Merete Van Kamp

Merete Van Kamp is a Danish born actress and singer.

Born in Kolding, Denmark, Merete Van Kamp is the daughter of a German ballerina mother and an aluminum company executive father who divorced when she was 8 years old. She attended Swiss and French boarding schools.[1]

Van Kam's first film role was in the 1983 espionage thriller The Osterman Weekend, directed by Sam Peckinpah playing opposite John Hurt. She was then chosen from 700 hopefuls to play the lead roles of Princess Daisy Valenski and Dani Valenski in the NBC blockbuster TV miniseries Princess Daisy, written by Judith Krantz. In 1985 she was a series regular in the TV series Dallas, playing Grace Van Owen in the 1985–86 season.

She guest-starred in several episodes of Hotel and Remington Steele and has appeared in many feature films, including You Can't Hurry Love with Bridget Fonda, and Mission Kill, with Robert Ginty and Olivia d'Abo, directed by David Winters. She was the lead in Lethal Woman (with Shannon Tweed), The Most Dangerous Woman Alive, Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (the third of the four-film series), and Westbrick Murders' with Eric Roberts.

From 1990–1994, Van Kamp recorded an album for EMI-France entitled Pleasure and Pain, produced by Frank Langolff, who composed seven of the nine tracks (the other two were Rick F. James compositions).[2] Merete Van Kamp plays in série De Syv Drab 2012.

Merete Van Kamp is the founder of Www.Thevankampstudio.com in Paris, France, Formation de comedian et realisation de Film, currently writing a drama thriller series of 10 episodes

References
  1. Davis, Ivor (November 5, 1983). "Newcomer 'a natural' for role of Princess Daisy". The Globe and Mail. Canada, Ontario, Toronto. p. 8. Retrieved December 3, 2020 – via ProQuest.
  2. "Pleasure and Pain". Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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