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Monique van Vooren (March 25, 1927 – January 25, 2020) was a Belgian-American actress and dancer.

Monique van Vooren
Van Vooren in 1957
Born	(1927-03-25)March 25, 1927 Brussels, Belgium
Died	January 25, 2020(2020-01-25) (aged 92) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Nationality	Belgian-American
Other names	Monique Vooren
Citizenship	United States
Occupation	Actress, dancer
Years active	1950–2012
Spouse(s)	1) Jakobson (details unknown) 2) Kurt (or Curt) Henry Pfenniger (m. 1950-195?; divorced) 3) Gerard Walter "Jerry" Purcell ​ ​ (m. 1958⁠–⁠2002)​ , his death); 1 child[1][2]
Children	1

Early years

Born in Brussels to George Bronz (or Bronze) and Louise van Vooren, Monique was a champion skater and a beauty queen in Belgium. She reportedly studied philosophy and languages and learned to speak English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. "I can also read Greek and Latin," she stated.[3] Her first visit to the United States apparently took place in 1946 at age 19, with the married name "Jakobson" and listed as a "housewife".[4][5] Her second husband was Kurt (or Curt) Henry Pfenniger. Her third husband was New York businessman Gerard Walter Purcell. The couple were married from 1958 until Purcell's death in 2002.[1]

Career

On Broadway, Van Vooren played in John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953–54) and Man on the Moon (1975).[6] In the 1960s, Van Vooren starred in summer stock theatre productions in the United States.[5] Van Vooren recorded an album, Mink in HiFi for RCA Victor.[5] In 1956, she signed a contract with Request Records.[7]

In 1983, Signet published Night Sanctuary, written by Van Vooren.[8] She described the book as being about "the dark side of people."[9]

Later life and legal problems

In 1983, Van Vooren was found guilty of lying before a federal grand jury and "ordered to get psychiatric help and perform 500 hours of community service as part of a suspended sentence."[10] The sentence resulted from an investigation of "whether she had pocketed her dead mother's Social Security payments."[10] Van Vooren died of cancer on January 25, 2020.[11]

Filmography

References

External links

• Monique van Vooren at IMDb
• Monique van Vooren discography at Discogs

На других языках

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[de] Monique van Vooren

Monique van Vooren (* 25. März 1927 in Brüssel, Belgien; † 25. Januar 2020 in New York City, Vereinigte Staaten[1]) war eine belgische Film- und Fernsehschauspielerin.

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- [en] Monique van Vooren

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[ru] Ван Вурен, Моник

Моник ван Вурен[3] (нидерл. Monique van Vooren; 25 марта 1927[1], Брюссель — 25 января 2020[2], Нью-Йорк, Нью-Йорк) — бельгийская и американская актриса и танцовщица.

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