Wieteke van Dort

Louisa Johanna Theodora van Dort born May 16 1943 in Surabaya Dutch East Indies is a Dutch actress comedian singer writer and artist of Indo Eurasian descent On April 29 1999 Queen Beatrix appointed her Knight of the Order of OrangeNassau She has appeared on many childrens television programs and is best known for her Indo DutchIndonesian character of Tante Lien in The Late Late Lien Show on Dutch prime time television Her show was the only television programme ever to showcase Indo Eurasian culture and introduced many Indo artists and music to mainstream audiences in the Netherlands After three seasons the television series ended in 1988 but her Tante Lien character is popular to this day and in 2007 she was awarded the Silver Medal of Merit for her contributions in this role from the Dutch State Secretary for Defence Wikipedia