{{Short description|Dutch actress (1894–1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = File:MientjeKling1916.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Kling as Isabelle in the 1916 film ''De Universele Erfgename'' | name = Mientje Kling | birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|07|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands | birth_name = Wilhelmina Francisca Kling | death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|02|26|1894|07|27|df=yes}} | death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands | other_names = Mien Kling <br> Mientje van Kerckhoven-Kling | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1910–1965 | spouse = Constant van Kerckhoven }} '''Mientje Kling''' (born '''Wilhelmina Francisca Kling'''; 27 July 1894 – 26 February 1966) was a Dutch theatre and film actress and radio personality.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hermanca.nl/gen.php?reqNr=3&dbStyle=div&attach_db=hoorspelers&ID=22|title=Herman Van Cauwenberghe: Mien van Kerckhoven-Kling|website=www.hermanca.nl|accessdate=22 July 2019}}</ref>
Mientje Kling was born in Amsterdam. Kling made her stage at the Koninklijke Vereeniging Het Nederlandsch Tooneel theatre and performed from 1913 in silent films for Filmfabriek Hollandia film studios. In the 1920s and 1930s, she worked alongside many popular actors in several plays for the Central Tooneel theatre. After her marriage to actor Constant van Kerckhoven, she performed mainly in radio dramas. She died at the age of 71 in Amsterdam.<ref name="auto"/>
==Selected filmography== *''Nederland en Oranje'' (1913) *''Krates'' (1913) *''Liefde waakt'' (1914) *''Zijn viool'' (1914) *''De bloemen, die de ziel vertroosten'' (1914) *''Heilig recht'' (1914) *''The Devil in Amsterdam'' (1919) *''Amsterdam bij nacht'' (1924) *''De Speeldoos'' (1926)
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==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *{{IMDb name|0459716|Mientje Kling}} *[http://www.eenlevenlangtheater.nl/albert%20van%20dalsum/repertoire/toneel/koninklijke%20vereeniging%20het%20nederlandsch%20tooneel/3036.html Mientje Kling at een leven lang theater]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kling, Mientje}} Category:1894 births Category:1966 deaths Category:Dutch stage actresses Category:Dutch film actresses Category:Dutch silent film actresses Category:Actresses from Amsterdam Category:20th-century Dutch actresses
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