam.{{cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010961625:mpeg21:p007 |title= Geheim rapport over ramp met PH-AJU {{!}} Uiver vloog de dood tegemoet|date=26 January 1984|newspaper=Het Vrije Volk|page=7|via=Delpher|language=nl}} She died on 12 June 2009, at the age of 84 years old. She was cremated six days later on 18 June in Amsterdam, at {{ill|Westgaarde|nl}}.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nlfilmdoek.nl/nieuws/nieuws-van-20-juni/ |title=Jan Matterne en Inge Beekman overleden |date=20 June 2009|work=Telegraaf|via=NL Filmdoek |access-date=23 April 2025}}

Career

She studied at the Amsterdam Drama School from 1942 to 1945. Due to personal circumstances, did not begin her acting career until 1953. She played in among others De drie zusters, Lessen in laster and De zeewolf.{{cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110586210:mpeg21:a0210 |title= Triomf voor Scharoff en Ned. comedie. Modelopvoering van "De Drie Zusters" |date=5 October 1954|newspaper=De Telegraaf|via=Delpher|language=nl}}{{cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110585913:mpeg21:a0112 |title= Première in Amsterdamse Stadsschouwburg. Sheridan's "Lessen in Laster" kleurig kijkspel|date=14 February 1955|newspaper=De Telegraaf|via=Delpher|language=nl}}{{cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110585956:mpeg21:a0217 |title= Premiere van eigen boden. "Nederlandse Comedie" in "De Zeewolf" |date=5 April 1955|newspaper=De Telegraaf|via=Delpher|language=nl}} Three years later, she stopped as a stage actor due to family reasons. In the late 1970s, however, she returned briefly on stage to participate in several student films produced by the Netherlands Film Academy.{{Cite book |last=Honig |first=Piet Hein |title=Acteurs- en Kleinkunstenaars-Lexicon |year=1984 |publisher=unknown |language=nl}} According to Theaterencyclopedie she played in a totaal of 9 stage productions. Most of them were with {{ill|Nederlandse Comedie|nl}} but she also played with De Witte Vogel and Toneelgroep Amsterdam.{{Cite web |url=https://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Inge_Beekman |title=Inge Beekman |website=Theaterencyclopedie |date=8 February 2023 |publisher=Allard Pierson / Universiteit van Amsterdam |access-date=22 April 2025|language=nl}}

Beekman was also a television and film actress. She frequently collaborated with her son, director Dick Maas, and appeared in several of his films, with the last being two years before her death.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nederlandsefilmdatabase.nl/nederlandse_film.php?id=1027 |title=Moordwijven|website=Nederlandse Film Database |publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Film Database |access-date=23 April 2025}}

Works

=Stage=

  • St. Joan (1954)
  • Elektra (1954)
  • De drie zusters (1954)
  • {{ill|De bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje|nl}} (1955)
  • Lessen in laster (1955)
  • De zeewolf (1955)
  • De gouden draagkoets (1955)
  • {{ill|De bruiloft van Kloris en Roosje|nl}} (1956)
  • Ifigeneia in Aulis (1988)

=Television series=

=Films=

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0066403}}
  • [https://www.tvonic.com/people/inge-beekman Inge Beekman] at TVonic

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Category:Dutch film actresses

Category:Dutch television actresses

Category:20th-century Dutch actresses

Category:21st-century Dutch actresses

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Category:1924 births

Category:2009 deaths