That Coby Timp moved to the Rosa Spier House was not entirely coincidental. Her good friend, former casting director Harry Klooster also lives there.
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TV roles Coby Timp
Klooster played an important role in Timp’s life. Thanks to him, she regularly appeared on TV in various series such as Gtst, the sun in the house, then happiness was very common and as the mother of Mien Dobbelsteen in the theater version and short-term TV revival of Say ‘ns aaa.
Timp remained active until old age. She played Gretel in Hendrik Groen’s secret diary. She also played the role of grandma in the film Grandma’s Christmas.
Timp only started acting at a later age. First she was happy to stand for kindergarten. At that time she did to amateur theater. And so she ended up at the company De Kutsteen in Amsterdam.
She ended up at the television via Harry Klooster, who made sure that she could audition if a woman was needed. “First in GTST and then The sunshine in the house. I was allowed to play once, like the neighbor. I found it very exciting, getting to know the old John Kraaijkamp and with Martine Bijl. It would be once, but I was written in it again and again. And that’s how it went everywhere, “she said earlier in this newspaper.