Henriëtte Josephine Orri (5 June 1925 – 4 January 2022) was a Dutch actress.
Life and career
Born in
Amsterdam
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, Orri studied at the Amsterdam Drama School, graduating in 1947.
She mainly worked in theatre, as a member of numerous stage companies, and in 1986 was awarded a
Theo d'Or
The Theo d'Or is a Dutch acting award, given annually to the actress with the most impressive leading role of the theater season. It is awarded by the Vereniging van Schouwburg- en Concertgebouwdirecties (VSCD), the main trade organisation for the ...
for her performance in
Arthur Kopit's ''Wings''.
She also appeared in films and television works.
Orri was married two times, the first with Ton Lensink, with whom she had a daughter, Diane Lensink, who was also an actress and who died of cancer in 2012.
She later remarried to the playwright and stage director Theo Kling, with whom she often collaborated.
Orri officially retired in 1996, but nevertheless continued to appear on stage until 2006.
In 2015 she received a for her career.
She died in Amsterdam on 4 January 2022, at the age of 96.
Filmography
References
External links
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1925 births
2022 deaths
Dutch film actresses
Dutch stage actresses
Dutch television actresses
Actors from Amsterdam
20th-century Dutch actresses
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