Betty Holtrop-van Gelder
A white woman, standing, wearing a hat and a dark dress, and holding a fluffy scarf or stole
A 1917 photograph of Betty Holtrop-van Gelder by Jacob Merkelbach
Born
Elisabeth Philippina Brouwenstijn

16 December 1866
Amsterdam
Died20 October 1962
Haarlem
OccupationActress

Betty Holtrop-van Gelder (16 December 1866[1] – 20 October 1962) was a Dutch actress and teacher.

Early life

Elisabeth Philippina Brouwenstijn was born in Amsterdam, the daughter of Beatrix Brouwenstijn and Philip Jacob van Gelder.[2]

Career

Betty van Gelder made her stage debut in 1886, at the Grand Théâtre. She was associated for thirty years with the Koninklijke Vereeniging Het Nederlandsch Tooneel (KVHNT, the Royal Society of the Dutch Theatre), as an actress and as a teacher.[3] she was known for classical, Shakespearean, and modern roles.[2][4] She gave a lecture at a women's labor conference which was published as a monograph, De vrouw aan het tooneel (The Woman on the Stage, 1899).[4][5] In 1915 she was listed as an active supporter of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, when it held its world's congress at The Hague.[6]

Personal life

Betty van Gelder married actor and director Jan Arend Holtrop in 1887.[2] He died in 1917. Their daughter Marie Holtrop became an actress, and their son Marius Holtrop was a diplomat[7] and president of De Nederlandsche Bank. Betty Holtrop-van Gelder died in 1962, aged 95 years, in Haarlem. Her grave is in Zorgvlied Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ Some sources give her birth year as 1867.
  2. 1 2 3 Onze tooneelspelers: portretten en biografieën met afbeelding der voornaamste tooneelspelers in één hunner karakteristieke rollen (in Dutch). Nijgh & Van Ditmar. 1899. pp. 103–10x.
  3. ↑ Westenholz, Caroline de (2003). Albert Vogel, voordrachtskunstenaar (1874-1933) (in Dutch). Amsterdam University Press. pp. 107–108. ISBN 978-90-5356-621-3.
  4. 1 2 Kalff, J. Jr. (1901). "Mevr. Holtrop-Van Gelder". Eigen Haard (in Dutch): 217–219.
  5. ↑ Gelder, Betty Holtrop-Van (1899). De vrouw aan het tooneel (in Dutch). Versluys.
  6. ↑ Congress of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1915). Bericht-Rapport-Report: 1921. International women's committee of permanent peace.
  7. ↑ Burckel, Christian E. (1951). Who's who in the United Nations. C.E. Burckel and Associates. p. 203.
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