Cornelis Reinier "Kees" van Kooten (Dutch pronunciation:
[kÉ"rˈneË lÉ™s rÉ›iˈniË r keË s fÉ'Å‹ ˈkoË tÉ™(n)]) (born 10 August
1941) is a Dutch comedian, television actor, and writer. He formed the
duo Van Kooten & De Bie with Wim de Bie from 1972 to 1998.Cornelis
Reinier van Kooten was born on 10 August 1941 in The Hague,
Netherlands. He is the oldest child of Cornelis Reinier van Kooten en
Anna Geertruida Snaauw. He has one sister, Anke, who is a year
younger. He met his wife Barbara Kits in 1959 and married her on 18
October 1968. After their marriage they moved from The Hague to the
polder village of Zuidoostbeemster, where their two children were
born, Kasper in 1971 and Kim in 1974. Both children are well-known
performers in the Netherlands. In 1978 the family moved to Hilversum
and in 1996 to Amsterdam.Van Kooten is best known for his
collaboration with Wim de Bie. With him he formed the comedic duo Van
Kooten en De Bie, often abbreviated as "Koot en Bie," in a variety of
often very popular programs for the VPRO broadcasting organization
from 1972 to 1998. Their collaboration had started in the Dalton
Lyceum high school in The Hague, where they had formed a theater group
named Cebrah. Every year between 1972 and 1985 they published a
tear-off calendar named Bescheurkalender [nl], combining the Dutch
words for tear-off and splitting one's sides in laughter;
Bescheurkalender is now officially included in Dutch dictionaries for
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