Saartje (Stella Fontaine) Canes

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Saartje (Stella Fontaine) Canes

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Birthplace: Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
Death: March 09, 1966 (76)
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Mozes Canes and Heintje Bolle
Wife of Salomon Gazan
Mother of Hendrina (Henny) Gazan
Sister of Benjamin Canes; Mietje Canes; Klaartje Canes; Simon Canes; Klaartje Canes and 4 others
Half sister of Rosa Canes

Occupation: kleinkunstenares en cabaretière, zangeres.
Managed by: Dimitri Gazan
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About Saartje (Stella Fontaine) Canes

Stella Fontaine was de artiestennaam van Saartje Kanes. Saartje werd geboren op 6 april 1889 op de Jodenhouttuinen 36 in een gezin van 11 kinderen (Saartje, Benjamin, Mietje, Klaartje, Simon, Klaartje, Joseph, Sander, Salomon, Mietje, Rosa. Haar vader was Mozes Kanes (5 dec 1868) en hij werd op 20 maart 1943 vermoord in Sobibor. Haar moeder was Heintje Bolle (1870). 3 broers, Benjamin, Simon en Joseph, werden in Sobibor vermoord en Sander werd vermoord in Auschwitz, Rosa in Bergen Belsen en Salomon overleed in Warschau.

Stella Fontaine was een zeer bekende cabaretière, actrice en zangeres met een geweldige sopraanstem en ze trad in het begin van de 20e eeuw in Amsterdam op, onder andere met Louis Davids en Pisuisse. Saartje is de moeder van Hennie Blok en de grootmoeder van Diewertje Blok. Gedurende haar carrière was ze vooral bekend om haar gave om te imiteren. Het publiek kon tijdens haar optredens roepen wie men geïmiteerd wilde zien, en Stella nam de houding aan en imiteerde. Voor de oorlog stelde Saartje al regelmatig haar huis open voor Duitse Joden die het nazi-regime ontvlucht waren. Saartje maakte in 1962, op 73-jarige leeftijd, nog een film, "In Holland staat een Riddergoed". Saartje overleed op 9 maart 1966.

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In English:

Stella Fontaine was the stage name of Saartje Kanes. Saartje was born on April 6, 1889 at the Jodenhouttuinen 36 in a family of 11 children (Saartje, Benjamin, Mietje, Klaartje, Simon, Klaartje, Joseph, Sander, Salomon, Mietje, Rosa. Her father was Moses Kanes (5 Dec 1868) and he was murdered in Sobibor. on March 20, 1943 Her mother was Heintje Bolle (1870). 3 brothers, Benjamin, Simon and Joseph, were murdered in Sobibor and Sander was murdered in Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen Rosa and Solomon died in Warsaw. Stella Fontaine was a very famous comedian, actress and singer with a wonderful soprano voice and she performed at the beginning of the 20th century in Amsterdam, including with Louis David and Pisuisse. Saartje's mother Hennie Block and the grandmother of Diewertje Block . Throughout her career, she was known for her ability to imitate., the public was during her performances recall who they wanted to see, imitated and Stella took the attitude and imitated. before the war did Saartje already regularly her house to German Jews that the Nazi regime had fled. Saartje made ​​in 1962, at age 73, a film, "In Holland there is a good Knight." Saartje died on March 9, 1966.

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Saartje (Stella Fontaine) Canes's Timeline

1889
April 4, 1889
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
1923
January 25, 1923
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
1966
March 9, 1966
Age 76
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands