Dresselhuys began acting while still a
gymnasium student. Spending her vacations with her grandmother in
The Hague, she took every opportunity to go to the
theatre, getting a front row seat if possible. Already in her teens she managed to see about 200 plays, making notes about the plays and actors she saw in a notebook which she kept throughout her life. After high school Dresselhuys spent half a year in at
English boarding school, after which she took the entrance exam for the
Toneelschool (drama school) in
Amsterdam without her parents' knowledge. She passed. After graduation, in 1929 Dresselhuys, won her first role in the play
Men trouwt geen meisjes zonder geld (''One Doesn't Marry Girls Without Money
). From 1931 until 1945 she performed with the Centraal Tooneel
company. In 1958, she appeared onstage in Wie is Janus?
(Who is Janus?''), a translation of Carolyn Green's play
Janus. Selected filmography: •
The Crosspatch (
De Kribbebijter) (1935) .... Mary •
The Village on the River (
Dorp aan de rivier) (1958) .... Mrs. Van Taeke •
Vroeger kon je lachen ('You used to be able to laugh') (1983) .... Woman at station •
Eline Vere (1991) .... Mevrouw van Raat ==References==