Jenny Arean (born Joanna Jenneke Josepha Klarenbeek, October 4, 1942)
is a Dutch singer, actress and comedian. She is known for her
contralto voice.Arean was born in Lisse and raised in Amsterdam. Her
father was a waiter and her mother was the singer Conny Renoir. Her
mother's mother was also a singer, Henny Verra.When Arean was 14 years
old she saw a performance by the Dutch comedian Wim Sonneveld. At that
moment she knew where she wanted to be: on stage. Her mother reckoned
her too young for that and at the age of 15 Arean quit school and
became a housekeeper. In 1960 she got employment at the ABC-cabaret,
managed by Wim Kan and his wife Corry Vonk. Vonk suggested she change
her name to Jenny Arean.In the late 1960s Arean played in plays,
musicals (En nu naar bed by Annie M.G. Schmidt) and television series.
From 1963 till 1973 she was married to the Dutch actor Huib Rooymans.
They had one daughter, Myra, and divorced because Arean had an affair
with her colleague Frans Halsema. In 1977 Arean and Halsema had a big
hit with the song Vluchten kan niet meer. In the early 1980s Arean had
a relationship with the Dutch journalist and writer Ischa Meijer.
Together they played four productions all written by Meijer. He also
stimulated her to play solo productions. In 1985 she played the first
one in a long sequence: Gescheiden vrouw op oorlogspad. With that she
won several awards, among them the Johan Kaart Prize and the
Scheveningen Cabaret Prize. In 2018 she received a Knighthood in the
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