Geertruida Hendrika (Riek) Schagen (15 November 1913 – 14 July 2008) was a

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stage, television and film

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well known for her role as housekeeper Saartje in the children's television series '' Swiebertje''. Schagen was also an artist, who specialized in

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and had her own gallery, named GaleRiek. She appeared in the 1958 film '' Fanfare''. Schagen died in

Vorden Vorden is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, about 10 kilometres south-east of Zutphen. On 1 January 2005 the municipality merged with Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Hengelo en Zelhem, to form the new municipality Bronck ...

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, the

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, on 14 July 2008 at the age of 94.

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* 1913 births 2008 deaths Dutch actresses People from Amersfoort Dutch women painters 20th-century Dutch painters 20th-century Dutch women artists {{Netherlands-actor-stub