Walsje van toen gezongen door Simone Kleinsma

Who is Simone Kleinsma in Dutch entertainment?

Simone Kleinsma is one of the few Dutch performers who can be described, accurately, as a national treasure. She came up through musical theater in the 1980s (Annie, Foxtrot, Mamma Mia) and built a parallel career in TV (Hare Majesteit, Toren C, kids' voice work) without ever quite leaving the stage. Her duets with husband Guus Verstraete are Dutch musical-theater canon. Cabaret-and-walsje moments on Omroep MAX specials draw the older audience that grew up watching her.

In this Omroep MAX clip, Kleinsma sings “een walsje van toen” and offers it up: “Wie het wilt, mag het hebben.”