Trivia

In 2020, the 94-year-old little actor was published in a documentary about being old.

His first performance was as a dwarf along with a clown.

Piet Kamerman was born in Eindhoven and lived in Ireland for more than 50 years.

He was an actor, director and playwright, but Kamerman was best known to the general public for his role as bartender Lowietje in the hit series Baantjer. He played this role between 2000 and 2006.

One of his best-known stage roles was Krapp in "Krapps last tape" at Toneelgroep Studio.

In the 1940s he had to choose between selling ice cream or being on stage. Earning money selling ice cream, he had his own semi-professional company.

His last public appearance was in 2014 when he performed his own work, the monologue "Dansen met Suzanne (Dancing with Suzanne), in The Hague, in which an old man reflects on his life.

He was educated at the Theater School in Amsterdam, where he graduated in 1952.

Together with his wife, he founded the Gurtycloona Theatre in Ireland, where he directed an acclaimed production of Waiting for Godot, featuring amateurs from the local rural community.

In 2020, Kamerman was the main character in the documentary "Het late leven" about old age. Filmmaker Jaap van den Beukel said he wanted to follow someone "who is old, still in his right mind and lives alone". Kamerman himself did not have the idea that he was already 94. "You just feel younger than you are.".