Lion Solser

{{Short description|Dutch actor and comedian (1877–1915)}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Lion Solser

|image = Lion Solser.gif

|alt = Newspaper photo of Solser looking to camera

|caption = Solser in 1915

|birth_name = Abraham (Lion) Solser

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|2|6|df=y}}

|birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1915|8|3|1877|2|6}}

|death_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands

|occupation = Actor, comedian

|spouse = Adrienne Willemsens

}}

Abraham (Lion) Solser (6 February 1877 in Rotterdam – 3 August 1915 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch comedian and early film actor of the late 19th and early 20th century.{{cite web | url=http://www.eyefilm.nl/collectie/filmgeschiedenis/persoon/lion-solser | title=Lion Solser | publisher=EYE Film Institute Netherlands | accessdate=December 2, 2014|language=nl}}{{cite web | url=http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/en/items/CBG01:20058 | title=Lion Solser | publisher=geheugenvannederland.nl | work=archived news | accessdate=November 17, 2011}} He was born to Johannes Solser (van der Vank) and Engelina Florina Hartlooper.

Solser married the stage actress Adrienne Willemsens (born 25 March 1872 in Schaerbeek, Belgium) on 10 August 1899. He collaborated with Piet Hesse. Together they featured in the 1896 comedy film Gestoorde hengelaar by M.H. Laddé, which was the first Dutch fictional film.{{cite book | title=100 jaar amusement in Nederland | publisher=Staatsuitgeverij | author=Jacques Klöters | year=1987 | pages=69–70, 176 | isbn=90-12-05443-5|language=nl}} Later they featured again in the 1900 and 1906 comedy films both titled Solser en Hesse.{{cite web | url=http://www.filminnederland.nl/en/film/solser-en-hesse-0 | title=Solser en Hesse, 1900 | publisher=EYE Film Institute Netherlands | accessdate=November 17, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028061802/http://www.filminnederland.nl/en/film/solser-en-hesse-0 | archivedate=October 28, 2011 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.filminnederland.nl/en/film/solser-en-hesse | title=Solser en Hesse, 1906 | publisher=EYE Film Institute Netherlands | accessdate=November 17, 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117121944/http://www.filminnederland.nl/en/film/solser-en-hesse | archivedate=November 17, 2011 }}

Solser committed suicide on 3 August 1915 in Rotterdam at the age of 38 years.{{cite book | title= Jaarboek van het Genootschap Amstelodamum, Volumes 17-19 | publisher=Ten Brink & De Vries | author=Genootschap Amstelodamum | year=1916 | pages=12|language=nl}}