Lion Solser

Lion Solser
Newspaper photo of Solser looking to camera
Solser in 1915
Born
Abraham (Lion) Solser

(1877-02-06)6 February 1877
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died3 August 1915(1915-08-03) (aged 38)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
SpouseAdrienne Willemsens

Abraham (Lion) Solser (6 February 1877 in Rotterdam – 3 August 1915 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch comedian and early film actor of the late 19th and early 20th century.[1][2] He was born to Johannes Solser (van der Vank) and Engelina Florina Hartlooper.

Solser married the stage actress Adrienne Willemsens (born 25 March 1872 in Schaerbeek, Belgium) on 10 August 1899. He collaborated with Piet Hesse. Together they featured in the 1896 comedy film Gestoorde hengelaar by M.H. Laddé, which was the first Dutch fictional film.[3] Later they featured again in the 1900 and 1906 comedy films both titled Solser en Hesse.[4][5]

Solser committed suicide on 3 August 1915 in Rotterdam at the age of 38 years.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Lion Solser" (in Dutch). EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "Lion Solser". archived news. geheugenvannederland.nl. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  3. ^ Jacques Klöters (1987). 100 jaar amusement in Nederland (in Dutch). Staatsuitgeverij. pp. 69–70, 176. ISBN 90-12-05443-5.
  4. ^ "Solser en Hesse, 1900". EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Archived from the original on October 28, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "Solser en Hesse, 1906". EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  6. ^ Genootschap Amstelodamum (1916). Jaarboek van het Genootschap Amstelodamum, Volumes 17-19 (in Dutch). Ten Brink & De Vries. p. 12.