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- Birth nameAns Marie Pont
- Ansje van Brandenberg was born on February 28, 1933 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress and producer, known for HipBeat (2020), Vandaag of morgen (1976) and De kleine waarheid (1970). She was married to Steye van Brandenberg. She died on January 6, 2026 in Calpe, province of Alicante, Spain.
- SpouseSteye van Brandenberg(? - May 6, 1990) (his death)
- Had a relationship with Hans Boskamp.
- When she was asked to be an announcer, first for VARA and later for NCRV, she played a prominent role in the early development of Dutch television in the 1950s and 1960s. NCRV also regularly uses her for other programs, such as the cabaret show Artisjok. In addition, she worked as an entertainer with a group of actors for the Ministry of Defence in the early 1960s, performing for conscripts.
- She married actor and director Steye van Brandenberg in 1954 and moved to Rotterdam, where the Rotterdam Theatre is located. After a break due to her pregnancy, which led to her dismissal (at that time, pregnant women were not allowed to work in the theatre in the Netherlands) , she returned to the NCRV broadcasting network in 1956, having given birth to two children. She would remain in this role until 1964.
- As a singer she released two LPs, Een avond in 't Winkeltje (1969) with cabaret numbers and Vandaag (1974) with listening songs.
- In 1978, Van Brandenberg and Robert Long created the cabaret program Levenslang, with which they traveled together through the Netherlands and Belgium.
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