Adriana Geertruida Labij (born 2 August 1943) is a Dutch actress. Although she is best known to the general public for TV series such as Joop ter Heul and Pleisterkade 17. She was noted for her comedic ability in the musicals such as Madam and Foxtrot, but since her stage debut in 1965 she has mainly played roles in classical and modern plays with the Haagse Comedie, Toneelgroep De Appel and the Ro Theater. Labij also played with the cabaret group Purple.
Biography
Trudy Labij attended the Girls' School in Arnhem. After hearing Vondel in the municipal theater of her hometown, her love for theater was stimulated. She studied at the Arnhem Theater School and graduated in 1965. Almost immediately after graduating she was recruited into the subsidized theater with the Haagse Comedie company. She made her debut in 1965 in Peter Weiss's play The Persecution and Murder of Jean Paul Marat. She gained great fame in 1968 with her role as Joop ter Heulin the television series of the same name. Labij, who, in addition to her education at drama school, had also taken tap, singing and ballet lessons, was perfect for this series, a musical adaptation of the books by Cissy van Marxveldt.
In addition to her stage career with the Haagse Comedie, Toneelgroep De Appel and the Ro Theater, Labij also acted in feature films such as What see ik!? and television series. In one of these series, Pleisterkade 17, she was noticed by Annie MG Schmidt, who had written the series. Schmidt would put Labij forward in musical and stage productions of her hand, such as Foxtrot, Madam and A tear falls on the tompoes. She also appeared in stage and musical productions by other writers, such as De Stunt by Guus Vleugel. In 1981 she was awarded the Johan Kaart Prijs. Her role in the TV series Zonder Ernst (1992) felt like a personal failure and in 1994 she was replaced by Sjoukje Hooymaayer. Her solo performance Shirley Valentine in 2002 was much appreciated.
Filmography
Television
1968 Joop ter Heul
1969 Till Death Do Us Part
1970 The Fantastic Adventures of the Baron of Münchhausen
1971 Tinsel
1974 Waaldrecht
1975-1977 Plasterkade 17
1979 The Late Late Lien Show
1991 Blinds as Rosa Oudshoorn
1992 Right for his Raab
1992-1994 Without Seriousness
1994 12 cities, 13 accidents
1996 Consultation
2000 Wildschut & De Vries
2001 All Stars
2002 Sinterklaas newsreel as Cleaning Lady
2004 Baantjer (Episode: De Cock and the murder of the past) 2007 Keyzer & De Boer Lawyers 2013 Charlie (Episode 5) as Paula 2015-2019 Family Kruys as Diny
Film
1968 The Trial by Fire (TV movie) 1971 What Do I See!? 1973 Don't Panic 1986 In the Shadow of Victory 1988 Shadow Man as Mevrouw Christine Wisse 1988 Maurits and The facts (TV movie) 1990 The Nutcracker Prince 2004 Erik or the Little Insect Book 2004 Party! 2007 Sexsomnia 2011 Little Dolphin Werewolf 2018 All You Need Is Love as Tilly
Theater
1965 - The persecution and murder of Jean Paul Marat
1965 - Dylan Thomas
1966 - Dream of a Midsummer Night
1966 - Lessons in slander
1966 - Spring Awakening
1966 - The Meteor
1967 - The Stunt
1967 - Between Horse and Bull
1967 - Prometheus
1967 - The Women of Troy
1969 - There's a hair in my soup
1970 - Butterflies are free
1970 - Jump out the window baby, we're getting married
1971 - Promotion! Promotion! 1973 - Barefoot in the Park 1975 - The Pants 1975 - The Snob 1976 - Jukebox 2008 1977 - Foxtrot 1979 - A tear falls on the tompus 1981 - Madame 1982 - Victor, or The Children in Power 1983 - The Miser 1983 - The Red Inn 1984 - Uncle Vanja 1984 - The Homecoming 1984 - Doctor Nero 1985 - Present Christine 1985 - Faust I & II 1986 - Would you come upstairs, madam 1986 - Hay fever 1986 - Us Know Us 1987 - Amphitryon 1987 - Phaeton 1988 - A Family Affair 1988 - Happy End 1989 - Women for River Landscape 1989 - On Hope of Blessing 1989 - Macbeth 1990 - Summer Guests 1990 - Cat on a hot zinc roof 1991 - Private Lives 1992 - We have a horse together 1993 - Now it's wellecome 1995 - Eva Bonheur 1995 - The houseboat 1996 - Jorrie and Snorrie 1996 - Stupid Cow! 1998 - Ionesco / Yalta 1998 - Yes, yes, love 1999 - A tear falls on the tompus 2000 - Mocking Ghosts 2001 - Shirley Valentine 2002 - Extra Edition - Purple 2004 - La Bij 2004 - The woman who ate her husband 2005 - If on the Leidseplein... 2006 - La vie parisienne 2007 - Six dance lessons in six weeks 2009 - Sonneveld forever!