Jet Naessens
{{Short description|Belgian actress and director (1915–2010)}}
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{{Infobox actor
| birth_date = 4 September 1915
| birth_place = Brecon, Powys, Wales
| death_date = 25 June 2010 (aged 94)
| death_place = Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
| alma_mater = Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen
| occupation = actress and director
| years_active = 1937–1978
| employer = Royal Dutch Theatre, Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen
| notable_works = The Legend of Doom House (1971)
Driekoningenavond (1972)
}}
Jet Violet Naessens (4 September 1915 – 25 June 2010) was a Belgian actress and director known for her work in Flemish cinema.
Biography
Naessens was born in Brecon, Powys, Wales in 1915, where her parents had fled during World War I.{{Cite web |date=2010-06-25 |title=Actrice Jet Naessens (94) overleden |url=https://www.gva.be/regio/antwerpen/actrice-jet-naessens-94-overleden/38381016.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=GVA |language=nl-BE}}{{Cite news |date=25 June 2010 |title=Actrice Jet Naessens overleden |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20100625_042 |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=De Standard |language=Dutch}}
Naessens studied Theatre Arts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen (Royal Conservatoire Antwerp).{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y_a9PhcUvuUC&pg=PT45&dq=Jet+Naessens&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0h_q79tqLAxWzS0EAHca0Ml0Q6AF6BAgJEAM |title=Een vermoeden van talent. 111 jaar Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen |date=2009 |publisher=Asp / Vubpress / Upa |isbn=978-90-5487-638-0 |language=nl}} After graduating, she began her acting career on stage at the Royal Dutch Theatre.
She returned to the Royal Conservatoire later in her career, teaching acting between 1959 and 1975. Her students included Belgian stars Sien Eggers, Herbert Flack, Marilou Mermans, and Simonne Peeters.
Naessens is most known in film for Driekoningenavond (1972) and also starred as Eleonora in The Legend of Doom House (1971).{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=John Russell |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sSXZeEWb25gC&q=Jet+Naessens&dq=Jet+Naessens&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0h_q79tqLAxWzS0EAHca0Ml0Q6AF6BAgHEAM |title=Orson Welles: A Celebration |date=1999 |publisher=Applause Books |isbn=978-1-55783-349-5 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Lentz (III.) |first=Harris M. |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=a21ZAAAAMAAJ&q=Jet+Naessens&dq=Jet+Naessens&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0h_q79tqLAxWzS0EAHca0Ml0Q6AF6BAgKEAM |title=Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Filmography |date=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0952-5 |pages=1298 |language=en}} She directed a Dutch language adaption of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Luc Phillips in 1970, having played Titania earlier in her career.{{Cite book |last=Vienne-Guerrin (éd.) |first=Nathalie |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QGoX1oEkuXEC&pg=PA251&dq=Jet+Naessens&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0h_q79tqLAxWzS0EAHca0Ml0Q6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=Jet%20Naessens&f=false |title=Shakespeare on screen : a midsummer night's dream |last2=Hatchuel (éd.) |first2=Sarah |publisher=Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre |isbn=978-2-87775-843-7 |pages=251 |language=en}} She retired in 1978.
Naessens married Belgian actor Jos Gevers. She died in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, in 2010, aged 94.
References
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External links
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Category:Belgian stage actresses
Category:Belgian film actresses