Heddy Lester



Heddy Affolter ( Amsterdam , June 181950 ), better known by the stage name Heddy Lester, is a Dutch singer and actress who notoriety gained through her ​​involvement with the song " The Mallemolen "(written by her younger brother Frank Affolter ) at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 , where she finished eighteen participants with 35 points as the twelfth.

Heddy Lester during theNational Contest 1977After an interrupted studies at the Amsterdam Kleinkunstacademie she poses in 1969 with Gert Balke duo April Shower, which they in 1971 with the English song Railroad Song have a minor hit. In her father's restaurant in Amsterdam she met Williams Vanessa, with whom she performs regularly throughout the 70s.

With her ​​brother Frank and lyricist Wim Hogenkamp she makes between 1979 and 1987 various programs. For her first solo program Lester received in 1979 - along with her ​​brother Frank - first as the Pall Mall Export Price . It also acts again with Williams Vanessa during a series of performances in theBrakke Grond in Amsterdam.

From 1987 she also works as a freelance actress in the theater. She played a major role in the play Ghetto by Joshua Sobol [1] at Theatre The Apple(premiered in February 1988, directed by Erik Vos ( site Apple ), as co-star of Eric Schneider . Moreover, she starred in the film Tears of Mary Machita (1991 ) by director Paul Ruven . they also played three seasons in Trojan Women by Euripides (2000-2002) ( [2] ).

In 2005 she was in the free production Blood Wedding by Lorca, in the 2006-2007 season in The Silent Force to Louis Couperus . She played roles in the farce Potasch and Perle nut with Hans Boskamp and musicals Anatevka , Sinatra - That's Life , Only On The World (music by Frank Affolter) and Life Is A Cabaret (no remake of Cabaret (musical), but a show about Judy Garland and her daughter Liza Minnelli ).

On March 18, 2007 was 10 thousand Handkerchiefs premiere, an homage to her parents (both concentration camp survivors). Since September 2007 she is part of the musical Fame (English version) and in season 2008/2009 in the presentation neshome of International Dance Theatre .

On 18 October2009 the musical comedy went [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromen..._Zijn_Bedrog_(Musical) Dreams ... His Cheating] premiere. The cast consisted next Heddy Lester among others Jelka van Houten , Vera Mann , Remko Friday (Flying Panthers ) and Joel de Tombe (Idols). The story is by Dick van den Heuvel and Sjoerd Kuyper written around songs from the Dutch pop history. The direction was in the hands of actor Frank Lammers .