Hetty Blok

Dutch cabaret artist, singer, and actress (1920–2012)
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Summary

Hetty Blok was born on January 6, 1920[1], in Arnhem[2]. She died on November 6, 2012[3], in Amsterdam[4]. She worked as an actor[5], singer[6], theatrical director[7], cabaret performer[8], and film actor[9]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Date of death: June 2, 2012[11]
  • Country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands[12]
  • Notable work: Ja zuster, nee zuster[13]
  • Sex or gender: female[14]
  • Record label: Decca[15], Philips Records[16]
  • Commons category: Hetty Blok[17]
  • Family name: Blok[18]
  • Given name: Hetty[19]
  • Instrument: voice[20]
  • Described by source: 1001 vrouwen in de 20ste eeuw[21]
  • Birth name: Henriëtte Adriana Blok[22]
  • Start of work period: 1945[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[24], WikiProject Dutch TV programs and their cast[25]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[26]

  • Country: NL[27]

  • Began / founded: 1920-01-06[28]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2012-11-06[29]

  • Genre(s): cabaret[30]

  • Community tags: cabaret[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 723a3da1-d4c0-44a8-b3ed-49995320dca5[32]

Why It Matters

Hetty Blok has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] She is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

Where was Hetty Blok born?

Hetty Blok's place of birth was Arnhem[2].

Where did Hetty Blok die?

Hetty Blok passed away in Amsterdam[4].

What did Hetty Blok do for work?

Hetty Blok worked as an actor[5], singer[6], theatrical director[7], cabaret performer[8], and film actor[9].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . TheaterEncyclopedie. Retrieved . theaterencyclopedie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . TheaterEncyclopedie. Retrieved . theaterencyclopedie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . theaterencyclopedie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . volkskrant.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . TheaterEncyclopedie. Retrieved . theaterencyclopedie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . TheaterEncyclopedie. Retrieved . theaterencyclopedie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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