Philip Dorn

    Philip Dorn

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    September 30, 1901
    Died May 9, 1975 (73 years old)
    Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

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    Frits van Dongen (1901–1975), born Hein van der Niet and sometimes billed as Philip Dorn, was a Dutch actor who had a career in Hollywood. As a teenager he moved out of his parental home to perform in an amateur theatre group; his stage name Frits van Dongen already dates from that period. In the early 1920s, Van Dongen ended up in the professional stage, but it was not until 1934 that he starred in his first film: 'Op Hoop van Zegen'. This film marked his breakthrough as a film star in the Neth...

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