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Annie Bos

Actress / Film Actress | * 12/10/1886 († 88, 08/03/1975) | Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (Netherlands)
Johanna "Annie" Bos (10 December 1886 – 3 August 1975) was a Dutch theater and silent film actress, known as Holland's first movie star and diva. Bos started her acting career in Antwerp, but soon returned to the Netherlands and made her theater debut in 1909. She played mostly bit parts, until she was discovered by movie director Maurits Binger. Binger had just opened his movie studio Hollandia and contracted Bos as the leading lady of the movies. She made her first film appearance in the film De Levende Ladder. Over the next years, she became a well recognized actress, being nicknamed "the Dutch Asta Nielsen". In 1916, Bos starred in Majoor Frans (1916) and became Holland's first star. She got opportunities to choose her own film roles and attempted to prove her acting skills by playing roles with opposite characters. However, when Hollandia neared bankruptcy in 1920, the studio was renewed and the new movie directors fired Bos, saying she was too old. Bos was offered a contract in the United States, where she was known for her role in the Dutch film Een Carmen van het Noorden (1919), which was released internationally. She arrived in New York City in 1921, where she discovered the studio she was contracted to, didn't exist anymore. Bos stayed in the United States, attempt... ()
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Johanna "Annie" Bos (1886 – 1975) was a Dutch theatre and silent film actress, known as Holland's very first movie star and diva.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | War | Romance / Love

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Movies with Annie Bos as Actress(29)

as Marianne1920 Links
as Carmen1919 A Carmen of the North
as Gloria Grey1919 Zonnetje
as Sylvia van Haaften1918 When the Light Goes Dark
as Anny1918 American Girls
as Anny Godard1918 Oorlog en Vrede: 1914
as Anny Godard1918 Oorlog en vrede: 1918
as Anny Godard1918 Oorlog en Vrede: 1916
as Annie Vogel1917 The Secret of Delft
as Lona1917 Golden Chains
as Jan van Oort's dochter / Jonge Anna1917 Ulbo Garvema
as Francis Mordaunt alias Majoor Frans1916 Major Frans
as Huishoudster Annie / Housekeeper Annie1916 The Secret of the Lighthouse
as Alda 'La Renzoni'1916 La Renzoni
as Marfa Darbet1915 Ontmaskerd
as Kate van Marlen1915 Liefdesstrijd
as Dochter van de schipper1915 De vrouw Clasina
as Leida van Galen1914 Heilig recht
as Alice Stanton1914 Luchtkasteelen
as Boerin1914 Weergevonden
as Farmer's daughter1914 Idyllic Farm
as Jennie1914 Liefde waakt
as Maria Tesselschade1913 The Netherlands and Orange
as Annie1913 The Burning Mill

Full Name: Annie Bos
Born: Friday, 12/10 1886 (December) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (Netherlands)
Died: Sunday, 08/03 1975 (August) in Leiden (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Other names for Annie Bos (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Anna Boas"
"Anna Bosilova"
Annie Bos frequently works together with these people:
Maurits Binger (43x, Crew)
Jan van Dommelen (22x, Actor)
Paula de Waart (12x, Actress)
Adelqui Migliar (12x, Crew)
Willem van der Veer (11x, Actor)
Alex Benno (10x, Actor)
Lola Cornero (9x, Actress)
Cor Smits (5x, Cast)
Koba Kinsbergen (5x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:204947, Added: 07/24/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024