Geertruida Everdina Wilhelmina van Aalten (August 2, 1910 in Arnhem
â€" June 27, 1999 in Warmond) was a Dutch actress who appeared in many
German films in the 1920s and 1930s.Truus found a job with a milliner
after school, then trained as a salesgirl at a fashion store in
Amsterdam.[unreliable source?] She passionately wanted to be a movie
actress, but very few films were made in the Netherlands at the
time.In 1926, Truus entered a beauty competition in a Dutch magazine -
if she won she'd have the chance to audition for a part in a real
movie in Berlin. Not long after, she was summoned to the German
capital for an audition - along with two hundred other girls. Truus
had never had an acting lesson in her life, and was certain she'd be
sent home at once[unreliable source?] One after the other, the girls
were filmed. They were all older than Truus, and she could see she
hadn't a hope.When the director watched the tests, one girl stood out
- where everyone else had gazed into the lens with expressions of the
deepest sincerity, this one hadn't been able to repress a laugh. She
was funny, it shone through, and she got the job.
â€" June 27, 1999 in Warmond) was a Dutch actress who appeared in many
German films in the 1920s and 1930s.Truus found a job with a milliner
after school, then trained as a salesgirl at a fashion store in
Amsterdam.[unreliable source?] She passionately wanted to be a movie
actress, but very few films were made in the Netherlands at the
time.In 1926, Truus entered a beauty competition in a Dutch magazine -
if she won she'd have the chance to audition for a part in a real
movie in Berlin. Not long after, she was summoned to the German
capital for an audition - along with two hundred other girls. Truus
had never had an acting lesson in her life, and was certain she'd be
sent home at once[unreliable source?] One after the other, the girls
were filmed. They were all older than Truus, and she could see she
hadn't a hope.When the director watched the tests, one girl stood out
- where everyone else had gazed into the lens with expressions of the
deepest sincerity, this one hadn't been able to repress a laugh. She
was funny, it shone through, and she got the job.
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