“With Kittys Death, the Netherlands loses a versatile and inspired artist who made an important contribution to theater, television and music theater for decades,” said her son Bart-Jan Brouwer in a statement. The precise cause of death is not reported.
Kitty Knappert was active in the theater, on television and in the music world from 1942 to 1985. She performed in Joy Games with Cor Ruijs, in the review of Snip and Snap and in the cabaret of Benny Vreden. She also made a name for himself as a film actress, among other things The dike is closed (1950) with Kees Brusse.
From 1961 Knappert worked as a television director, initially at the NCRV. There she directed programs such as Sweet Sixteen,, ” Eight plus,, ” Studio Anno with Teddy Scholten and Pim Jacobs, I love Dutch with composer Harry de Groot, Once again with Gerrit den Braber and The good old trunk gramaphoneIn which Marie-Cécile Moerdijk, Therèse Steinmetz, Edwin Rutten and Mini and Maxi performed, among others. She was also responsible for Music in your street.
Later she made the switch to the TROS. There she directed, among other things Music from thousands with Marco Bakker, King Bolo with Eric van Ingen and Piet Römer, various international specials with Marco Bakker (recorded in Vienna, Italy, Hungary and Scotland), At full speed,, ” Holland they say and The third eye. In 2014 she was briefly shown on television in the MAX program Scream.