Best known for her role as Sister Klivia in the comedy television series 'Yes sister, no sister' by Annie M.G. Schmidt.
In 1951, she worked at the magic mirror, a TV game that Willy van Hemert had written for the first live televised broadcast of Netherlands. In the 1950s she participated in The family by snee, a popular radio play by Annie M.G. Schmidt about the life of an ordinary family.
After the second world war, she played in numerous cabaret performances. She worked with big names in the Dutch cabaret and cabaret world, including Wim Sonneveld, Fien de la Mar and Harry Bannink.
On 2 October 1951, she was among the cast of Willy van Hemert's De toverspiegel, the first live program on Dutch television.
Besides acting in movies and television series, she spent a lot of time on stage, singing popular music accompanied by musicians such as Cor Lemaire, Harry Bannink, Ruud Bos, and Bas Odijk.