Birth Name: Jeroen Aart Krabbé
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of Birth: 5 December, 1944
Ethnicity:
*Dutch (father)
*Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish (mother)
Jeroen Krabbé is a Dutch actor and film director. His name is pronounced jəˈrun ˈaːrt krɑˈbeː.
His father, Maarten Krabbé, was a painter and art educator, who was born in Laren, Netherlands and was raised in Het Gooi. His paternal aunt, Henny Eskens-Krabbé, was a WWII resistance fighter. His mother, Margreet/Margaretha (Reiss), who was born in Amsterdam, was a film translator.
His brother is journalist and novelist Tim Krabbé. His half-brother is artist Mirko Krabbé. Jeroen is married to Herma van Gemert, with whom he has three children, including radio and television presenter Martijn Krabbé.
Jeroen’s paternal grandfather was Hendrik Maarten Krabbé (Heinrich Martin Krabbé, the son of Martin Krabbé and Hendrika Jacoba van Draanen). Hendrick was born in London, England, to Dutch parents. He was a genre artist and portrait painter. Martin was born in Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the son of Johannes Jacobus Krabbé and Maartje Lagerweij. Hendrika was born in Oudshoorn, Alphen aan den Rijn, the daughter of Hendrik van Draanen and Anna Jacoba van Brussel.
Jeroen’s paternal grandmother was singer Miep Rust (Wilhelmina Maria Rust, the daughter of Georg Philip Rust and Eliza Johanna Hendrika Mortier). Miep was born in Amsterdam. Georg was the son of George Philip Rust and Johanna Geertruida Roodt. Eliza was the daughter of Henri Mortier/Mortje and Wilhelmina Heusner/Heussner.
Jeroen’s maternal grandfather was Abraham Simon Reiss (the son of Simon Reiss and Judik Ballom). Abraham was born in Amsterdam, to a Jewish family. He was killed in the Holocaust in 1943, in the Sobibor extermination camp. Jeroen’s great-grandfather Simon was the son of Abraham Reiss, who was born in Werkersgrube/Wenkengruben, Bayern, Germany, and of Clara Joseph Kan. Judik was the daughter of Jonas Salomon Balom and Vrouwtje Aron Meliffene Melivne.
Jeroen’s maternal grandmother was Kaatje Moses Bon (the daughter of Mozes Bon and Abigael Pezaro). Kaatje was born in Rotterdam, to a Jewish family. Mozes was the son of Samuel Bon and Kaatje Moses van Emden. Abigael was the daughter of Abraham Eliazer Abraham Pezaro, who was Sephardi, and of Kaatje Mozes Cosman.
Sources: Genealogy of Jeroen Krabbé – https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Jeroen’s parents – https://www.genealogieonline.nl
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